Date: Some where between 356 BC - 323 BC
Location: Greece
100 good horses are taken to be trained for battles. They are provided with intensive war-fare training for 3 months. Training includes running in a max speed, stopping at once on that speed, jumping over fences of different heights, sliding, kicking using back legs or front legs, running in stones, water n sand etc...
At the end of 3 months only a few survive the training, rest die or get removed. Max of 20-25 horses survive.
After the 3 months, these shortlisted horses are exposed to a training of 1 more month. This part includes, heavy healthy diet food and usual stunts. In addition to this, a special program is put on subject. This includes just 4 signals. Signal is actually the sound of vigil. A single vigil blown, the horse has to get up n stand in attention position, ready to go. Two vigils blown, the horse has to walk. Three blown, running starts. Four blown continuously, the horse has to get back to the starting position or to the position where the rider is standing.
So after this one month training, 3 more days of final training exists. This particular part is such that, the horses are tied in the stable. Food n water are placed in front of the horses, 500 metres distant. No food is given in these 3 days, food is just placed and horses are tempted.
Final day of testing, day four.
The commander king comes to the test location(stables where those horses are placed).
A single vigil is blown and the gates are opened. In a minute or two, three vigils together are blown. These horses which are hungry for food n starving literally, race towards the food, when the horses are almost reaching the food placed there, four vigils are blown. Of these shortlisted 20-25 horses, only 1-3 horses follow the code and get back to the master.
These horses are selected to be used in the battles, rest are discarded.
This process is done over thousands of horses and few hundreds are used in battles.
These are the real loyal horses which have undergone the rigorous training procedures. This commander king is none other than Alexander, the Great.
Location: Greece
100 good horses are taken to be trained for battles. They are provided with intensive war-fare training for 3 months. Training includes running in a max speed, stopping at once on that speed, jumping over fences of different heights, sliding, kicking using back legs or front legs, running in stones, water n sand etc...
At the end of 3 months only a few survive the training, rest die or get removed. Max of 20-25 horses survive.
After the 3 months, these shortlisted horses are exposed to a training of 1 more month. This part includes, heavy healthy diet food and usual stunts. In addition to this, a special program is put on subject. This includes just 4 signals. Signal is actually the sound of vigil. A single vigil blown, the horse has to get up n stand in attention position, ready to go. Two vigils blown, the horse has to walk. Three blown, running starts. Four blown continuously, the horse has to get back to the starting position or to the position where the rider is standing.
So after this one month training, 3 more days of final training exists. This particular part is such that, the horses are tied in the stable. Food n water are placed in front of the horses, 500 metres distant. No food is given in these 3 days, food is just placed and horses are tempted.
Final day of testing, day four.
The commander king comes to the test location(stables where those horses are placed).
A single vigil is blown and the gates are opened. In a minute or two, three vigils together are blown. These horses which are hungry for food n starving literally, race towards the food, when the horses are almost reaching the food placed there, four vigils are blown. Of these shortlisted 20-25 horses, only 1-3 horses follow the code and get back to the master.
These horses are selected to be used in the battles, rest are discarded.
This process is done over thousands of horses and few hundreds are used in battles.
These are the real loyal horses which have undergone the rigorous training procedures. This commander king is none other than Alexander, the Great.
