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MkJorgy t1_jbcruj8 wrote

I'm not a historian or anything, but growing up a boy, I can guarantee you that men started riding horses 1 day after ever seeing one

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StekenDeluxe t1_jbe7blu wrote

Yes but as a stunt, as a joke or on a dare, to impress his buddies or the local girls. Think rodeo, not cavalry. "Good riding" - where the rider is actually in control of the animal - seems to have appeared rather late.

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