Portal:Horses/Did you know/5


 * ... that following show jumper Denis Lynch ' s Olympic ban for doping offences, the President of the Olympic Council of Ireland threatened to ban the equestrian team from participating in future Olympic Games?
 * ... that a rules dispute during the first all-cowgirl rodeo, held in 1948 in Amarillo, Texas, led to the formation of the first rodeo association for women?
 * ... that the Texas saddlemaker Tooter Cannon work is so prized by ranchers and rodeo performers that it is held mostly in private collections and unavailable on the open market?
 * ... that the term maverick, referring to an animal without a brand, came from Texas land baron Samuel Maverick who was notorious for not branding his cattle?