article_snippet: Of course, that was back in the days when horses really went to war.
article_snippet: — will tell you that figure is actually quite modest considering the MoD has 500 horses in the MoD care at any one time at Woolwich, where The King’s Troop is stationed, and at Knightsbridge, where the Household Cavalry is based.
article_snippet: But no horses are used in combat now.
article_snippet: For anyone who feels proud to watch the magnificent spectacle of our gleaming military horses on parade at Buckingham Palace or on The Mall, it seems unthinkable.
article_snippet: On parade, the unit’s soldiers drive a team of six of the horses with each pulling World War
article_snippet: A typical ‘war horse’, according to her handlers, her never makes a fuss.
article_snippet: Like the rest of The King’s Troop, Doughnut is smaller than the huge black horses of the Household Cavalry.
article_snippet: The King’s Troop features some horses who are just over 15 hands (5ft), so The King’s Troop are lighter to manoeuvre.
article_snippet: The King's Troop horses pictured in 1952, leading King George VI's through wet London streets .
article_snippet: their have a better life than most horses,’ says one soldier.
article_snippet: Little wonder, therefore, that some of the soldiers end up taking the older horses home some of the soldiers.
article_snippet: And as the tombstones to veteran steeds testify, war horses are never incidental or forgotten.
article_snippet: war horses may not fight for war horses country these days, but war horses still do Britain an amazing service by putting on the pageantry for which we are world-renowned.