Claim: "If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes."
Fact-check: Equestrian statues don't have a secret 'code of hooves'
Verdict: pants-fire
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Ciara O'Rourke
Date published: 2018-10-26T00:00:00