# Talk:Horses in warfare

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Under "Medieval," the following is stated as fact (without citation), but is in fact a highly disputed issue:
"The medieval war horse was of moderate size, rarely exceeding 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm)."
A more balanced statement, acknowledging that there are opposing views, is needed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.221.111.164 (talk) 22:45, 24 April 2023 (UTC) 

For recent work that may provide a useful supporting reference, see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/oa.3038
This academic blog post from the Medieval Warhorse project at Exeter University summarises the findings https://medievalwarhorse.exeter.ac.uk/2022/07/09/the-size-of-a-warhorse/
Monstrelet (talk) 09:13, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

This issue was thoroughly discussed and debated at the time, across several different talk pages. At the time, the discussion was debunking the myth that war horses were big draft horses.  So really, it’s not a “opposing” view that some  horses were even smaller than 15-15.2. That said, If the blog linked to an actual academic study, that would be a useful citation to add, but for an article of this quality, we can’t just cite blog posts. Montanabw(talk) 18:25, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
The blog indeed links to a proper academic study - I pulled the link out intending to make it more obvious but sadly failed to do so successfully, for which I apologise.  And I included it because it actually supports the view warhorses were "rarely  exceeding 15.2 hands" (though it uses metric measurement), not because it was an opposing view. Monstrelet (talk) 10:40, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

I don't know whether this is appropriate for the talk page, but I just wanted to say thanks to all the horse-loving and history-loving wikipedia editors that keep this page in particular maintained. I have referenced this page in particular for years for my own fiction writing and tabletop role-playing game worldbuilding. It's a lifesaver for someone who doesn't actually know horses, and I made an account specifically to express my appreciation. ExplorerRowan (talk) 06:20, 4 May 2025 (UTC)