Horses have been man's number one ally, next to dogs, for most of human history. They take us into battle, they round up our cattle and they look pretty great doing it.
We can't be the first people to notice that some horses dress better than we do. So here are 15 horses who have style for miles.
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Soviet cavalryman from the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army wearing a chemical suit, 1934.
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Queen Elizabeth II Riding in the Trooping The Colour, Parade in 1971.
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Leopold I on horseback in a costume for a "horse-ballet."
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Yayoi Kusama and her Horse at Woodstock, 1969.
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Some spooky skeletons riding horses for Halloween in the 1920s.
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Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France on horseback.
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First World War: German soldier on a pony in zebra camouflage. German East Africa, 1915.
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A horse wearing a gas mask as it is led by a British civilian, March 27th, 1940.
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Tibetan horseman. He wears a helmet and mail armor, while wielding a spear, a sword and a matchlock musket. His horse is also partially armoured. 1903.
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A British horse equipped to carry a Vickers machine-gun, WWI.
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Queen Elizabeth II on her horse, Burmese, for Trooping the Colour, 1980.
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A man in Indiana made an AT-AT costume for his horse.
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Princess Louise of Prussia, Kaiser Wilhelm’s only daughter, dressed in the uniform of the Life Hussars. 1850s.
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Lady Seymour Dorothy Worsley in a typical riding dress from the 1700s with military details.
