
Welcome to the Year of the Horse
Welcome to the Year of the Horse Christian Josi and Suzanne Roy · January 14, 2026PJ Media Americans love horses. The bond we share with these magnificent animals runs deep, going back thousands of years to their domestication on the Eurasian steppes. Horses symbolize beauty, strength, and freedom. Their images fill our art and advertising. We name our cars and sports teams after them. But we owe them far more than admiration—we owe them everything. Modern civilization, and the America we know today, would not exist without horses. As historian Timothy Winegard observes in The Horse, “the horse dominated every facet of human life and shaped the very scope of human ambition… and we still live among its galloping shadows.” The




