the answer!

To the last blog I showed a strange picture of a black horse, with an English saddle with boots in backwards. This is the riderless horse. no..... its not a horror story. It is the highest tribute any military person can have. This horse often appears at funerals, and parades.










this horse was the riderless horse for Ronald Regan. The first president to have a riderless horse at his funeral was Abraham Lincoln. This horse is only for the marines, and the army, but only for colonel and above. Although the exceptions are the President, by virtue of having been the country's commander in chief and the Secretary of Defense, having overseen the armed forces.

The boots are reversed in the stirrups to represent a fallen leader looking back on his troops for the last time.




Tack: At traditional funerals the tack tends to be: any English type of saddle, black or/and white, boots of the fallen, and a bridle.
But at parades, the horse can wear a western saddle, halter, and any conservative saddle pad.











Horse: At traditional funerals the horse is always black. But during parades, the horse can be any color under the sun.


These horses are always treated with the utmost respect. People stand and will either salute, stand, or have their hand over their heart.