The REAL War Horse

The tale of War Horse has gone from beloved children's book, to successful stage play to Hollywood movie directed by Steven Spielberg. But whereas this one equine hero's exploits are fictional those of Warrior who carried General Jack Seely of the Canadian cavalry throughout the horrors of World War I are all true. The bravery of the thoroughbred were documented in a book written by General Jack Seely, in 1934.

His grandson Brough Scott describes General Seely's unique relationship with an animal that a group of cavalrymen dubbed 'The horse the Germans couldn't kill'.

Speaking to The Sunday Times, he described Warrior's life from his birth on the Isle of Wight to how a combination of both the horse’s extraordinary character and some unbelievable twists of fate, helped him survive a war which claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of horses.

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I watched the docu this afternoon about this, truly amazing and incredible to think that over 8 million horses died in the Great War. I can't wait to see the stage show and the movie.

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