Dismounted ECW horses

[whubble]

Can anyone suggest which horses can best be used for the dismounted ECW dragoons? I'm planning to use 'spare' artillery crewman as actual horse holder. Many thanks

[fred.]

Within the Animals range there are horses without riders
https://www.pendraken.co.uk/horses-saddled-5199-p.asp

[fsn]

... 'spare' artillery crewman ...

The what now?

I'm with Fred on the extra horses. I was considering the peasants as horse holders. Cut off the polearm and they may well do.

[whubble]

Thank you both for your advice.

[Zippee]

Wouldn't horse holders remain mounted? That seems to be the common way in more recent (better documented) times?

[fred.]

Wouldn't horse holders remain mounted? That seems to be the common way in more recent (better documented) times?

That breaks wargaming convention!!!

I get the idea though - easier to control the big beasties from another one. I wonder if it depends on expected time dismounted?

[fsn]

*mind blown*

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I am of the opinion that holders would dismount, otherwise one of the beasts would be exhausted having 90 Kg of me on it's back...

[fsn]

*mind re-blown*

[mollinary]

The famous Streeter engraving of Naseby shows the horseholders for Okey's parliamentary dragoons as dismounted.

[fsn]

It does indeed.

[Zippee]

The famous Streeter engraving of Naseby shows the horseholders for Okey's parliamentary dragoons as dismounted.

Fair enough then, that's as close to a contemporary (1647) photo as we're likely to get!

[mollinary]

Fair enough then, that's as close to a contemporary (1647) photo as we're likely to get!

My thoughts exactly!

[DecemDave]

I know this is a bit Irregular on this forum but another manufacturer makes a dismounted ECW horse holder with horse. Although relative sizes suggest the lads picked the 15 year old to be horse holder.

[fsn]

HERETIC! Drinks for all Colonels and above!


If I have a 15 figure squadron (which I don't, but it makes the maths easier) the of the 15, 3 remain mounted as a command group, and each horse holder holds 4 horses, so I only need 3 horse holders per 15 mounted. This means I'll probably only need 6-9 for each army that I've planned.

I'll try the peasants and see how that goes.