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I hope this isn't a silly question, but this seemed like the place to ask it (because of the military nature, not the strangeness, of the question!).
I was recently in London with my family, and did the whole touristy bit, including the usual oohing over the mounted horse guard at Horse Guards Parade. On the plane home, I was surprised to read an article in the National Post about a Canadian regiment, the Governor General's Horse Guards, that has a similar ceremonial unit.
I googled a copy of the article at the writer's web site, at http://www.maharaj.org/ltgovernor.shtml
I had no idea that Canada still has (or ever had) mounted cavalry units, and I had never even heard of "tent pegging" or that Canadian Forces riders beat out the Brit Household Cavalry in some of the disciplines at the world championships.
Are there many horse-mounted units around the country? Do they mount a regular guard / parade / ceremony somewhere in Canada, like happens in London? I read the Ottawa Ceremonial Guard web site, but they don't seem to have any horses.
I am curious about why we don't see Canadian mounted cavalry units out at public events, or at the funerals for fallen soldiers coming back from Afghanistan. It seems to me that it would be great for the Canadian Forces to have the kind of public presence that the British Army has in London.
I was recently in London with my family, and did the whole touristy bit, including the usual oohing over the mounted horse guard at Horse Guards Parade. On the plane home, I was surprised to read an article in the National Post about a Canadian regiment, the Governor General's Horse Guards, that has a similar ceremonial unit.
I googled a copy of the article at the writer's web site, at http://www.maharaj.org/ltgovernor.shtml
I had no idea that Canada still has (or ever had) mounted cavalry units, and I had never even heard of "tent pegging" or that Canadian Forces riders beat out the Brit Household Cavalry in some of the disciplines at the world championships.
Are there many horse-mounted units around the country? Do they mount a regular guard / parade / ceremony somewhere in Canada, like happens in London? I read the Ottawa Ceremonial Guard web site, but they don't seem to have any horses.
I am curious about why we don't see Canadian mounted cavalry units out at public events, or at the funerals for fallen soldiers coming back from Afghanistan. It seems to me that it would be great for the Canadian Forces to have the kind of public presence that the British Army has in London.