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Riderless horse
Horse featured in funeral processions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Nina Nastasia album, see Riderless Horse (album).
A riderless horse is a single horse without a rider and with boots reversed in the stirrups, which sometimes accompanies a funeral procession. The horse, sometimes caparisoned in black, follows the caisson carrying the casket.[1] A riderless horse can also be featured in parades (military, police or civilian) to symbolize either fallen soldiers, fallen police officers or deceased equestrian athletes.[2] A motorcycle can be used as a substitute for a horse though such practice is very rare.[3][4]
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