Fall 2024

An Equine Paradise By the Sea Sea Star Hor se Sanctuar y B Y M I CHA E L CHAT F I E LD PHOTOGRA PHY B Y K E L L I U LDA L L F OR MANY MILLENNIA , THE FATES AND FORTUNES OF HUMANS AND HORSES HAVE BEEN INTIMATELY INTERTWINED . E XACTLY WHEN H OMO SAPIENS DOMESTICATED THE FIRST OF THESE SUPERB ANIMALS HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF MUCH DEBATE AND SCIENTIFIC STUDY , BUT THAT OCCURRENCE DATES TO AT LEAST 2,000 B.C. H UMANS HARNESSED HORSES FOR USE IN AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING , TRANSPORTATION , SPORT , WARFARE , PLEASURE AND MANY OTHER PURSUITS . I T ’ S SAFE TO SAY THEY WERE ESSENTIAL TO THE RISE OF MANKIND ’ S DOMINATION OF THE EARTH . 136 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • F A L L 2 0 2 4