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# In 2016 The Field reported that Obelisk, a horse of the Household Cavalry, lured pigeons by spitting oats from his mouth
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-2016-v-zhurnale-the-field-pisali-chto-obelisk-kon-korolevskoi-gvardii-primanival-golubei-vybrasyvaia-izo-rta-oves/
- Published: 2025-05-01T05:33:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:30:21.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: In the Press, London, Nature, Humour

In 2016 The Field reported that Obelisk, a horse of the Household Cavalry, lured pigeons by spitting oats from his mouth. And when the pigeons came close, he trampled them to death. And he did this regularly.

In the end the horse was sent away for "psychological retraining". Let us hope that he has overcome his difficult period and emerged from it a better version of himself

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