The Australian Stock Horse or Waler is an Australian breed of horse standing 14.2 to 16.2 hands high and first imported during the 18th century from the South African Cape. They were originally used as ranch horses and as cavalry mounts, many being used by the Allies during the Great War. The Australian Stock Horse is usually bay in colour, similar in appearance to the Thoroughbred but with more bone. Research Australian Stock Horse
Michael Joseph Jackson (nicknamed Wacko Jacko) was an American singer. He was born in 1958 at Gary, Indiana and died in 2009 of a heartattack. He started his career with his brothers singing in 'The Jackson Five', when he was eleven years old and went on to become one of the biggest music stars of all time, his album 'Thriller' selling more copies than any other record. Michael Jackson was denied a child hood, by his father, being pushed to become a music star and forced to perform, an abuse which left the performer an eccentric character, his adult life being dogged by peculiarities, not least of which was the constant operations to alter his appearance and make him appear more caucasian and less negro. Allegations of childabuse were denied, and he was acquitted, though the suspicion remained, fuelled in no small part by his reclusive nature and obsession with infantile behaviour, he lived on a ranch he called 'Never Land', a reference to the play Peter Pan. Research Michael Jackson
Pancho Francisco Villa (real name Doroteo Arango) was a Mexican revolutionary. he was born in 1878 and died in 1923. At sixteen he killed a man for molesting his sister, changed his name to Francisco Villa fled to the mountains and lived as a bandit, cattle-rustler and sometimes labourer. In 1910, while working as a labourer he was persuaded to join the Madero revolution against President Porfirio Diaz. Following the revolution's success, Villa stayed in the irregular army, being court-martialled for insubordination in 1912, imprisoned and subsequently escaping and fleeing to the USA, only to return to Mexico in 1913 following the assassination of Francisco Madero, joining Venustiano Carranza against Huerta, his cavalry achieving fame. Villa returned to being a bandit following Carranza's victory, wanting power for himself, and in 1920 when Carranza was overthrown made peace with the new government and accepted a large ranch in return for giving up politics. He was assassinated in Parral, Chihuahua in 1923. Research Pancho Villa
Danielle Steel's Palomino is a romance starring Lindsy Frost, Lee Horsley, Eva Marie Saint and Rod Taylor in a story based upon the novel by Danielle Steel about a photographer, who, upset by the breakdown of her marriage visits the ranch of a friend in California and falls for one of the men who works there. Danielle Steel's Palomino was directed by Michael Miller in 1991. Research Danielle Steel's Palomino
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