A pantomime horse (there are also pantomime cows and other animals) is a theatrical representation of a horse or other ungulate by two actors in a single costume who cooperate and synchronize their movements. One actor plays the front end, including the horse's head and its front legs, in a more-or-less upright posture and with a reasonable field of view afforded by eyeholes in the horse's head. The other actor, playing the rear end of the animal, must bend at the waist so that his torso is horizontal like that of a horse, and put his arms around the waist of the first actor. He can see little, although there are normally eyeholes in the bottom part of the horse's torso to enable him to see where he is putting his feet and to enable him to breathe. Pantomime cows also usually have comically prominent udders. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... Ungulates (meaning roughly hoofed or hoofed animal) make up several orders of mammals, of which six survive: Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, antelope, and many others Cetacea: whales and dolphins (which evolved from hoofed land animals) Perissodactyla: odd-toed ungulates such as horses and rhinos Proboscidea: elephants... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. ...

Pantomime horses and pantomime cows feature in Christmas pantomimes, mainly in the UK. A skilled pair of performers can dance as a pantomime horse. Pantomime may refer to two different types of performing arts. ...

In episode 30, "Blood, Devestation, Death, War and Horror," of Monty Python's Flying Circus, pantomime horsees are featured a lot. In the Merchant Banker sketch, two horses are forced to fight to the death for their job. One is also featured as a secret agent, chasing its enemy across the world (using cars, a rickshaw and even riding horses) in the service of Her Majesty's Government. The episode also featured a pantomime goose and a pantomime Princess Margaret. Monty Pythons Flying Circus (aka Flying Circus or MPFC, known during the fourth season as Monty Python) was the popular BBC sketch comedy show from Monty Python. ... Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon CI GCVO (Margaret Rose Armstrong-Jones, née Windsor; (August 21, 1930 – February 9, 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and sister of the current British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. She also held the title...