'Monkey Man' Lance Corporal Daniel Evans and his lie-down horse Beatrice from Britain's Household Cavalry Regiment take part in a demonstration for the media in Hyde Park, London, Thursday May 14, 2009. Members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment have been invited to perform in Abu Dhabi in the autumn. The lie-down horses were traditionally used by the British army for reconnaissance purposes. (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)
'Monkey Man' Lance Corporal Daniel Evans, left, and his lie-down horse Beatrice from Britain's Household Cavalry Regiment pose for photographs with Talal Alhashemi, a representative from Abu Dhabi, during a demonstration for the media in Hyde Park, London, Thursday May 14, 2009. Members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment have been invited to perform in Abu Dhabi in the autumn. The lie-down horses were traditionally used by the British army for reconnaissance purposes. (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)
'Monkey Man' Lance Corporal Stephen Healey and his lie-down horse Yeoman from Britain's Household Cavalry Regiment take part in a demonstration for the media in Hyde Park, London, Thursday May 14, 2009. Members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment have been invited to perform in Abu Dhabi in the autumn. The lie-down horses were traditionally used by the British army for reconnaissance purposes. (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)
The so called 'Monkey Men' and their lie-down horses from Britain's Household Cavalry Regiment pose for photographs with Talal Alhashemi, a representative from Abu Dhabi, during a demonstration for the media in Hyde Park, London, Thursday May 14, 2009. Members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment have been invited to perform in Abu Dhabi in the autumn. The lie-down horses were traditionally used by the British army for reconnaissance purposes. (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird exercises with rider Charlie Figueroa at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday, May 14, 2009, in Baltimore. The 134th running of the Preakness Stakes is Saturday, May 16th. (Rob Carr / Associated Press)
Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr., the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness hopeful Mine That Bird waits outside the Preakness Stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday, May 14, 2009, in Baltimore. The 134th running of the Preakness Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, May 16. (Rob Carr / Associated Press)
Kentucky Derby winner Mine that Bird is held by Kelly Dennington, ranch manager for Double Eagle ranch where the horse is kept after workouts at the Stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday, May 14, 2009, in Baltimore. The 134th running of the Preakness Stakes is Saturday, May 16th. ( / Associated Press)
Preakness entrant Flying Private works out at Pimlico Race Course with exercise rider Taylor Carty on Thursday, May 14, 2009, in Baltimore. The 134th running of the Preakness Stakes is Saturday, May 16th. (Rob Carr / Associated Press)
Two horses stand in a small pond in a meadow in Stuhlfelden, the Austrian province of Salzburg, on Thursday May 14, 2009. (Kerstin Joensson / Associated Press)
An Afghan man riding a horse in Kapisa province eastern Afghanistan, Thursday, May 14, 2009. (Rafiq Maqbool / Associated Press)
Today's photos are all horse related. Some from the preparations that continue as the horses are readied for Saturday's race at Pimlico, a beautiful image of two horses from Austria, and a set of horses from Britain featuring the lie-down horses.