I’ve had bad experiences when milking a cow.
I can’t imagine trying to milk a horse!
The Mongols rode mares. This enabled them to cross long distances quickly since the horses could convert grass to milk to feed their riders.
I can’t imagine trying to milk a horse!"
I did both as part of my chores when I was a kid. Goats, too, for that matter. When we sold off a foal before the mare had weaned it, I had to milk her as long as she kept filling her udders.
I remember the Lefties laughing about Bush43 trying to milk a horse. I didn't find it all all humorous and was stunned that they were publicly announcing their equine ignorance and no one was calling them on it.
Some anthropologists believe the success of the Mongol Hordes stemmed in part from the fact that they had (what then was) a rare genetic mutation that made them lactose tolerant. So when they went on the warpath, they rode mostly broodmares and their ability to digest the milk produced by their warhorses dramatically lightened their supply trains, which increased the speed of their advances.
Some also believe that the western world's higher levels of lactose tolerance is a reflection of the success of the Mongol invaders. Those who consume dairy tended to live longer, which meant that once introduced into a population, the tolerance gene tended to spread quickly.
In his narrative of the Gallic Wars, Julius Caesar wrote that the barbarians ate cheese and drank milk, but the Asian water buffalo, the milk from which is the key ingredient in "bufala mozzarella" cheese, didn't get to Italy for at least another 3-4 centuries (and maybe as many as 10), which apparently was enough time for lactose tolerance to be widespread among the Italians.