Horse Guards or horse guards can refer to:
- A Household Cavalry regiment:
- Troops of the Horse Guards Regiment of the British Army from 1658-1788
- The Royal Horse Guards, which is now part of the Blues and Royals
- The Governor General's Horse Guards, the Household Cavalry regiment of the Canadian Forces
- Horse Guards (building), a building in Whitehall, London, formerly the headquarters of the British Army
- Horse Guards Parade, the parade ground behind the building where the Trooping the Colour ceremony is held annually
- Horse Guards Road, the road between the parade ground and St. James's Park
- Horse guard wasp, a North American sand wasp which eats horse flies
Famous quotes containing the words horse and/or guards:
“What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse
and his rider.
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?”
—Bible: Hebrew Job (l. XXXIX, 17–19)
“The reason why men enter into society, is the preservation of their property; and the end why they choose and authorize a legislative, is, that there may be laws made, and rules set, as guards and fences to the properties of all the members of the society: to limit the power, and moderate the dominion, of every part and member of the society.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)