On the Eighth Day of Christmas, Santa Doom gave to me......
Eight Horses Prancing
Seven Doombots Dancing
Six Subject Swearing
FIVE IMPERIAL RINGS
Four Horns for Tooting
Three Doomy Bears
Two COVID Masks
and a Throne Made of Asgard's World Tree
When you think about it, Doom has had a lot of dealings with the animal kingdom. He's wrestled lions, ridden bears (watch this space for that one) and has been known to keep pets like Bengal tigers and vultures. But horses have been a part of his life since childhood. When his father took young Victor and fled to the mountains to escape being arrested by the king's soldiers, they were on horseback. Unfortunately the horse got spooked, unseated the riders and took off. This forced them to flee on foot from their pursuers. Flash forward to Doctor Doom #6 and we see Doom on horseback as he races to Mexico to gain transport back to Latveria. It's not known how he crossed the ocean, since he was avoiding being tracked by using low tech forms of transportation. It wouldn't surprise me if he rounded up some dolphins or rode on a whale. But he has had some perilous incidents in the ocean...he was almost devoured by some prehistoric megaladons. But that's a tale for another day