Horses
1908 San Francisco had a disposable society, but unlike today's planned obsolescent disposable consumer goods, men and horses were used up and discarded
Moving a big, very heavy house, built of much heavier timbers and lumber, on SF's hills, was a monumental task. Men jacking the house with hand operated screw jacks, and cribbing... no mamby pamby computer controlled, self leveling hydraulics. Then just two horses turning winches to move it forward. The horses probably had to carry the gear to the site, also. :dedhorse:
Wow. Cool pic. People and horses getting it done. <insert old man philosophizing here>
Nice!
And it's just squeezing by the wires.
What? A Percheron/Pony cross. :eek: I hope the sire was the pony.
I just noticed this line.
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That's kinda weird.
At first I though they'd copied a two page picture out of a book, but it stops at the eve and the picture on either side isn't distorted.
Then at the eve there's a jog so I figured it was a shadow of the jog down the side, but why would it extend into the street?
Then I decided it's 3foots fault and he screwed up when he was a photo lab trainee.
Then I decided it's 3foots fault...
He should tighten up a li'l bit.
Does someone know where this house is today?
Not a clue, not even if it still exists.
Nuzzling up together on the frosty ground in the Falkland Islands, this might seem like the most unlikely of friendships. But this herd of horses took in a lonely penguin as one of their own and snuggled up with their curious new companion.
They were also seen playfully chasing after the bird as it stretched out its wings and waddled along the white-topped turf. The horses also craned their necks and touched their noses with the penguin's beak in the heart-warming snaps.
linkOMG, Brownie murdered the white colt and made a cape from it.:eek:
Yo dawg, I heard you like to ride a horse when you ride a horse, so I painted a horse on your horse...
Yo dawg, I heard you like to ride a horse when you ride a horse, so I painted a horse on your horse...
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Yo dawg, I heard you like to ride a horse when you ride a horse, so I painted a horse on your horse...
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A horse with a drinking problem is heart breaking.
you can lead a horse to water, but he'll just play in the sprinklers.
Horses facial expressions.
Scientists at the University of Sussex have compiled a directory of facial expression in one of humanity’s oldest four-legged friends. Their Equine Facial Action Coding System (EquiFACS for short) has identified 17 discrete facial movements in horses that may indicate mood or intention or just bafflement.
This is at least three more than the facial expressions identified in chimpanzees. Dogs can get a message across with 16 different expressions. And human faces have 27 different ways of speaking silently, with the lips and eyes and the occasional wrinkled nose.
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A TV ad for the '3' mobile phone network. Made in a location where there is no phone coverage. ;)
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I suspect there was some CGI involved. Possibly alcohol too.
One of the Fullers Brewery Shire Horses has a liquid lunch at the British Beer Festival in London.
A number of breweries still have Shire Horse teams for PR and advertising purposes.
Most participate in the Heavy Horse musical drive at the Horse of the Year Show.
Hell yeah, if I spent all day in that harness I'd want a drink or two. After all, beer is made from what? Horse food. ;)
All's well that ends out of the well.
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The University of Toronto has digitized
the official report on the 5th Olympiad in 1912, Sweden. It's pretty comprehensive at 1117 pages, with pictures of all the big shots, pictures of the facilities, the equipment, and athletes. Even the archery targets, shower rooms, the lady swimmers in their scandalous bathing attire, and some of the horses, which after all, is what this thread is about.
The Piebald mare had twins... but one was a runt. ;)
Working horses stop for a shot and a beer, in Malden, MA, ca 1906.
cool!
This is the same intersection today. Not much looks familiar.
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But if you go down 50 feet to peek around the tree, you see that this building is still there.
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If I ran the historical society there, I'd totally put up a plaque with that old photo so you could compare old and new. I wouldn't even ask anyone permission. I'd just do it in broad daylight.
This is the same intersection today. Not much looks familiar.
Thanks for the flash forward! Notice trolley is long gone, the streets are comparatively narrow, although the sidewalks are wide as a result of urban renewal money. I lived in Medford, just west of here, when I worked at Tufts University. Malden was considerably different, although no horse water trough.
If Maldenites... Maldonians... them, want to go to Boston, as many commuters do, they are slaves of the MBTA, which used to be the MTA. I think they changed the name after what happened to poor Charlie.;)
It's farrier here. Interestingly, the American usage is closer to the original, which is French (from ferrous for iron.)
As in chemin de fer - the traditional French for railway.
Baby steps doesn't mean left behind. :D
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Nice Brookie, that's a good horsey, easy boy...
Jumping Jehosaphat!!!!
Look. At. The. Neck. On. That. Hoss.
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yeah... but look at the wabbit on this hoss. and the neck, don't forget the neck too.
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They do kinda favor each other, neigh?
The opposite extreme... would of saved this for a Friday IOtD but you bastards would have eaten the poor little guy. :haha:
But there's more meat on the hoss in post 35 ...
Sent by thought transference
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Biggest Horse I've been near. These are Percherons. hard to tell just how huge they are until I pan back and you can see jinx next to them
Percherons, Belgians, and Clydesdales, The Eagles need that tonnage. :haha:
Ian Williams and his Clydesdale horses, Madge and Dolly, were among more than 230 entrants at the British National Ploughing Championships at Marden, Kent.
The annual event, in its 65th year, has categories ranging from vintage tractors to heavy horses.
OMG, they're so beautifully matched I want to squee. When I see pictures like this my heart wants to move to the country and lead a cinematic life of honest sweat, in a working relationship with these gentle giants. But after a couple minutes the brain kicks in with a word from our sponsor. Do you want to live that rural dream? Have you forgotten getting up at 5AM, in a 10 below blizzard, to trudge to the barn where they're waiting impatiently for breakfast?
Want to roll over and catch another 40 winks? The tractor don't care, the truck don't care, the animals care. Sigh, the bucolic life isn't, but the horses are.
As heavy horses have made several appearances in this thread, I thought that this picture might be of passing interest.
The shoe on the left is from a Shire and that on the right is from my old horse.
He was a fairly big lad and wasn't exactly small in the hoof department, but his shoe pales into insignificance next to the Shire's.
Incidentally, I've never met a farrier who didn't wear steel toe capped boots. :)
Anyone who's spent time around horses has had their foot stepped on and farriers spend most of their time vulnerable. The worst part is it's not like them walking by and stepping on you, usually they are changing position and stand on your foot, so you can't do anything until you convince them to move.
I see the heavy shoe still has one caulk(or cork, depending on where you're from), but none left, or never were, on the smaller shoe.
I see the heavy shoe still has one caulk (or cork, depending on where you're from), but none left, or never were, on the smaller shoe.
That's a view of the top of the shoes but the clips don't show up well enough to determine that.
Neither shoe had caulking. They were 'plain vanilla' as it were.
Different views of the same shoes:
OK, just toe clips, thanks. As Ed Sullivan would say, that's a really big shoe. :haha:
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Today marks the anniversary of history's last successful cavalry charge.
The Battle of Beersheba in WW I, 1917
Successful? I wonder how the horses felt about that. :dedhorse:
Well said,xoB.
Until horses write ...
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that's an awesome Halloween costume. And you could even put saddle bags on the pony to hold the candy.
that's an horsesome Halloween costume. And you could even put saddle bags on the pony to hold the candy.
FTFY
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You've seen pictures of the winning race car drivers getting crazy with champagne. Prince of Penzance won too. ;)
Waaaaiiiiiiittt for it:
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I've heard the occasional horse fart. That one sounded sorta human.
The Pabst boys ready for their morning run. :litebulb: I wonder if they fed all those horses the spent grain from the brewing?
Cowboys. What struck me is the horses, they're ground tied, trained to stay wherever the reins are dropped to the ground. But half of them are on very uncomfortable ground. Why would a cowboy do that to his horse when it means after lunch his horse isn't rested. Or do you think they were posed for the picture after everybody put a clean shirt on?
I'd guess that every cowboy wanted his horse in the pic.
But half of them are on very uncomfortable ground. Why would a cowboy do that to his horse when it means after lunch his horse isn't rested.
Parking lots hadn't been invented yet.
Horse Draw Trolley, known in the trade as a Horsecar.
This is hard work, even with sharp saws, and sturdy boots, it's hard work all day long. That load isn't too bad for the horses but it would be a lot easier on wheels. I love watching horses work. Looks like they're leaving the birches.
This is hard work, even with sharp saws, and sturdy boots, it's hard work all day long.
Damn skippy it is.
Grandpadigr was a logger. His dad was a logger.
One time Ucledigr had a tree go down in a storm, it fell into the creek. It was a huge old tree, and had to be cleared out of the creek lest it create a jam.
A bunch of us gathered up one Saturday to remove this tree. Uncledigr came down to the creek carrying one of Grandpadigr's old two-man cross-cut saws and a spraycan of oil. He wanted to "do it the way Papaw done it". We all took our turns with history, so-to-speak. In the creek. Waist deep to the grown-ups.:greenface Got it done.
I still hurt when I think about it.
Horses didn't tear the shit out of the woods though. Appropriate level of tech in some conditions.
Spinning wheels are rototillers, cat treads are worse when they turn, but a careful operator can minimize damage. Most don't care.
Driving home from Pittsburgh today, saw an Amish farmer in the field with his team. Haven't seen that in February before. I'm not sure what his purpose would be right now, since we're due for some 0 degree nights in the next week ...
Maybe plowing plant material under so it has to time to compost by planting time?
Maybe ... not usual around here but this isn't a usual winter. Maybe too much is coming up too soon and it has to be plowed under. We had a small herd of deer grazing on our north field at dusk - so strange for them to be grazing now, too.
Definitely sensing a disturbance in the force.
Nail a calendar to the tree so the deer will know what they are supposed to be doing. ;)
We had a small herd of deer grazing on our north field at dusk - so strange for them to be grazing now, too.
Why is that?
Four Horsepower, literally.
Probably getting cleaned up for the 4th of July parade. At least for the horses the job gets easier as the tank empties.
RFD Mail Runner... he doesn't have to deliver for Amazon.
Chuck Wagon in 1945? The cowboy era of cattle drives had been pretty much history since at least 30 years and a world war ago. I guess it might have been part of the war effort, shortage of gas, and all that. Or a camouflaged UFO spotter.
Jesus, Gleichen to Calgary must be near 60 miles. :eek3:
seems like it would have been easier to have the ten wagons split up instead of all in one train. There were enough people available to drive the wagons. Look at all those lollygaggers.
If they split it up there wouldn't be any lollygaggers, nobody will come to see ten wagons :haha:
That's pretty much what I was gonna say: Spectacle.
And 60 miles of it. :eek:
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Please to disregard everything after the hoss...
I wonder if he was disqualified/penalized for going over the end line, or is that just the shut down area after the finish?
Working horses working...
Compacts have taken over.
Elspode is a relentless driver.
Also, Bruce's Shetland chariot reminded me of this:
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Just a pony I saw on photosafari:
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Not always, but usually enough to get you home.
Oh ferchristsake. Duh. :blush:
The Redheads. It's always the redheads causing trouble, stirring up the stallions to fight.
She couldn't care less who wins, just standing around waiting for the D.
Sometimes the bigger kids will ambush you on the way home...
Recently I have been scanning old negatives from my grandparents collection. I figured this shot fit in here what with the horses.
The lady standing was my grandmother, my dad and his younger sister are on the horses. They are just outside the gates to The Forbidden City in Beijing. They used to ride their horses there once or twice a week. I think it was taken in about 1925 as my dad looks like he is 9 or so.
My grandmother was a pretty spiffy dresser what with the coat and tie and riding britches, boots and big hat. They lived a good life there, Grandpa worked for the Chinese Postal Service which was administered by the British. They had several servants, an armour or nanny for the kids when they were young, a gardener, cook and stable boy as well as a gate keeper to keep the riff raff out.
That's pretty cool and a great family treasure. It must have been an unusual childhood for your Dad and Aunt, quite an adventure. They probably wouldn't realize how much until they came home though.
Thanks for sharing that. It's interesting. What an amazing experience growing up there.
...and I shall call him "Boing".
Aww shadap, damn critics...
Hustling hamburgers...
More seahorses... I wonder what the rope running over her boot is about?
Safety line, to keep her from falling off the beach. She's really a blonde.
Horses, them ain't horses... well half horses...
That don't look like the Bronx.
recently in the park
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Little Bo Peep fucked her sheep
Blew a horse, licked his feet
She ate his ass so very nice
Tongued his balls not once but twice
~Andrew 'Dice' Clay (who else?:))
This is Buddy.
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Buddy spent five days on the lam after being busted out of his paddock by his best friend, a Nigerian dwarf pygmy goat, named Lancelot.
Clydesdale horse eludes capture in Santa Cruz Mountains for 5 daysThose horses are tricky, somehow they convinced us instead of pulling us we should pull them. :confused:
The top left one and bottom right one are interesting.
It
does look like the horse isn't going to land well.
I'm choosing to believe he made it.
ETA: I'm gonna see if I can find that pic again, see if there's any info.
FEI Nations Horse Jumping Final
Evie Buller of Australia rides Stanley 151 during the CSIO Barcelona Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final First Round at the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona on Sept. 22, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images)
What in the chocolate-covered, diamond-crusted fuck is going on here?
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I'm not sure what he's doing, but, I think he's doing it wrong.
Horse yoga. Don't ask how I know.
I looked up Horse Yoga (I thought you were either full o' shit, or were yanking my chain:))...And found a video. Holy shit, it's even the same guy!
Then again, I gotta wonder how many horse yoga instructors there are...
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Thanks, Classic! You were not full o' shit.:D
it's even the same guy!
How many can their be. :confused:
Thanks, Classic! You were not full o' shit.:D
I too have some useless knowledge ;)
With an 1,100 lb pan, and a 1,000 lb horse, I think you'd need a fulcrum. ;)
Tragic wolf attack on a horse...
What in the chocolate-covered, diamond-crusted fuck is going on here?
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I'm not sure what he's doing, but, I think he's doing it wrong.
Contact improv
So I'm plus sized, big bones run in my family. But I'm still fabulous, bitch.
Mongolian Blonde... Might take you the wrong way, but you'll look fabulous. :thumb:
...and I shall call him Fabio.
Northern Maine schoolbus...
Fucking rich kids, with their heated (lah ti dah) Northern Maine School buses, and their Dan Fogelberg records...pff.
Betcha that's actually an ice fishing shack. It seems less than likely that some school would pack kids into a moving wooden hut with a fire inside... although...
Don't send a pony to do a horse job...
Dayum - Thats one huge dog!
Wait for it...
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The Akhal Teke has natural desert camo...
*Desert* camo? Like Las Vegas?
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Come back, whip me, thrill me, make me race. :haha:
Don't grin. Don't smile.
And, whatever you do, don't laugh:
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Ok, move along ppl. Nothing to see here. Just a horse and it's rubber chicken.
Now THAT is fucking hilarious
I'm almost positive that vid played in the post preview. Apologies.
Played for awhile, don't no mo.
Oh. It played for me and it was fucking hilarious. You can watch it on yousetube
Washington DC was always a circus, even in 1930. I wonder how the guy on the bottom was selected... and is he even conscious? :eek:
/whispering voice
We've replaced Reginald's blanket with a flying horse. Let's see if he notices.
... and is he even conscious? :eek:
Well,
he don't got no head!!
And he won't be getting none if that horse missteps even a little.
Photographic evidence of a vicious hate crime, as the Grand Dragon of the local clan,
attacks an unsuspecting passerby or color. :(
Did they retire the horse?
Many Clouds, an Irish-born, British trained Thoroughbred died yesterday.
He defeated the previously undefeated
Thistlecrack in winning his second Cotswold Chase but collapsed and died shortly after crossing the finish line.
Them be the skinniest horses I ever done seed. :eek2:
Who wants water after laboring in the Sun?
Reserved for Clydesdales only.
Don't worry, they say the hoss is fine:
Central Park carriage horse collapses on the job
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Just needed a little nap.
Cellar, meet Shamrock. Shamrock is a retired racehorse, who likes to run.
Shamrock's rider does not want to be riding a running retired racehorse.
And, eventually, he isn't.
I laughed way too hard at the guy, though. It was the moans after he fell off that got me.
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He shoulda used Yosemite Sam's method:
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He did a lot of whoa yelling, but if he'd really been pulling on the reins Shamrocks ears would have been up in front of the camera. :eyebrow:
Some people suck, fortunately some do not.
Go, Mr. Ed!
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Better bigger.
Whining bitch doesn't know jack shit about nature. The horse and gator are enemies, Studly was protecting his herd. He even gave the gator a chance to scoot on the first charge. :nadkick:
I don't even:
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For the briefest of seconds, I thought that was Griff.
Animals love that, try it with your cat. ;)
For the briefest of seconds, I thought that was Griff.
He does kinda look like the Griffster! Sorta.
I missed that before.
What the fuck is wrong with you people, Griff has a gorgeous wife, two beautiful daughters, a loyal dog, the full respect of the academic community, the log builders community, the fencing community, and the Cellar. Why would he resort to biting horse tongues... [SIZE="1"]except for sexual gratification... [/SIZE]Nevermind. :o
It's only fair that he get to ride down...
Hey, who you calling an idiom? :p:
In 1939 they wanted to prove a glider could be launched with horses where the ground is not suitable with a vehicle. They reached 30mph and launched the glider. This must have been of interest to the government since WW II was not if, but when.
Gonna see some fine horses next weekend.
Twil and I are headed to the International Plowing Competition in Lynden.
Probably not, he'll be plowed.:haha:
Pics pleeeez
Yes sir. I promise.
And an idiom is born.
griff got your tongue?
Putting the cart before the horse
Putting the Griff before the tongue. :yesnod:
Gonna see some fine horses next weekend.
Pics pleeeez
Yes sir. I promise.
Musta been a formal event:
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Just a random, uncontained, non-quality safari hoss, in the front yard, nothing to see, move along people...
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But a very attractive one.
Urrbody likes the blondes, I reckon.:)
And brunettes and redheads and baldies and...
But that horse is obviously well cared for and healthy.
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Dartmoor doesn’t just have ponies. Clydesdale horses are taking visitors on treks to its remote corners, providing a modern use for the vulnerable breed.
If I had the land and, more to the point, the money, I'd have Shires, Clydesdales and Suffolk Punches beyond the dreams of avarice. Magnificent creatures.
LinkOh, thanks for the reminder! The PA Farm Show (State Fair) is going on right now. (Chan 9 on FIOS). For me the zenith is watching the 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 horse hitch competitions.
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Magnificent creatures.
Damn, what a magnificent beast!
Doing a hoof trimming on a 9y/o, Dutch Draft horse Kim, 17HH(68" at the shoulder) and weighs about 1000kg(2200lbs).
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Doing a hoof trimming on a 9y/o, Dutch Draft horse Kim, 17HH(68" at the shoulder) and weighs about 1000kg(2200lbs).
I must admit that I raised an eyebrow at the use of what is essentially a cattle crush.
However, looking at other videos it seems common practice in Belgium and the Netherlands.
It worries me that there's no quick release mechanism in the event of an emergency.
This Clydesdale is only four years old and has some growing yet to do but he's still a big horse and is being trimmed and shod in a far more sympathetic manner.
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I've never personally seen a farrier here use a "cattle crush" but I'm sure some do, especially dealing with semi-wild range horses.
I can't imagine what sort of emergency would require a quick release, but I do know the damage a horse a quarter the size of that Belgian can inflict.
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I can't imagine what sort of emergency would require a quick release....
I was thinking of how some horses panic in a confined space and immediate action is required to stop them injuring themselves.
It's not an exact parallel, but I once had dealings with a Shire X who managed to get a front foot stuck in a piece of farm machinery.
The local fire brigade had to attend to help free him and during that process he nearly sat down, either through fatigue or panic.
It would certainly have broken his leg and been the end of the poor chap.
However, several of us made an almighty effort to support the back end and managed to keep him upright while the fire brigade did their stuff.
Whenever getting kicked by a horse comes up, I always think of/see this one:
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Although, Leonidas doesn't usually come up...:rolleyes:
Dude caught both barrels, too.
Grav, that fucker was lucky to be able to get up.:rolleyes:
I was thinking of how some horses panic in a confined space and immediate action is required to stop them injuring themselves.
In that rig, strapped in front, back, and under belly, it would be hard work to injure itself. Also, holding that Belgian's hoof between your knees would be tough.
Grav, that fucker was lucky to be able to get up.:rolleyes:
I bet it bruised the picture on his driver's license.
Prolly didn't know his name til the next day.
One of these horses is as small as a dog.
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Atta girl, Hayley!:cheerldr:
Just like catching a ball...
...ya gotta get in front of it.
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"Dang, Horse! You is a foo!"
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Is that a meth horse? Lookit dem nostrils!
Atta girl, Hayley!:cheerldr:
Just like catching a ball...
...ya gotta get in front of it.
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That is a serious girl.
Burying Man o' War. I don't think those handles are going to help.
That is a serious girl.
"I got this."
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Ever wonder what it looks like from under the horse?
Must of had a shoe go flat...
Don't let him step on your foot... or tractor. :eek:
Ever wonder what it looks like from under the horse?
I rode for many years, but always tried to avoid that view.
I like a mare about 15 hands. That thang in the back looks like it is covered in velvet.
I rode for many years, but always tried to avoid that view.
I can understand that sentiment. :thumb2:
Don't let him step on your foot... or tractor. :eek:
Holy crap! He makes the little pulling ponies around here look like matchbox toys.
Officer cadets’ passing out ceremony at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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Major Dominic Alkin, the Sandhurst adjutant, rides his horse Royal Blue up the Grand Steps of the Old College building in the parade finale.
The origins of this tradition are unclear.
Probably first done by an officer who was tired and emotional at the end of a somewhat convivial evening.
After reading Bruce's
Junkie Cicadas thread, I was prompted to search through my 2004 US trip photos to see if I had recorded the place where I heard the massed choirs.
Unfortunately the search didn't bear fruit but I found a couple of photos on the end of the roll that I had forgotten about.
I was more than happy to unearth this picture of my old friend.
He was twenty-three in this photo and lived on to February 2007 just a few weeks short of his 26th birthday.
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What a fine looking horse.
What a fine looking horse.
Yes, the girls all preferred him to me! ;)
Yes, the girls all preferred him to me! ;)
The story of my life.
Did you try letting them saddle you up?
He looks fat and happy... maybe a little smug, getting all the girls and all. :p:
Did you try letting them saddle you up?
Now
there's a visual!!
Did you try letting them saddle you up?
No. We couldn't agree on the video rights.:blush:
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Straight and narrow
A competitor with a pair of heavy horses attempts to plough the straightest furrow at the 68th British National Ploughing Championships.
More than 250 ploughmen took part in the event at Austrey, Warwickshire, this weekend.
I've been to a number of ploughing competitions and found it quite astonishing how much attention to detail is shown by the competitors.
Advance a few feet, examine the results, make adjustments to plough or harness, advance another few feet, and so on...
That looks like a woman driving that white team.
Out in Amish country all work stops on Sunday, only the horses pulling the buggies are used. I've noticed the horses and mules used for working the farm are never more than a few feet from each other in a big pasture. They work together and spend their time off together.
Yes, it's another ploughing picture...
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Martin Kerswell and his team were among more than 160 competitors taking part in the annual Scottish ploughing championships in Kelso
Given that the location is in Scotland, it's odds on that they are Clydesdales, but the chap furthest from the camera has the Roman nose of a Shire. Not sure...
Smart man, use two right hand horses and two left hand horses, bound to plow straight. ;)
He looks to be going deep.
Ploughing.
Cough - coff
Rough - ruff
Ploughing - pluffing?
:p:Yep, that's all I got today. Dis m'hill.:p:
He looks to be going deep.
Ploughing.
Cough - coff
Rough - ruff
Ploughing - pluffing?
:p:Yep, that's all I got today. Dis m'hill.:p:
There's not much ploughing in Slough.
Or is it not much pluffing in Sluff?
Sometimes a chap gets confused.
That chap would be me. Most of the time.
:D
Numerous ceremonies and events are being held in commemoration of the end of the First World war and quite rightly they concentrate on the human cost of that conflict.
The part that animals, mostly horses, played has also been recognised.
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Major Thomas Seccombe of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment holds Kalahari at the Hyde Park war memorial
Animals in WarWestern movies (cowboy flicks) have 98% brown horses. The hero or lead bad guy might ride white, black, or palomino.
They're missing out on so many possibilities of making movies more colorful.
Maybe the actors don't want to be upstaged...
Or they'll mess up the set design...
My favorite tv horse as a kid was Coco from The Big Valley. It could be because they had a real touching fair-well episode when the real horse died.
OMG, I'm in love. :biggrinlo
What a magnificent beastie!
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One day I walked the road and crossed a field to go by where the hounds ran hard.
And on the master raced: behind the hunters chased to where the path was barred.
One fine young lady's horse refused the fence to clear.
I unlocked the gate but she did wait until the pack had disappeared.
Crop handle carved in bone; sat high upon a throne of finest English leather.
The queen of all the pack, this joker raised his hat and talked about the weather.
All should be warned about this high born Hunting Girl.
She took this simple man's downfall in hand; I raised the flag that she unfurled.
Boot leather flashing and spurnecks the size of my thumb.
This highborn hunter had tastes as strange as they come.
Unbridled passion: I took the bit in my teeth.
Her standing over me on my knees underneath.
My lady, be discreet. I must get to my feet and go back to the farm.
Whilst I appreciate you are no deviate, I might come to some harm.
I'm not inclined to acts refined, if that's how it goes.
Oh, high born Hunting Girl, I'm just a normal low born so and so.
Songwriters: Ian Anderson
Hunting Girl lyrics © BMG Rights Management
This Belgian and woman are an incredibly precise team...
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If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere...
1973 - Secretariat set a new Belmont Stakes record with a time of 2:24, breaking the existing American record for a mile and a half — 2:26:2 — by over two seconds in a sport where new records are usually measured in fifths of a second.
He won by 31 lengths, the largest margin of victory in Belmont history.
The announcer is great.
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I wish one or another of the networks that cover NASCAR races would get a horse race announcer to cover the last few laps of the races on your shorter tracks. I think it would do more to add excitement than anything NASCAR could to the racing.
I'd like it anyway, and that's really who I'm concerned with.:D
I've seen that race before, but somehow did not recall it being a five horse race.
Well, it turned out to be a one horse race...
Didn't know whether to post this under "Dog" or "Horse", or start a new thread called "Liver Spots".
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Both of you guys spelled Appalachian wrong.
I don;t know what you call it when you put two words together.
Appaloosa + Dalmatian = Appalatian
I don;t know what you call it when you put two words together.
Appaloosa + Dalmatian = Appalatian
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portmanteaua portmanteau
Thank You Sir.
Appaloosa has nothing to do with it, appalachians are a Kentucky breed. Eastern Kentucky still has some wild ones... horses, wild horses, not the other Kentucky wild ones.:headshake
Appaloosa has nothing to do with it, appalachians are a Kentucky breed. Eastern Kentucky still has some wild ones... horses, wild horses, not the other Kentucky wild ones.:headshake
Are Appalachians also known as the Rocky Mountain horse?
No idea, never heard of them.
Are Appalachians also known as the Rocky Mountain horse?
The Rocky Mountain Horse is a horse breed developed in the state of Kentucky in the United States. Despite its name, it originated not in the Rocky Mountains, but instead in the Appalachian Mountains. A foundation stallion, brought from the western United States to eastern Kentucky around 1890, began the Rocky Mountain type in the late 19th century. In the mid-20th century, a stallion named Old Tobe, owned by a prominent breeder, was used to develop the modern type; today most Rocky Mountain Horses trace back to this stallion. In 1986, the Rocky Mountain Horse Association was formed and by 2005 has registered over 12,000 horses. The breed is known for its preferred "chocolate" coat color and flaxen mane and tail, the result of the relatively rare silver dapple gene acting on a black coat, seen in much of the population. It also exhibits a four-beat ambling gait known as the "single-foot". Originally developed as a multi-purpose riding, driving and light draft horse, today it is used mainly for trail riding and working cattle.
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I guess some horses don't like high octane mouthwash.
This guy has another vehicle with a trailer but it wouldn't start so he took this truck and loaded his highly trained
stockyard horse worth $15 grand and beat it for work at 70 mph.
The cops stopped him but claim there is nothing they could charge him with. Maybe excess stupidity?
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Highly trained or scared stiff, you be the judge.
Re back window, it rolls down like the door windows do.
Butbutbut ya can see broken glass in the corner of the window.
Please to note the reins going through where the window used to be.
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Note, also, the clearness of the opening whereas ya can see the green/blue tinting of the other windows. The headrests are too visible for there to be glass there. I still think that's broken glass to the left of the headrest.
Now ain't arguing about this more fun than arguing about stupid ol politiks?:D
Oh, and did you notice the horse is being very careful not to lean right or left?;)
Then the real rein should be visible, and is not.
Also, no reflection of the horse.
yeah, watch the video
look at the reins
coming down from he horse
through the window hole
and into the cabin
there's no window
So the window "rolls*" down.
* we still say rolls even when they're electric.
edit ~Nope, I think that's about a 2000 Chevy/GMC and they were solid or sliders but no roll down.
Horses with passports? Nope they came like slaves...
It sure didn't take long for the Plains Indians to master horsemanship.
It's hard to believe there were no horses before the Europeans brought theirs. But then most healthy people could probably become pretty proficient in five years.
A herd of all white horses would be boring, the imperfections and markings of this herd make them interesting.
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Wanna ride? Embiggen the sucker and watch out for the one with the black spot on his/her ass, it's a kicker.
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Cheating I know.
No apologies, had to be done:
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I thought air cavalry meant helicopters...
With God as my witness, I thought air cavalry horses could fly...
Somebody guessed they are polo ponies. Sounded reasonable, polo players could afford that plane.
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Back to the future
Lambeth council has begun using shire horses to tend to its parks, evoking images of 18th-century life.
Murdoch and Joey have been deployed to rake over sections of Clapham Common in south-west London so wildflower seeds can be planted.
It is hoped that reverting to using animals rather than tractors will cut emissions.
BiB Well, it's true that they don't churn out diesel particulates but anyone with just a passing acquaintance of horses knows that they are martyrs to flatulence.
Truly a sin of emission.
LinkThe following link goes to a video of a horse about to mate with another horse, and Ol' Soapy is open for bidness.
But, apparently, she wasn't quite there yet. She kicks him, and drops him like a sack of potatos. Permanent-like. He didn't fall asleep, not pining for the fjords. I say you he dead.:dedhorse:
No means no motherfucker.I've never seen or even heard of that.
It seems you've never seen or even heard of editing (ETA) a post either; so, that's not saying much. :lol:
:stickpoke
With God as my witness, I thought air cavalry horses could fly...
WKRP noted and approved
It is hoped that reverting to using animals rather than tractors will cut emissions.
Yeah, that's a strictly political statement, a wildly inaccurate feel good statement.
It's fortuitous for us the Shires are not carnivorous.
It seems you've never seen or even heard of editing (ETA) a post either; so, that's not saying much. :lol:
:stickpoke
Um, whut?
You chain post well within the editing time that won't even show up as being annotated as edited. It's like you're chasing the Guinness World Record for gratuitous posts.
It's as though you've never seen or even heard of editing posts; hence, I poked fun at the behavior when you did it again to say that you've never seen or even heard of something else.
You're a riot! :lol2:
You're an idiot.
I really don't care what you think of my posting habits.
I hope it gives ya hives.
I really do.
Does it really bother ya that much?
That I post without using the edit button?
Your brain leaks. It's funny the way it drivels out here in the forums. Could be different IRL. Fortunately, no one here has had to listen to it in person; or, one may have wanted to kill one's self. :lol:
may have wanted to kill one's self. :lol:
That's exactly how it works for me.
Chain post.
Well with in the editing timeframe...
ETA: I edited this post twice. Once I didn't use the ETA qualifier. I bet that's confusing the fuck outta ya. It's why I woke up today, you know.
Any excuse for more gratuitous posts. Milking it for all you can I see. Good luck with trying to make it look like an accomplishment. Sorry about your OCD.
Two, two gratuitous posts...
...ah, ah.
ETA: What's this? Four, four gratuitous posts!!!
:cheerldr:Yay me!:cheerldr:
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That should have been good for at least a half dozen. Seems you can't keep it up for long anymore. I hear there's a medication for that. Sorry about your ADD.
I knew you was a pole inspector.
I just knew it.
That should have been good for at least a half dozen.
So, now I'm not posting
enough for you?
Make up your mind.
I just don't think you have what it takes to catch up with xoB's number of posts no matter how hard you seem to be trying. At least not before he becomes infirm; or, croaks. Sorry about your inferiority complex.
Good bye.
Goodbye
Good-bye
Goodby
Good-by
Take your pick. Any of these will FIFY. Sorry about your cacography.
Must be horsefly fishing.
Sorry about your addiction.
I was horse's ass fishing.
And I caught one, too.
I see tw failed with his gravdigrchild.
Sorry you've gone lame.
Here, Box, try some of this:
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It's for assholes that just need to lighten the fuck up.
It seems you've never seen or even heard of editing (ETA) a post either; so, that's not saying much. :lol:
:stickpoke
You're the emotionally disturbed attention whore who takes posts done in jest and makes mountains out of molehills from them.
You've used the ":stickpoke" many times to take jabs at others; yet, they don't react to it the way you do.
The alcoholism has made you paranoid delusional about who needs to lighten up. You've fried some of the judgement centers in your brain. That's why it leaks. You're just a stinkin' coward who gets his courage from a bottle.
You're amusing.
Um, yer holdin' the sticky end of your stick.
I think you liiiike me.:jig:
I think ....:jig:
You should do that more often. You'll have fewer clashes here.
Horses? Oh right, horses. Yes they are, and big ones too. I've had some step on my feet and would not recommend it. Do you ride horses Aladdin?
Frederik, Lord of the Friesians...
Dogs people have bred to have that kind of hair can die from burrs and tangles.
Maybe horses too. Anyone know?
I doubt Frederik has ever seen a burr. :lol: But should think horses bred for those traits probably lead pretty pampered lives.
Nothing to see here, move along folks, just a horse gonna play in the pool:
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Damn, that's a horny horse...
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That's how the front of his hat brim got turned up.
I thought it might have been turned up from sheer speed.
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Then there's this guy (just starting out?):
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-hans-wilhelm-meier-and-his-french-percheron-stallion-medoc-pull-logs-55041625.html
So Meier is stealing logs from the Municipal forest using horse training as a cover. Very clever. :haha:
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That was brilliant.
Beautiful animal.
Watch a doc called Buck. I think Buck Branneman (sp?) was the horse whisperer that The Horse Whisperer was based on. Really good show, from a couple different perspectives.
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