Horsing Around

[Carmen]

Just horsing around

http://www.lorenzo.fr/lorenzo/internet_2007/bombit2d02.jpg

Don't you just love this guy and his wonderful horses!

http://vodpod.com/watch/991753-dailymotion-lorenzo-the-flying-french-man-a-video-from-alatebo-obatala-dvd-cheval-lo

[waitinginthewings]

Thks for posting this. Amazing the bond between the man & the horses. Beautiful and incredible.

[Carmen]

Bump

[mudra]

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs28/f/2008/062/3/e/3ef5838cf1ba2ebd.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/208/4/3/43935b330af1224a2662c4eaac74b0ae.jpg

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/f/2009/213/4/e/4ebd60354b17065a5321f3ed58fdfa30.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/205/0/a/0a9ff45ef4212f844e7e7c8c49be2582.jpg

Love always:wub2::wub2::wub2:
mudra

[Oliver]

There is a say: "Beauty, your name is HORSE"!

Thank you, Carmen, for this thread. The video is breathtaking.

Mudra, that picture of the white horse you have posted made my day this morning. Ubelivable beauty. Thanks Creator for this!

Love

http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=676&pictureid=7304

[burgundia]

http://gateofdreams.com/images/solmate_3.jpg

[giovonni]

A horse with no name :sad:
http://www.horseworld.org.uk/newsblog/blogs/media/blogs/new/Horsenoname1.jpg



http://www.bukowskigallery.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/others/Fe%20-%20Horse%20and%20I,%20with%20no%20name.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0KKGdb4qUY

[Oliver]

http://moonsgallery.com/images/Catalog/Dragon_Horse_140x270.jpg

[burgundia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TLjlBQ5jOA

[Carmen]

Why is a stallion called an 'entire'

Answer, a stallion is 'entirely male'. They have no female attributes as other animals do. eg teats

[giovonni]

Greeting's Ms Horse~Woman :wink2:

Since you know so much about these animals :lol3:

I am going to begin with a simple one:lmfao:

whats breed and where's it from? :tongue2:
http://mathildasanthropologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/przewalski.jpg

[Carmen]

Well now, according to my "The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds" it looks like a Asiatic Wild Horse or Przewalski Horse from the Gobi Desert region.

Cheers

Carmen

[giovonni]

No reference books > that was an easy one!:mad3:

[Carmen]

Heres a nice horsey video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVWYMl2yg1E&feature=fvw

Cheers

Carmen

[Christo888]

Gio... that horse looks like a Zebra that lost its stripes, or they just haven't been painted on yet.:lmao:

[giovonni]

ok ok > another test question ~ms carmen`gia:naughty:

only this > massive specimen of strength and beauty:wub2:
would be able or acceptable too carry my massive aah.... heart:lmao:

http://www.canaryzoo.com/Horse%20Species%201/irish%20hunter.jpg

here's a hint :italia::drink_nl:

[Unified Serenity]

Greeting's Ms Horse~Woman :wink2:

Since you know so much about these animals :lol3:

I am going to begin with a simple one:lmfao:

whats breed and where's it from? :tongue2:
http://mathildasanthropologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/przewalski.jpg

This is a przewalski horse :

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/fact-phorse.cfm

Pronounciation: sheh-val-skee

Physical Description: The coat of the Przewalski's horse ranges from brown to dun, with a pale underbelly and muzzle, a dark tail, a dorsal stripe, striped legs, and a dark, short mohawk–like mane. The head is large, and the body is short and muscular.

Size: The Przewalski's horse stands about 13 hands high at the shoulder (a little more than four feet) and has a head and body length of less than seven feet, with a tail close to three feet long. Adults can weigh between 550 and 750 pounds.

Geographic Distribution: Before their population dwindled, these horses spanned regions in Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, and China.

Status: The World Conservation Union's Red List of Threatened Species listed the Przewalski's horse as extinct in the wild until 2008. Causes of extinction were hunting, harsh climate, loss of habitat, and loss of water sources to farm animals. However, successful reintroductuions qualified this species for reassessment in 2008, and they are now classified as critically endangered.

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/fact-phorse.cfm

[Unified Serenity]

ok ok > another test question ~ms carmen`gia:naughty:

only this > massive specimen of strength and beauty:wub2:
would be able or acceptable too carry my massive aah.... heart:lmao:

http://www.canaryzoo.com/Horse%20Species%201/irish%20hunter.jpg

here's a hint :italia::drink_nl:

That' just an Italian draft horse :mfr_lol:

We farriers used to joke, "What do you do when a Clydesdale wants to put his hoof down?"

"You let him"

I trimmed a Clydesdale once, never want to shoe one!

[THE eXchanger]

xxx

[Oliver]

The Beauty is comming. No escape from it. Hold on, Avalonians!

http://projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=659&pictureid=7014

[giovonni]

ok ok ok!!
one more for today :lmfao:

This breed is the gaucho's true friend:wub2:
What is it called and where did it originate from?

http://imagebank.ipcmedia.com/imageBank/cache/g/Gaucho2_e_761b99a585e5144c1472ba674205be8d.jpg


to easy :sneaky2:
One more!!!

This is a little harder> this breed or type> makes the cut (so to speak):lmfao:
It's from the Great White North?
:tongue2:
http://www.stable.com/images/ServiceProvider/horse_breeder_services_5406.jpg

[Unified Serenity]

ok ok ok!!
one more for today :lmfao:

This breed is the gaucho's true friend:wub2:
What is it called and where did it originate from?

http://imagebank.ipcmedia.com/imageBank/cache/g/Gaucho2_e_761b99a585e5144c1472ba674205be8d.jpg


to easy :sneaky2:
One more!!!

This is a little harder> this breed or type> makes the cut (so to speak):lmfao:
It's from the Great White North?
:tongue2:
http://www.stable.com/images/ServiceProvider/horse_breeder_services_5406.jpg

The Argentinians like Criollo horses. This looks like a rather unappealing one. "The breed dates back to a 1535 shipment of 100 Pure Bred Spaniards - Andalusian stallions coming from Cadiz, Spain, to the Rio de la Plata imported by Buenos Aires founder, Pedro de Mendoza." Wikipedia info

The second looks like a Quarter Horse, great for cutting and barrel racing.

[no caste]

Why is a stallion called an 'entire'

Answer, a stallion is 'entirely male'. They have no female attributes as other animals do. eg teats

Who knew?! That is very interesting Carmen! So many of these videos just did the goose bumps for me. Actually, I even got overwhelmed and (kind of) wept with eXchanger's Black Horses. That was something.

eXchanger - Carmen said in another post that black horses are uniquely enspirited (or something like that).

Let me tell you I could go on and on here, BUT...

10,000 years ago

http://one1more2time3.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/cave_painting_horse.jpg

[Carmen]

Thanks for your responses. Susan, that video of the Black Horses is pure magic! No caste , I know how you love Black Horses.

My experience of Black Horses and also black cats is that they do appear to be a bit different, often agressive or troubled in some way. My daughter Hannah had a black mare we called Macy. She was an orphaned foal and was very spoilt having being reared by humans and not being subjected to a mothers natural discipline. So, as in a child reared with no walls of constraint of behaviour, she was very unsure of herself and agressive with other horses. She also thought she could boss any human around, that is, until she met my Hannah. I would watch Hannah from the house working with this stroppy mare. Macy standing on her hind legs pawing the air in front of Hannah. It just looked like a scene from "The Black Stallion" After many confrontations she finally bonded with Hannah and was a very willing, try her best for you, type of horse.


She was absolutely diabolical to put with other horses. She just beat the **** of them and had all other horses scared of her. She was also extremely jealous and hated Hannah riding any other horse. Her facial expressions were incredible, "if looks could kill!!'

Another of her little foibles was than she craved motherhood and would steal babies from any species, calves lambs!! I will never forget Macy walking toward me one day with a new-born lamb tottering at her big black hind legs. My daughter put Macy in a yard and quickly and carefully snatched the lamb back and gave it back to the mother. Macy was furious at losing her new baby, screamed around the yard, eventually jumping the fence, then another to get into where the ewes were, beat the **** out the ewe with 'her' lamb, and took the lamb back!!! It was a sight to behold, the big black mare with the tiny white lamb, being ever so careful with it.

She was a very safe horse to ride as she hated her rider falling off and refused to move forward well until she knew you could ride! Beginners were absolutely safe with her. I remember a beginner hanging under her belly when the saddle slipped once and Macy standing looking at this curious upside - down person as if to say "What the hell are you doing there!!"

Horse stories, I love em, and there is always a story to every horse!

Love

Carmen:wub2:

[Carmen]

Here is a video of the horses from Lord of the Rings


http://www.brego.net/imglib/galleryimage/galleryimage_image_318.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fToLlHSbhS8

[Unified Serenity]

Horse stories, I love em, and there is always a story to every horse!

Love

Carmen:wub2:

Thanks Carmen for the great stories! I was raised around horses, and to me there is nothing like the smell of a horse barn! You, know, you are absolutely right about black horses and cats. Though, I will say that any horse with spots has a screw loose. BEautiful, but screwy.

I gave a solid black female kitten to my son as that was what he always wanted. That cat is quirky. She, raven, will let you pet her then suddenly turn and try to take off your hand. She is contentious, wants to be alpha cat due to my older female cat who tells Raven, "Not in your dreams cookie".

I got fed up with Raven attacking me one day and did knock her for a loop. She's never scratched or bitten me ever again, and her behavior is much better in general. She is quite a bit sweeter now, but still quirky.

I've always loved animals and had this connection that I know what they are thinking. They have very funny senses of humor.

[mudra]

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/usr/1/13254/thumbelina.jpg

Thumbelina, at a mere 17 inches tall and weighing only 60 pounds, is officially the world's smallest horse. Born as a dwarf to a miniature horse, she's a "mini of a mini," and as a foal she liked to hang out with the cocker spaniels rather than with normal-sized horses whose knees she reached to. Thumbelina will live only half the life of a regular miniature horse (maybe 17 years), but judging from this picture, she'll pack twice the cuteness into it. She's a real-life My Little Pony!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w_3R-gECff4/SoGIJfMjO6I/AAAAAAAAD98/Z-7wodjn_FQ/s400/11.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eaqvuOY59DQ/SckpvOIUVGI/AAAAAAAAJL4/i2BJ1V9hRrE/s400/1.jpg
http://www.sfgate.com/news/pictures/2004/08/25/mini9.jpg

Love always
mudra

[Oliver]

Do you know about this horse, Sea biscuit? There is a movie about him, pictured 2003. I also saw a documentary on him at History channel.
A great story, Carmen!:original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR4mkrmuTzs&NR=1

http://iconstatues.com/Seabiscuit-statue-monument.jpg

Here is the legendary"face to face" race with his greatest opponent War Admiral. "Go, mate!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVT2MPNCqgM&feature=related

[burgundia]

And now watch magnificent Secretariat racing......when he died at the age of 25, they did an autopsy on him and discovered that his heart was twice as big as the heart of an average horse.They concluded that this was the secret of his unusual strength...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEOlWDz2KBw&feature=related

[no caste]

Gio... that horse looks like a Zebra that lost its stripes, or they just haven't been painted on yet.:lmao:

Wow. Check this. I was perusing horseys to post and searched dun (fer sumpin diff'ent): Zebra-Striped Dun

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-umNqM-3I2Y/Slj0uvW6GrI/AAAAAAAAGLQ/oa7PTomi4Bk/s400/bosszebra.JPG

All of these are considered "primitive" markings because dun is the color seen in early cave paintings of horses, in Przewalski's horse (an Asian wild horse), and in many American mustangs. Obvious zebra stripes on the legs are less common but also go along with the "primitive" dun gene.
http://uthappytrails.blogspot.com/2009/07/zebra-striped-dun.html

http://image5.equinenow.com/65590_1/chestnut_arabian_colt_horse.jpg

http://www.theequinest.com/images/hansproppe.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/NPLPOD/1127576~Mustang-Wild-Horse-Red-Dun-Stallion-Sniffing-Mare-s-Noses-Montana-USA-Pryor-Posters.jpg

http://k43.pbase.com/o5/93/662093/1/68114655.GoMeGtV3.DPP_2120.JPG

http://www.pintadodesperado.com/Flys%20colt%20playing%201%20day%20old_4_2_1.jpg

http://www.myhorse.com/assets/On_Trail/Horse_Breeds/asset_upload_file82_10811.gif

[THE eXchanger]

xxx

[Carmen]

Thanks, the pics on here are great and I knew people would have horse stories!. Oliver, the story of the little horse, Seabiscuit, inspired the whole nation at the time he was racing! A great movie!

This little mare Blue Hors Matine, wowed the crowd with her performance. Incredibly, she did not win this competition, the judges marked her down cos she 'swished' her tail! I posted this ages ago but I think she deserves another outing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQgTiqhPbw

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/3059626942_73ffe1e70e_o.jpg

Cheers

Carmen

[THE eXchanger]

xxx

[THE eXchanger]

xxx

[Carmen]

Sounds fabulous Susan.You must be riding fit to do that! Have a great weekend.

Cheers

Carmen

[THE eXchanger]

xxx

[Carmen]

Sounds fantastic Susan. I love riding by moonlight. My advice as far as saddle soreness goes is to take arnica. Good to give it to your horse also. We always pack it when we go trekking. Look forward to seeing those pics.

Cheers

Carmen

[Carmen]

Sounds fantastic Susan. I love riding by moonlight. My advice as far as saddle soreness goes is to take arnica. Good to give it to your horse also. We always pack it when we go trekking. Look forward to seeing those pics.

Cheers

Carmen

[burgundia]

What is it about horses that brings tears to one's eyes when watching them run or dance?:tears:

[Oliver]

Probably the best horse photographer I have ever seen.
Wojtek Kwiatkowski from Poland.

See here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=569743

Oh my..!

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/8733195-md.jpg

[lindabaker]

Just for fun...someone had to do it...for those of us who were kids in the 60's: Mr. Ed. Just Horsing Around..love and laugh, Linda




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGZwmelwnBU

[THE eXchanger]

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[THE eXchanger]

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[THE eXchanger]

xxx

[giovonni]

This Danish breed is well known for being circus performers~ what is it called???
http://www.equiworld.net/uk/horsecare/Breeds/knabstrupper/figarojump.jpg

[THE eXchanger]

xxx

[Oliver]

Gio, THAT horse is amazing. Its name is Beauty With Few Black Spots...:naughty:

But, tell me how you will call these horses? "The Three Horses Of The Apocalypse", maybe?:lol3:

And were is the Fourth one?

http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=659&pictureid=7431

Love & Respect

[tone3jaguar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL37RDS2Qiw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyIT4Ht1Ndw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RqsVn1dkgQ

[lindabaker]

:lol3:

[THE eXchanger]

xxxx

[THE eXchanger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypOTi16Eff8

[giovonni]

Horses and Canines

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/137982273_c77e748abe.jpg?v=0


http://leerburg.com/photos/collie%20horse%20web.jpg

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00623/horsemain_623481a.jpg

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10b/HorseDogBCroft_450x300.jpg

http://spottedhorsechick.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/newman-chases-gracie-babies-040-2.jpg

All eyes on the ball :lol3:

[Carmen]

Thanks folks for your contributions to this thread. Tone those vids were hilarious! I can see that we have many horselovers on Avalon. Susan Im so sorry you edited your posts out. Ive been away from Avalon lately and only just got back to looking at this thread.

Something I have been observing for sometime now is how the animals around us act out our projected attitudes. I have found that as I correct or change an attitude in me the animals are different also. It really is obvious I guess, cos animals pick up on energies much more naturally than we do. For instance, my current horse displayed fearful, shying behaviour when ridden out on his own. This was a worry/fear for me as at my age when I fall its more like a splat! than a bounce!!!! Well, with my projected attitude of fear, we were like an accident waiting to happen. It wasnt until I fully understood this and gradually changed it that the horse relaxed and trusted me. So, fearful thoughts attract and manifest fearful behaviour. This holds true in all of life. Like attracts like.

Cheers

Carmen

[no caste]

Winter's a-comin'. Carmen, it must be spring in your necks of the woods. :original:

http://www.das.psu.edu/research-extension/equine/news/winter-care-for-your-horse/image_preview

http://www.ajwnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/hippotherapy-pergament.gif

http://photographybyfaith.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/visible_horse__0411_lg.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1434/536215258_226fa302c3_o.jpg

http://thingsforhorses.com/images/horse-blanket.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1337/642464357_3aa88c4ad3.jpg?v=0

[Carmen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j0Z19IhgPA&feature=related

http://www.blackhorsedesign.com/artworks/PhasesofMyMood-black-stallion.jpg

[giovonni]

Wonderful video Carmen :original:
I sense these magnificent consious-beings are waiting for us to catch~up along with the rest of this planets lifeforms~
too evolve forward and upward together.


Carmen and her buddy Maddy ( avalon member fastfilly) forwarded too me photo's of the artwork of two very creative women :thumb_yello:

From driftwood like this~

[admin-edit]You can find the two women here: http://www.heatherjansch.com/index.php[admin-edit]
http://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/images/bodypic_prepare4_lg.jpg


these two artist
http://equineink.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/heather-jansch.jpg


create with their conscious minds
http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/-1/draft_lens2037576module10612202photo_1216897938dri ftwood_horse_lying_down.jpg


this kind of imagitive
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_soZUye7vQ4Q/RniJn0eX0GI/AAAAAAAABDY/sizS0vSlavM/s320/driftwoodhorse1.jpg


beauty and wonder!
http://www.myeasypics.com/is.php?i=519757&img=driftwood_horses_prancing_in_water.jpg


Driftwood Art
http://projectavalon.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=708&pictureid=7671

[no caste]

Those driftwood horses are beautiful! The 'forms' are alive! A universal dance! I've just seen ones made of scrap metal -

http://imagebank.ipcmedia.com/imageBank/h/HorseSculpture.JPG

[Carmen]

Thought I'd post some pics of the 'Otago Goldfields Cavalcade' which is held every year in Otago. I've just started my horse and I training for it. (Tweedlydum and Tweedlydee, both as fat as fat can be, have some work to do to get our bodies fit!!!!:mfr_omg:

[Carmen]

http://www.flyingtrestles.com/contact/uploaded_images/cavalcade600-796211.jpg

[Carmen]

http://goldfieldsinc.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/cavalcade.jpg

[THE eXchanger]

black horses

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypOTi16Eff8

[giovonni]

A mother's comfort~ too dear Hannah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkrNf33zMQo

for their shared love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mTILKKkqQQ&feature=related

[Carmen]

Thankyou Gio, that was wonderful!

Gio is responding to the news I gave him yesterday. The news that we had to have my daughter's horse Seeker, put down. I brought the mare to my place where we met the vet. I was very hopeful that with the proper care we may have brought her through, but the vet gave us no hope. We did want to see her in continuing pain so I think that we made the right descision.

Seeker was a lovely calm anglo-arab mare, dark bay with a white blaze. A beautiful mare.

Her spirit now flies free.:tears:

Carmen

[giovonni]

Wild Fire
http://www.freespiritart.com/images/night-mares-horses.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl4Y4FWWkn0&feature=related

[TheObserver]

Midnight Special version:

r4TNGG3XIIY

[no caste]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a1H7iZJ3LNc/SyZ7GqkJqAI/AAAAAAAAD3A/YOpJMzGSAps/s640/300bc-PazyrikHorseman,+carpet+detail.JPG
Illustration: Pazyryk carpet detail showing a horseman

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1224526-Turkey_by_horse-Goreme.jpg