dinsdag 9 juli 2013

Horse around

At the city estate "the Kemphaan" in Almere last Sunday was a "Horse & Outdoor" event. Several horses were presented like this Belgian workinghorse.

They were with three and were pulling a so called "flying carpet", a piece of leather on which the man is standing. Children could sit on it and would jump up and down I suppose when the horses took some speed.  We waited for ages in a burning sun, to watch it and have some pictures, but decided to leave before we would melt down.

This is a Lipizzan horse from the Spanish Riding School  of Vienna.

This horse is used for training, he could do some dancing like the piaffe. I don't know much about horses but I paid attentention to the speaker, so I remember what she said.
We still have some very nice summer weather here which amazes everybody, keep our fingers crossed.

11 opmerkingen:

  1. Horses are such majestic powerful creatures.

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  2. All beautiful in their own way..You can see so distinctly what they are all trained for oui. The horse from the Spanish riding school is so elegant.

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  3. My goodness, they are fantastic! Sounds like summer has finally arrived!

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  4. Prachtige paarden vooral de Spaanse.Ja ik hoop dat we dit weertje nou houden want we hebben nog niet veel gehad.

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  5. The flying carpet sounds like fun, if you were a kid. At this stage of my life, serious injury would occur most likely.

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  6. Dearest Marianne,
    That was a very interesting horse show! Horsing around indeed...
    Hugs to you,
    Mariette

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  7. The Belgian horses are awesome. Horse events are very surprising with what the horses can do.

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  8. Dat zien er stevige paarden uit op de tweede foto.

    Groetjes,
    Filip

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  9. Glad that you showed a variety of horses. It must have been a delightful outing.

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  10. This is what I love most - the magic of horses - so different in their trades and training. Love the photos - made my day.

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