real horses
Not so surprised to hear this Noel. Beautiful creatures.....but sometimes stubborn and surly (so I hear....I haven't really been around horses too much but I have relatives that have).
Mike;
my Father rode a horse to school everyday, there were stalls at school for the horses
my Mother rode on an equestrian drill team
my little sister and her husband leased jumpers
me ? I just sit on them
1959 we're coming back from Scammon's Lagoon in Baja, we broke a left front spring in the mountains between San Filipe and Ensenanda, so we went to the blacksmith and he's making us a new spring.....
lots of cars speeding by honking......we went outside....there's a spectacular Arabian mare in the street so frightened she couldn't stay standing up....
Dad caught her and covered her eyes with his shirt and cradled her head, when she calmed down a bit we walked her back to the blacksmiths shop...
an hour later a guy walks in looking for "El Norte Americano"...
in perfect English "thank you Senor for saving my horse, may I give you something as a token....."
"No, thank you"
"I can give nothing in gratitude?"
"Yes, let me ride her!"
the guy said OK
ever see an Arabian act like a cutting pony for fun?
my Dad comes back he's crying with a big smile....
"Senor, thank you, I just rode what I have wanted my whole life.....a real horse"
"Senor, you are a horseman!"
I literally thought the man was going to give my Father the horse......trust me, as much as he would have loved to have had her, he wouldn't have accepted her.....she wasn't 'his' horse
I've posted this before....... Merlin, the Equine Wizard....ever see a horse run sideways?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz8BiTtoLp8
watch him head fake the bull......no football player is a match or even close