Yet, people dope horses to make them win competition, geld male horses to make them docile, or slaughter them for food as a sign of gratitude for their help throughout the centuries. The very thought of humans eating horseflesh makes me sick — to me it's not much different from cannibalism.
Apart from its obvious utility (mind that neither the horse nor any other animal has ever needed us for its survival, but we do need animals for ours), there's something very romantic about this beautiful animal, largely due to its mane and tail streaming in the wind.
Anyway, last week we chanced upon a draught horse showing and had a lot of fun.
It was one of those halcyon days of splendid weather filled with joyous, festive atmosphere, and thankfully, I had my camera with me.
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| Flaxen Chestnut Pony (Equus caballus) portrait (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Flaxen Chestnut Pony (Equus caballus) (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Chestnut Pony (Equus caballus) with Flaxen mane (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Dark bay (seal brown) horse portrait (Equus caballus) (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Two Bay horses in blinkers close-up (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Grey horse in blinkers portrait (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Grey horse in harness portrait (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Grey horse in harness (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Two bay horses portrait (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Bay horses in blinkers portrait (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Carriage driving. (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Four-in-hand carriage back view (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Ladies cart with bay horse (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Tandem of two grey horses. (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Tandem of three dark bay horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Tandem of grey horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Tandem of four dark bay horses. (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught horse showing. Team of dark bay horses hitched on landau (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Four-in-hand carriage drawn by a team of four bay horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Teams hitched on landaus. (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Four-in-hand team of bay horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Four-in-hand carriage with bay horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught horse showing. Team of white horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught horse showing. Team of white horses and four-wheeled carriage (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Team of black horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Four-in-hand team of bay horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Team of skewbald horses and four-wheeled carriage (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Draught Horse Showing. Team of skewbald horses (© 2012 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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