Wednesday 2 October 2013

Wednesday Whinnies


#1 here. Today's Wednesday Whinnies will feature some photos from my weekend at the French National Percheron Championships. The weather was very iffy but we managed to stay "in between the raindrops" most of the time.

Here's a bunch of young stallions waiting for the recall in their category:


A little guy dreaming of big things...


A stallion presentation action shot:


English friends with whom I was in Belgium came thinking to maybe buy one mare and ended up buying this pair after driving them!


Mares showing off beautiful shades of grey:


One of the highlights is always the group presentations of mares:


Those girls (with their foals in between them) really can move!


On Saturday evening, there was a dinner with a presentation of horses that were for sale. I was MC for the event and did the commentary in both French and English. It is quite long but if you would like an idea, the video is here.

16 comments:

  1. Oh such fine looking horses!
    Purrs Tillie and Georgia,
    Treasure,Tiger, JJ and Julie

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  2. What beautiful horses! Thanks for sharing them and the video.

    Cindy

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  3. We hope Vidock never grows up and goes off to stallion school! We'd miss him!

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  4. Mom would love to see the event!
    enny & Lily

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  5. They are such magnificent horses. The pictures are wonderful and I can imagine the great time you had. Hugs GJ x

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  6. Wow, all those gorgeous horses!

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  7. Ils sont impressionnants, majestueux.
    J'aime beaucoup, sur la première photo les deux "noirs".
    Je comprends que l'on puisse être passionnée par cette race... moi je préfère un peu plus petit !

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  8. Beautiful photos! The mares and their young is poetic/poetry.

    Seemingly a wonderful experience for all :)

    the critters in the cottage xo

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  9. Those horsies are gorgeous. I especially love those soft gray colors.

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  10. We love how the man's tie matches the bows on the horses. The horses or beautiful!

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  11. What a wonderful group of horses! You must have had such a amazing time. I greatly enjoyed the video and wanted to say you have a very easy, lovely voice to listen to. Great job to the horses and to you, too!
    Lily, WA, USA

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  12. We watched some of the video. Our mum is impressed with your #1 going from French to English and back. Mum has problems with just one language!

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  13. How in the world did mommy and I miss this one! We will listen!

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  14. They are all magnificent looking horses.

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