Wednesday 24 August 2016

Wednesday Whinnies - The "Others"


Vidock: Studly Neighs, EveryFriend. The Big V here. After my big show last week, I got a whole week off and now, Mr. JP is mainly taking me for fun rides in the woods because I was such a good boy. Here is a pic of me setting out yesterday with three of my pals, Diego, Rezhao and Bibou:


And here is Miss Violette in her field, shooing away some flies:


That aside, though, I thought I would show you a few photos of some of the other horses that took part in the big event last week.

For a start, here is an outstanding black stud. His name is Urbain de Miraud:


Our friends who came from England harrowed the field using eight horses. It was an amazing sight!



They also pulled a gun from the First Wold War with six horses, three men riding postillion on three of the horses:



Then, there were the "show" turnouts with beautifully decorated horses. The first one was what is called a tandem hitch, with two horses, one in front of the other:


The other was a regular pair:


There was also an obstacle driving competition with pairs:


You can see the difference in the harnesses the two mares have on for the two different occasions. When pulling the turnout, they have an old-fashioned leather work collar with all leather paraphernalia, but for the obstacle driving, they have ultra-light synthetic rope breastcollars and roping.
 
The friends who were driving the pair stayed in France for a few days and, this past weekend, #1 went to see them driving their 1908 horse-drawn steam fire engine at a festival in Normandy:


 We hope you enjoyed these photos, even if they were not of us!

12 comments:

  1. Glad you got a nice rest Vidock.
    You did really well in the festival!
    It was nice to see you and the other horses doing work and performing :)
    Purrs Georgia and Julie,
    Treasure and JJ

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  2. We are very happy you started this post with some very nice shots of you two. It was fun to see all the others. Such a variety of work they can do!!!

    Woos - Ciara and Lightning

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  3. That is so cool all your horsie events
    Snorts,
    Lily & Edward

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  4. Impressive ! And it's very interesting to read your explanations about the harnesses and the different hitching ways. Purrs

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  5. Such wonderful photos but you are the best of all!

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  6. Those are lovely photos of you and the others, Vidock.

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  7. Mee-you yur lookin mitey hansum there Vidock!! Thee Black horse made LadyMum'ss jaw drop!! Mee finkss shee has a crush on Mistur M....
    Yur friends are all so well looked aftur an wee are so happy you are doin so well mee furend.
    **nose bumpsss** Siddhartha Henry xxxxxxxxx

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  8. Always good to see what #1 is up to, again.

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  9. We loved seeing the other horses. They look great!\\

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  10. Wow! What wonderful action shots! And we ALWAYS loves looking at horses!
    Kisses
    Nellie

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  11. It sure was nice seeing you and all your friends.

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