12.30.06
Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 11:00 am by petArtist Cmoses
Cool video of man standing atop 2 horses with 4 others in hand, galloping over jumps and across a shallow lake… NOW WATCH THIS VIDEO HERE on petArtist BLOG Lorenzo the Flying French Man
Hmmm… same sort of thing was a small part of Cavalia, which I have mentioned here before. Also see Andalusian stallion at liberty my post and Apassionata with Andalusian stallion video on BRIDLEPATH.
I hope Cavalia comes back to New England someday! Their website is nice but doesn’t offer any videos, I assume their word of mouth is so strong they don’t have to show video previews. Bummer that I couldn’t find any Cavalia videos even on YouTube, they don’t allow cameras into their performances but I thought somebody would have managed to sneak one in anyway. I wish I could have– : (
Other pictures from Cavalia performances:
Nice enlargeable pix of performance in about.com news article
View Gallery of five photos in NPR News article
A few publicity pix in Equestrian TImes news article.
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12.22.06
Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 4:20 pm by petArtist Cmoses
See article Trail Riding During Hunting Season at About.com, with other horse articles and info.
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Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 3:44 pm by petArtist Cmoses
Latest and ongoing Barbaro updates from U.Penn Veterinary
Barbaro’s recovery progress hi-rez photos
Barbaro ABC News video if you can stand to see the Preakness accident again, and suffer through an advertisement first…
To see other Barbaro posts here, search on Barbaro at top right…
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12.21.06
Posted in Web Design SEO at 9:09 am by petArtist Cmoses
A concise and very informative overview of web and search engine development over the years, by Jim Hedger for SEO News– (Archives, 2006, December 21, Issue #149)
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12.06.06
Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 1:37 pm by petArtist Cmoses
These pictures begin HorseGal’s own personal story of Princess Paulownia, a 10 yr.old thoroughbred mare who raced for years, left the track, and was destined for a dogfood can before some wonderful ladies acquired her from a slaughter house.
Early picture after her rescue. Right now Princess has the attitude of a Cinderella– she is docile and willing and to our eyes happy at her turn of fate. She seems to trust us people even after all she’s been through. AND she seems sound in spite of cosmetic blemishes that we may never know how she got.
Princess she is called, and someday she may live up to her name in appearance– once she recovers fully from her trials at the hands of humans.
Margie, Princess’ new savior, lets HorseGal visit, ride, and otherwise dote on Princess. This mare replaces a previous horse that HorseGal helped care for, Sam, who passed on last spring.
Follow Princess’ progress in HorseGal’s blogs (future reports will follow):
Story of Princess arriving at her new home.
Report on Princess’ early training issues The Princess and the Canter.
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BY HORSEGAL, Guest Writer for PortraitsWithPets.com (homepage) aka PortraitsWithHorses.com (art galleries)
Other HorseGal adventures:
Carriage ride first timer…
Longeing is dizzying…
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Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 1:33 pm by petArtist Cmoses
Princess has been doing very well with all her gaits except for transitioning up to the Canter. Margie was having trouble getting Princess to Canter without running (fast-Trotting) into it– and running full steam at that! When Margie told me she didn’t know how to teach Princess to transition up the proper way, I knew EXACTLY who I wanted to call… Connie’s daughter Emmie!!!
Margie and HorseGal introduce Emmie to Princess, thoroughbred rescue horse which Emmie will ride.
Chatting about how Emmie plans to work with Princess on the canter depart.
Em & Connie & hubby came out and met “The Princess!” I was so excited to have them see her in person. When they got there, Em first watched Princess while someone else rode her. Then Emmie herself got on Princess and worked with her on getting her to transition up to Canter from Trot the proper way… and I could see it start to happen right in front of my eyes.
Em starts out walking the mare, getting a sense of her responsiveness level, which was very high.
After a few attempts to “just trot faster” and being gently slowed back down again (collected) by Emmie, Princess begins to understand what the cues for canter mean. Em never scolds her or gets after her for trying, because the mare is very willing to speed up but just doesn’t totally understand what her rider wants.
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12.03.06
Posted in Horses for the horse crazy at 9:26 pm by petArtist Cmoses
WELCOME to our newest exchange student Kentaro!!! who moved in with us December 2. Through the Rotary-sponsored youth exchange Ken is our third student in three years. Here from Japan since August, Ken is 16 and a high school junior. He will live with three different families during his visit (we are his second host family.)
Kentaro meets Gilford, our 3 yr.old Arabian/percheron harness horse.
Preparing to harness up, a little ground driving first… Peaches wants to come!
We already have taken Ken on a carriage ride excursion behind Gilford. Ken seemed to have fun although totally unaccustomed to horses, which are not common in Japan. Ken’s English is quite good, he is fitting right in to “Village” life, and we are excited to have him with us for the next four months.
Young horse Gilford practicing Whoa and Stand quietly…
Lake Winnipesaukee serves as backdrop to our Gunstock Hill fun!
Already Gilford knows how to speed up when heading for home!
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