09.18.08
Galloping horses bareback in snow
I’m not really feeling nostalgic for winter, but maybe a little bit for Abby, our first driving horse. Sharing these pix from 2002 (oh so long ago!) when Emmie and Dad horsed around bareback in deep fresh powder, it must have been at Christmas time.
One of my favorite shots! Em on beautiful Willow’s Bask and Dad rides Abby, making fresh tracks in their fun run.
Emmie knows Willy like the back of her hand, having ridden and trained her since the mare was 5 and Emmie was age 12. In these pictures in 2002, the mare was age 16 and in foal with Gilford.
I cannot condone their riding without helmets, but I suppose these are the softest landing conditions you might find.
Abby, a Morgan-Percheron mare and our first driving horse, controllable with a halter. And I see Dad is wearing cross-country ski boots too!
Dad makes one more run for good measure! Thanks to this mare I think we first fell in love with Percheron breeding, and ended up with our two arabian-percheron boys!
Abby has another good home now… please visit more blog posts about Abby!
Horse Gal said,
September 19, 2008 at 8:22 am
That picture of your Em on her beloved mare and her Dad going thru the fresh snow is also one of my absolulte favorites too! Just a girl and her Dad…doing what they love the most with in all that fresh new powder! I fell in love with that picture when I saw the original photograph framed and in Emmie’s apartment!!! Check out those smiles on Em and Dad’s faces…that’s what it’s all about!