Monthly Archives: May 2012
Blind horse dances – Music
Cash, from last Wednesday’s ‘Just for Grins’ post, showed that a blind horse can have a good life. This music video is of Filur Horsdal, a 22 year old blind Knabstrupper stallion, trained by Bent Branderup at “The Art of … Continue reading
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Just for Grins – Blind foal plays with zipper
This is a blind foal named Cash. Cash was born on a Quarter Horse breeding farm in northern Alabama on February 7, 2007. Cash has a very rare eye disorder called aniridia, in which the irises don’t develop. He was … Continue reading
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Song of the Singing Horseman – Ride On
Video length: 3 minutes 15 seconds Music: “Ride On” written by Jimmy MacCarthy on album “The Song of the Singing Horseman” released in 1991 by Mulligan Records. The female singer is listed as the Youtube uploader, but no name is … Continue reading
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Just for Grins – Riding backwards
This guy is really good at riding backwards. This is “backwards horse riding Jamaican style”. ”Yeh, Mon” Video length: 52 seconds Uploaded by lovewindale on Jan 22, 2010
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Riding Icelandic Horses on coast of Denmark
Nine ladies riding Icelandic horses along the west coast of Denmark on a lovely day. Video length: 5 minutes 41 seconds Music: “Like Sunflowers” from the album “Crow” by Eivör Pálsdóttir. She is singing in Icelandic. The title of the … Continue reading
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Just for Grins – Irish Cob foal eating grass
Jelani’s Bowen” was born on March 25th 2007 at 4:30AM. His mother is Shayla, and his father is Chakotay. He is an Irish Cob described as a “big teddy bear, very sweet and cooperative”. He is at Jalani Stables living … Continue reading
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Dressage Lusitano Grand Prix Stallion
Dressage Lusitano Grand Prix Stallion SansaoHM USDF 2006 Grand Prix All breed award Video length: 4 minutes 6 seconds Music: “Chuva” sung by Mariza, who is a popular Portuguese fado singer. Fado is a musical genre usually with a melancholy … Continue reading
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Just for Grins – Horse blows a raspberry
Bill is a travelling documentary filmmaker. His niece Olivia introduced him to this horse. Bill asks “Why do you like this one”? Answer: “Because he makes funny sounds.” The horse blows a raspberry. This is also called making a Bronx cheer. To humans … Continue reading
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Icelandic horse dressage practice
Icelandics can also do dressage! She comments that her Icelandic horse, Sola, can be very stubborn. Icelandics are known to be smart and have a mind of their own. They are both learning how to do dressage together. Icelandics are … Continue reading
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Snake in the barn
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. – Chanakya I’d add to that proverb to treat an unknown snake as if it is poisonous, just to be on the safe side. Guess that caution … Continue reading
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