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 Academic Riding” school in Denmark.
Filur was born in 1990.
Video length: 3 minutes 40 seconds
Music: Classical piano
Uploaded by Lollandfilms on Sep 21, 2011
Filur has a companion named Hugin, who is also a blind Knabstrupper stallion. Hugin was treated to some tasty flowers for his 25th birthday. He is blind, but knows his treat is coming.
Video length: 4 minutes 1 second
Music: Classical piano
Hugin enjoys a roll and a shake on his 25th birthday.
The Knabstrupper breed registry was established in 1812 starting with a single chestnut blanketed mare purchased by a Danish butcher from a Spanish cavalry officer. The mare was bred to a Fredricksborg stallion and produced a wildly colored stallion son. These two horses became the foundation of the Danish breed. American Appaloosas were introduced in the 1970s to add genetic diversity.
Is Filur still living? I would love to breed my Knapstrupper mare to him. Lesley