--- Sonja wrote: <snip> > Another horse around here is the Belgian coldblood. > Amazingly it is > still rather widespread. Some of the farmers use > them to do haycar rides > and short trecks to local attractions in summer. > Some even use them on > the farm to work the land. When Tom is a little > older I'm going to take > him onto a treck. I hope that he'll love it.
There are Belgian teams that pull beer wagons in parades here (Miller, I think); at the last Colorado State Fair I went to, there was a draft horse pull: no whip or rein-slapping allowed, just verbal commands. The winning Belgians' performance was impressive: at the driver's quiet "and Set..." the horses rocked back onto their quarters; at "..HUP!" they slammed into their collars as one, and didn't stop until the sledge crossed the line. (They also did plowing and lumber work the rest of the year.) > Personally I'm into big horses. The bigger the > better. Getting onto them > is hell but most of them have such gentle > personallities. It's the falling off that concerns me! <G> 'Fraid I'll stick to my Arabs and half-Arabs, thanks (although their fiery spirits do make for the not-infrequent heart-stopping ride...Darby in a mood is quite the challenge!). Rip-Snorting Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
