My Powney again...

[arwen_lune]

Went for a ride this morning and my parents came to make a few photos of us training...

Rowan seeing my mum standing by the roadside.. (she's our endurance groom so her standing by the side of the road generally means rest + drink + treats + sloshbottles to Rowan, hence his enthusiasm)











Stretching out for a gallop..




Small dispute over who gets to pick the gait...


"So there I want the swimming pool and there we'll have the villa"
(no idea what I'm doing but the horse looks pwetty)


Coat back on and off we go :)

Comments

Nice pics

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing those!

Re: Nice pics

[arwen-lune.livejournal.com]

You're *thanking* me? Usually people sigh at my inflicting "Look at my pwetty hoss" pictures on them :-D

Cheers,
Arwen

Re: Nice pics

[celandineb.livejournal.com]

Well, *I* hadn't seen any before... not that I recollect anyhow! ;-)

Cel

[dolamrothdame.livejournal.com]

Very nice pictures, Arwen. He's darker than I remember--wasn't he in winter coat in those other pictures you showed us? What was his breeding again? I assume at least part Arab.

[arwen-lune.livejournal.com]

He is a reddish bay, but the light makes him look any which way really. It was grey and overcast yesterday so he doesn't light up from the sunlight like he usually does.

And it's a purebred Welsh Cob, though not a very typical one. He's the sport-bred line of Cobs, and we clipped his feathers because he had a wound and missing one 'sock' looked silly.

Handsome pair!

[erinrua.livejournal.com]

Hello Arwen!

Oh, I've not seen your boy before - he's beautiful. I really like the way he's built, balanced and with an alert but not giddy headset. And I love your hands - I should keep my hands that low all the time. (Or that's how it looks to me, I'm certainly no expert, LOL!) :-) Anywho, you two are a very handsome pair and you've made me homesick for riding, just looking!

I'll second Isabeau's question: what's his breeding? :-)

Thanks for sharing these, it was a pleasure for my horse-lover's eyes.
Cheers ~

Erin

Re: Handsome pair!

[arwen-lune.livejournal.com]

What, I haven't inflicted photo's of him on you before?? *shocked*

I like his face too, he can be very expressive, usually comically so. Whenever I approach with the clippers he gets this sceptical look of "Hmm, now I'm not so sure about that, you know" that always makes me think of a cartoon horse :-) And he has this little-boy look about him sometimes. Always looking for trouble..

Re: Handsome pair!

[erinrua.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yes, he does have a very expressive face - what a darling fellow. :-) Though I'm certain he can be a handful, too. He's got that Huckleberry Finn look in his eye. *G*

Welsh Cob is he! Okay, that explains the good bone and the slight crest to his neck when his head is tucked. Plus I found earlier pictures where he had feathers on his hocks - Just a gorgeous thing he is. It is interesting that he has refinement to his look, too, as Isabeau was guessing a touch of Arab. Wouldn't surprise me if the sporting lines didnt' have a bit of Arab dropped in somewhere along the way, as many breeds do. Anywho, he's beautimous, and no, you hadn't inflicted photos of him on me before. *G* Wish I could beam over there and meet him. Thanks again for sharing!
Cheers ~

Erin

Whew!

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't he a beauty! I'm jealous ;)


Elemmire

Re: Whew!

[(Anonymous)]

Eruwestial here, he's GORGEOUS! Oh, I miss horses. You look very good on him! Thanks for sending these.

Rowan

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, Arwen, he's absolutely *gorgeous*! He looks tiny to me, but then, I'm used to Belgians & Brabants (I work at Middleton Place, a historic rice plantation & they pull our carriages).

As you might have guessed, I'm horse crazy ;) Thanks so much for sharing these.

Parker (who's really ticked off that NBC has not shown *any* of the Equestrian events for the Olympics)

[(Anonymous)]

Why don't you ride to CCDE next year?

Me, I know notverymuch about horses, apart from recognising a handsome animal when I see it. But there will very likely be some other equinely inclined people there. And it's always good fun, horses or no horses, and a horse would probably only make it more so.

--
Marco