Tiger on horse

I saw a photo of a tiger riding a circus horse in a book once; what was really cool was that the horse was a wildly marked leopard  Knabstrupper or Appy.

Mirrors can cut trailering stress

Mirror Mirror, originally uploaded by Tanya Gin.

Here’s a report that horses travelling with a mirror in their trailer (or horsebox, depending on where you are) experience less stress than they usually would. A real companion would be best, but if that’s not feasible, why not try this instead?

Hamster cavalry training?

Nope; French rider Olivier Garcia rides his horse Emir et Djugut inside a giant plastic bubble during training for the grand opening of the Stockholm International Horse Show at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Link

Just 5.9 kilograms per horsepower

Found at haha.nu: Funny ad campaign of the Golf GTI series by VW.

The text on the ads reads:  Just 5.9 kilograms per horsepower. The Golf GTI Edition 30.

Two more ads after the jump.

Cartoons and fine arts

Here’s a fantastic Worth1000 photoshop contest called Art of the Cel, where cartoons are inserted into classic works of art! Link via Neatorama.

Two more pics after the jump.

Peter Clark’s collages

Peter Clark uses pieces of colorful maps, manuscript, and found papers for his collage artwork: Link via Neatorama.

Firefighters rescue horse from icy pond

Firefighters in Woodbridge, Vermont rescued a horse named Slick when he fell into an icy pond. Full story

Semi-interesting biographical note: my brother is a volunteer fire captain (in a place even colder than Vermont) but to the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t had to rescue any horses yet.

MSU vet students experience draft horse driving

Bas-relief, originally uploaded by danielguip.

Animal Science 141 is more about the warm gloves than the notebooks, more about remembering to bring a hat than a pen.

We’re talking draft-horse driving, and a Michigan State University class last month hitched students with horses in an outdoor laboratory despite the February cold.

The lead teacher is listed as Cara O’Connor, but let’s face it: The head instructor is really Colonel, a 12-year-old Belgian draft horse with hooves the size of pasta bowls.

Colonel was handing out lessons that morning at the MSU Horse Research and Teaching Center, where the windchill hit 9 degrees.