HAKODATE, Hokkaido — Five members of a local riding club rode up 134 steps on native Hokkaido-bred horses to make their first visit of 2007 to Hakodate Hachiman shrine in style.
The riders from the Dosanko Farm riding club wore traditional horseback archers’ kimonos, in a New Year’s club custom that began eight years ago to pray for the safety of people and horses. Link via Neatorama
Ganked from 10 Daily Things: the unfortunate results of too much load and too little donkey.
Blaze magazine is aimed at horse-mad kids aged 8 to 14, and “combines the mix of entertainment and education that kids and parents look for in magazines and websites. Kids want creativity and challenge, personality and person connection. And they want to have fun.” (They also need role models who don’t start sentences with conjunctions, but maybe I’m just being picky. 😉 )
We continue today’s theme (that would be “reading”, or possibly “blogger with too much caffeine in her system”) by bringing to your attention a rather neat page dealing with horses in Egyptian hieroglyphics. You really can see “a three thousand year old appreciation for the prototype for the Arabian as we know it”. If you share that appreciation, do check out the rest of the site, which has many interesting things about Egyptian Arabian horses.
No, not native as in “aboriginal” or “Indian pony“; rather, this is a magazine devoted to the pony breeds of Britain: Fell, Dartmoor, Exmoor, New Forest, Shetland, Connemara, Dales, Welsh, Eriskay, and Highland. If you live in the UK, they’ll even send you a free back issue.
This magazine is pure eye candy; back issues are available online:
Our goal at Horse of Kings is to promote the Baroque Horse…whether it be the regal Andalusian, the romantic Friesian, the famous Lipizzan, the courageous Lusitano, or any of the sport-crosses of these ancient breeds.
We report on the historical significance of these royal breeds….and celebrate their emergence as modern-day athletes and partners, and as our most beloved and valued companions.
Our purpose is to promote the Baroque Horse in a global market… beyond the confines of politics and breed associations, and into the general horse-loving public. Not only do we reach horse-lovers who already recognize, own, and appreciate these unique horses, but we also carry the message of their beauty and versatility to a worldwide audience of potential new buyers.
In addition to our desire to spread the word about these remarkable horses, we want to bring you a publication that is artistic, thought-provoking, and visually stimulating. Throughout history, artists have found their creative and romantic inspiration in the Baroque horse, and we are certainly no different. We believe that a magazine can speak volumes through its artistic approach, and that the photos and and overall ambience of the publication can express what mere words could never describe.
We look forward to input from our readers and advertisers on how to make Horse of Kings the most eagerly anticipated new equine magazine of the millennium.
You may also be interested in Classical Dressage Journal, which focuses more on training than the competitive side of dressage.
Don’t you hate books where people get the horsey things wrong? Jan Neuharth writes mystery/suspense books set amidst Virginia’s foxhunting circles; she also runs an equestrian centre in Virginia and is married to an MFH, so she does know whereof she writes! If you love a good whodunit with horses, these are definitely worth a look.
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