Horses of the outside world. Calgary: Mounted Patrol Unit, about our mounted patrols and the horses. Hat Tip T.
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Post-show lesson. As I said, I want to stay with it. [Show Report, Other Horses]
However.
I will never get used to Saddlebred ears.
“Perhaps body language is one reason for the Saddlebred’s hyper reputation among hunter/jumpers and others. Picture a horse with a high head, bulging eyes and ears so alert they almost touch. In a Thoroughbred this means lift-off is immanent. In a Saddlebred, it means hello.” Post from my first lesson thirteen years ago. [Sam I Am] 2012
Repeated and elaborated upon nine years later/four years ago. [Missing The Saddlebreds, Or Not, I Do Not Miss The Horses] 2021
Bubba went on to be a total doll. Took me a while to stop redlining.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
I rode a Saddlebred once upon a time—yes, the ears!
As a kid, I was in awe of ASB’s ears, almost touching at the tips sometimes. I am still crazy about seeing their ears when forward. MM
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