More photos of horses - and a dog
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382542)
Rockingham, Australia
April 2, 2021 2:19am CST
We are in Collie, Western Australia, taking photos at a horse endurance ride. Usually, Vin and I both go out on the track somewhere and try to find slightly different positions from which to take photos. This time, I stayed at the base camp taking photos of horses doing their trot-outs for the vets. This is to ensure the horses are fit enough to attempt whatever distance they’ve been entered for.
This event is a little different in that some riders will be covering 80 kms on each of thress days – a total of 240 kms (150 miles). Others are doing a micro marathon (3 x 40 kms) or a mini marathon (3 x 20 kms). Some started at 4.00 am in at attempt to dodge the heat of the day.
The collage shows a couple of candid snaps plus several from the vet ring. Do you like the plait on the pony top left? I like that the handler is totally in sync with her horse.
Edit: Thanks @xFiacre for mentioning the red 'streamer' floating out under the tail of the horse, lower right. That is an indicator that the horse might kick other horses but most people use it to try to prevent others tail-gating.
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@LindaOHio (222806)
• United States
2 Apr 21
Those are great pictures. I love the plait of the horse's mane.
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@setsuna26 (2748)
• Philippines
2 Apr 21
Those photos of lovely animals are really something else my friend. How i wish i will be able to see one in person too i mean something as beautiful as those that youve seen already
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 21
Horses are very noble creatures. They (well, many) are so big and strong but they allow humans to ride them and will do all sorts of things for them.
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
2 Apr 21
those are awesome pictures! I love dogs that are horse-trained. They know not to get underfood!
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 21
@DocAndersen Some dogs and horses get on very well together.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
4 Apr 21
@JudyEv my sister-in-law has a horse trained dog that is very smart
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
5 Apr 21
Look at those lovely creatures thanks Judy
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@DaddyEvil (174708)
• United States
2 Apr 21
Very nice! Yes, I thought the braids on that horse were interesting. I assume the braid is to help with the heat later in the day. And I agree, I kept looking at that horse's legs trying to figure out what I was seeing. 
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@DaddyEvil (174708)
• United States
6 Apr 21
@JudyEv I've never seen that here, but may just have not paid attention, too. I know we never did that when I was growing up on the farm. We always owned horses back then.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Apr 21
@DaddyEvil The endurance horses can sweat really heavily. I suppose it would make a bit of difference.
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@wolfgirl569 (135988)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Apr 21
They all look great. That was a perfect shot of the legs in the first one
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@wolfgirl569 (135988)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Apr 21
@JudyEv It shows how tuned to the person the horse is.
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@xFiacre (14802)
• Ireland
2 Apr 21
@judyev I was a little troubled by the creature on the bottom right because it looks like it really should see a vet given the bright red colour of what I thought was squirting out from under its tail. Then I enlarged the photo and was mightily relieved.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 21
Yes, it's something we can continue doing from wherever we are living which is great. The 'village' doesn't have caravan and/or boat parking although some do but I think we have a friend with acreage where we could park it or we might have to pay a weekly fee somewhere.
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@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 21
Thanks. There were dozens of nice horses at the ride. I'm not sure of the total numbers.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17244)
• China
4 Apr 21
Those photos are well taken ! If you didn't mention it,I may not notice the red streamer.
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@FourWalls (86875)
• United States
2 Apr 21
They are such beautiful animals. Thanks for sharing your lovely photos with us!!!!
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