Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely collection of lovely subjects. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Aug 12, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > More photographs of horses. A followup on the Finger Lakes races. > > > During our visit to my niece's tiny horse farm in Fairport, NY, my wife and > I were asked to drive my niece, Margaret, to a training session for her two > show horses. She had had a leg operation the previous week and was > restricted to a walker for the remainder of the summer. Margaret, owns two > show horses, a seven year old, Regally Blonde (Regal for short), and a > three > year old, Torino. Torino was the horse I photographed in "Two Beauties." > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Two+beauties.JPG.html> > > While race horses start running at the age of three, show horses require > much more training and usually reach their peak performance at eight or > nine. Regally Blonde had been a race horse but she had a mind of her own > and, to the despair of her trainer and jockey, didn't always want to run. > But she enjoyed showing off and jumping. She is also a real beauty, a horsy > 10. My niece decided to have her trained to show in jumps, steeple chases, > and dressage. She took to it like a horse to oats. It is her true calling. > Here is a picture of Regal running on grass: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Regal+loves+running+on+grass.JPG.html >> > > Gail is Regal's rider in show events. She is a big girl for a show rider > but > an excellent horsewoman. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Portrait+of+Gail.JPG.html >> > > Regal and Gail in a training session: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Regal+and+Gail+2.JPG.html >> > > On this hot afternoon Regal's saddle blanket started to itch and she > decided > to roll to scratch her back. Gail handled it well. Remember a horse weighs > almost as much as a small car and you don't want it rolling on top of you. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Regal+rolls.JPG.html >> > > Anyway, to shorten a long story, in the actual competition, Regal jumped > superbly and won her event. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Regal+jumps+to+win.jpg.html >> > > Torino, their younger horse, is just at the beginning of her training. Here > is Jenny, Torino's rider, getting coaching from a pro. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Show+training.JPG.html >> > > A formal portrait of Torino and Jenny. The sort of thing a proud horse > owner > would hang over the fireplace. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Torino+and+Jenny2.JPG.html >> > > And for comic relief, the trainer's daughter riding her personal painted > pony, trying to emulate the bigger girls. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Painted+pony.JPG.html >> > > Finally, a picture of Jennifer, the trainer and part owner of Torino, my > niece Margaret, still in a cast, and my wife, also Margaret. My wife feels > that it should be titled "Witches of Macbeth on a Summer Outing." > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Show_horse_training/Trainer_+neice_+wife.JPG.html > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >