VISITING A STUD FARM... Adventures of a photographer.
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PURE JOY...
IGOR THE WORLD CHAMPION.
Once a horse won that title... it becomes invaluable and is used as a stud.
Igor had just sired a few mares and was feeeeeeeeeling GOOD...
(to sire is to inseminate.)
The Belgian horse, Belgian Heavy Horse, Flemish or Brabant is a horse breed that comes from the West-Brabantian region of Belgium.
They are one of the strongest of the heavy breeds.
The world's Largest Horse was a Belgian named Brooklyn Supreme, who weighed 3,200 pounds, and stood at 19.2 hands.
On average the Brabant will grow to be slightly over 1 ton or 2,000 pounds.
Colours normally are a blond with a brighter mane, or a sorrel/ chestnut colouring.
In history their main use was to work farms.
They are able to pull tremendous amounts of weight-up to over 4,500 pounds for a pair.
They also played an important role in the first World War, where quite a few perished.
I walked around and started to photograph, I discovered another blond stallion in an adjacent field and in order to get his whole head, with the velvet nose and pricked up ears all in, I had pushed through the fences and the top (danger!!!) ribbon... well I got the shot, but what a SHOCKING experience!
I straightened too soon and was electrocuted, in the neck, I called Paul, yelling: IS THE CAMERA GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT???
The horse got as much of a fright as I did, bolted and ran off.
Farmers are the same all over the world, they are only allowed a low voltage BUT... this was 240, my heart felt like I was 25 again. Bouboum.
I turned around into the 'safer' stables, obviously the nursery, since there were about 6 stables all with foals, that's where I captured those two lovelies.
The adventures of a photographer he, tee hee.
The Belgian horse is a much-loved gentle giant.
This large heavily muscled horse most likely descended from the heavy prehistoric horses and was indispensable as a workhorse in the Middle Ages when this horse was known as the Flanders (Flemish) Horse, now it is known as the Brabant.
Thank you and have a super day, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use any of my images on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
brown, Flanders, Brabander, horses, foal, farm, stable, working-horse, daylight, natural, suckling, Flanders, horizontal, Nikon D200, "Magda indigo"
VISITING A STUD FARM... Adventures of a photographer.
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
#AbFav_The_COLOUR_BROWN_
PURE JOY...
IGOR THE WORLD CHAMPION.
Once a horse won that title... it becomes invaluable and is used as a stud.
Igor had just sired a few mares and was feeeeeeeeeling GOOD...
(to sire is to inseminate.)
The Belgian horse, Belgian Heavy Horse, Flemish or Brabant is a horse breed that comes from the West-Brabantian region of Belgium.
They are one of the strongest of the heavy breeds.
The world's Largest Horse was a Belgian named Brooklyn Supreme, who weighed 3,200 pounds, and stood at 19.2 hands.
On average the Brabant will grow to be slightly over 1 ton or 2,000 pounds.
Colours normally are a blond with a brighter mane, or a sorrel/ chestnut colouring.
In history their main use was to work farms.
They are able to pull tremendous amounts of weight-up to over 4,500 pounds for a pair.
They also played an important role in the first World War, where quite a few perished.
I walked around and started to photograph, I discovered another blond stallion in an adjacent field and in order to get his whole head, with the velvet nose and pricked up ears all in, I had pushed through the fences and the top (danger!!!) ribbon... well I got the shot, but what a SHOCKING experience!
I straightened too soon and was electrocuted, in the neck, I called Paul, yelling: IS THE CAMERA GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT???
The horse got as much of a fright as I did, bolted and ran off.
Farmers are the same all over the world, they are only allowed a low voltage BUT... this was 240, my heart felt like I was 25 again. Bouboum.
I turned around into the 'safer' stables, obviously the nursery, since there were about 6 stables all with foals, that's where I captured those two lovelies.
The adventures of a photographer he, tee hee.
The Belgian horse is a much-loved gentle giant.
This large heavily muscled horse most likely descended from the heavy prehistoric horses and was indispensable as a workhorse in the Middle Ages when this horse was known as the Flanders (Flemish) Horse, now it is known as the Brabant.
Thank you and have a super day, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use any of my images on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
brown, Flanders, Brabander, horses, foal, farm, stable, working-horse, daylight, natural, suckling, Flanders, horizontal, Nikon D200, "Magda indigo"