 Leonhardi in Bad Tölz, horse pictures |
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 Nov 7 2009, 02:29 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 3,551 Joined: 4-September 05 From: Lenggries, Germany Member No.: 5,134  |
Leonhardi is a religious festivity, on which the horses and carts are bling-ed up to honour their patron saint, St. Leonhard, and are driven to a special church to get blessed. I went to the Tölzer version (does the "ö" in "Tölz" go all weird on your screens? Sorry...) yesterday, to try my luck photographically. Besides getting frozen, I mostly got a taste of how there's no beating crappy backgrounds when photographing large objects. But the horse lovers here might enjoy the draft horses anyway, so here are the pictures:
 This type of horse is very common here. Almost all the carts were pulled by four of these.   Little Haflingers  small horse, big sneeze     Brewery horses  Some of those were enormous, especially their feet - wow! -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2009, 02:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 3,551 Joined: 4-September 05 From: Lenggries, Germany Member No.: 5,134 |
Some more of the big ones
    And some more ordinary farm horses   
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Nov 7 2009, 06:53 AM
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 Bark less, wag more Group: Registered Users Posts: 5,614 Joined: 27-September 03 From: Bruceton Mills WV Member No.: 3,350 |
WOW! Thank you ever so much for sharing this with us. I am a tack-junkie and am drooling over all the beautiful appointments.
-------------------- Sue - When the chips are down, watch where you step.
Celt, Megan, and Dan "The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." - author unknown |
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Nov 7 2009, 07:03 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 3,097 Joined: 10-July 02 From: Hooterville Member No.: 2,416 |
Great pics. FWIW, I enjoyed looking at the backgrounds too.
Thank you for getting frozen for the sake of those pics. PS - my "o's" came out OK. How do you get the umlaut over the "o's" -- keyboard? Program? Sorry. Showing my ignorance here. Someday I'd like a cyrillian keyboard, program, or whatever it is you need. -------------------- Vicki
"For the Love of Pete" Think Dog "Lord willing, and the creek don't rise" Our Dogs Past & Present: http://www.dogster.com/dogs/18267 |
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Nov 7 2009, 08:26 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 852 Joined: 6-September 07 From: Arizona Member No.: 7,882 |
QUOTE(sea4th @ Nov 7 2009, 05:03 AM)  PS - my "o's" came out OK. How do you get the umlaut over the "o's" -- keyboard? Program? Sorry. Showing my ignorance here. Someday I'd like a cyrillian keyboard, program, or whatever it is you need. Your PC should have a little program -- often called Character Map -- that will allow you to enter an occasional accented character. Having lived in a place called Tønsvik (where ø is the Scandinavian cognate of ö) I use it quite often. Things get a bit more exciting with Eastern European languages (e.g. 'ę' e-ogonek), but most modern PCs should display them correctly. A cyrillic - keyboard would be very handy for entering Russian, but not so much for German! German layout keyboards are hard to find in the US, but you can change your keyboard layout to German (and, of course, have to remember which charcter comes where!). BTW: I love the photos. -------------------- |
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Nov 7 2009, 08:28 AM
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 Mayberry, NC Group: Registered Users Posts: 1,804 Joined: 25-April 06 From: North Carolina Member No.: 5,824 |
Beautiful and interesting!
-------------------- To err is human, to forgive, canine.
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Nov 7 2009, 09:14 AM
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 Amateur adult Group: Registered Users Posts: 284 Joined: 28-June 06 From: WNY Member No.: 6,016 |
Thank you for sharing!! The horses are beautiful. Is there any purpose (other than decorative) for the basket-style "muzzles" on some of the (brewery?) horses?
I don't think any horse but a draft horse could handle all the weight of that tack - awesome!! -------------------- DebC
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Nov 7 2009, 09:35 AM
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 One of a kind! :) Group: Registered Users Posts: 4,861 Joined: 7-April 06 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 5,781 |
The horses are all gorgeous and their size and dignity is impressive. I am also highly impressed with the quality of every single image!
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Nov 7 2009, 10:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 2,050 Joined: 7-February 04 Member No.: 3,616 |
Gorgeous! Are the smaller horses draft ponies? Thanks so much for posting these.
Ruth |
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Nov 7 2009, 10:50 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 232 Joined: 21-September 09 From: Pt. Richmond, CA, USA Member No.: 10,533 |
QUOTE(urge to herd @ Nov 7 2009, 07:23 AM) Gorgeous! Are the smaller horses draft ponies? Thanks so much for posting these. Ruth The little guys with the flaxen manes and tails are Haflingers. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haflinger_(horse) Wonderful! Cluttered backgrounds make me cranky too, but these shots rise above it. Very nice. My favorite team was the Fjords. |
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Nov 7 2009, 03:47 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 100 Joined: 2-February 05 From: Central Kentucky Member No.: 4,482 |
Beautiful pics!!!
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Nov 7 2009, 05:01 PM
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 That's so cake! Group: Registered Users Posts: 421 Joined: 26-December 06 From: NW Washington Member No.: 6,632 |
I haven't seen that nice of feet on draft horses in a long time! That team of four sparkling greys is beautiful! I wouldn't want to be in charge of keeping that mush horseflesh clean though
ETA: I'm not sure about these muzzles (we call them "beekie baskets" LOL!), but I've driven teams who had them on to keep them from eating everything within reach. Those were just plain, mesh baskets, though. Aside: If anyone wants a cyrillic keyboard layout, I can ask my sister how she does it. She's a Russian scholar, and so types half of what she writes in Russian. -------------------- Northfield Farm:
-Ben: the shepherd- -Nick: the mud-brown BC- -Scott: the better half- -Lu: the mutt-dog who was- The Temporary Turkey <---- The new and improved Northfield Farm Blog! barn's burnt down... now i can see the moon -masahide |
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Nov 7 2009, 05:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 3,551 Joined: 4-September 05 From: Lenggries, Germany Member No.: 5,134 |
Thanks, we're having a smaller version of the same thing here tomorrow, so I'll get another try...hopefully with some less tourists in the background...
I think the muzzles might have been to keep them from biting each other, or to keep people from feeding them stuff all the time while they were making deliveries? I don't know...these days it's just one more thing that you can possibly hang on a horse on Leonhardi  . But I agree, the harnesses etc are very beautifully made! Aha, so they were Fjord horses! I wondered about them, they look quite a lot like Przewalski horses with a weird haircut . Very cool!The ö, ü, and ä are on my keyboard, sitting all together on the far right
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Nov 7 2009, 07:14 PM
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 Poseur extraordinaire and Borg Queen! Group: Registered Users Posts: 9,216 Joined: 22-June 00 From: North Carolina Member No.: 918 |
Like Ben, I thought the team of four greys was fabulous, and the fjords were great too. They're all beautiful. There's something to be said for the "plain" farm horses as well. Thanks, Sandra, for taking these and sharing them with us.
J. -------------------- I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream. ~Vincent VanGogh  Julie Poudrier Liberty, NC Willow, Farleigh, Boy, Jill, Twist (the troll), Katty Rat, Little Miss Larky Malarky, Phoebe (the rabid possum), Pipit, and Ranger Danger Willow's Rest, Karakul and Tunis sheep Willow's Rest Farm blog |
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Nov 8 2009, 08:34 AM
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QUOTE(sandra s. @ Nov 7 2009, 05:07 PM) Aha, so they were Fjord horses! I wondered about them, they look quite a lot like Przewalski horses with a weird haircut . Very cool!LOL, Fjords do look a lot like Przewalksi's - right down to the zebra-like striping on the inside upper legs. The weird haircut is called "roaching", and it's done to show the dark dorsal stripe in the mane. It always makes me think of cookies with a fudge center. I used to drive a zippy little Fjord mare in lessons and just fell in love with the breed. What gorgeous pictures. I wish our Haflingers were still the old, drafty European style. We're breeding them taller and finer-boned over here for some odd reason, and I think we've lost a lot in temperament along the way. I love that tack. THe muzzles look just like really fancy grazing muzzles. Maybe they used them so cart horses wouldn't eat up the shrubbery while out making deliveries? 
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First Light Farm Duford, South Carolina Nothing in this or any of the author's posts is intended, nor may be construed, as legal advice. |
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Nov 8 2009, 01:10 PM
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Senior Member Group: Registered Users Posts: 232 Joined: 21-September 09 From: Pt. Richmond, CA, USA Member No.: 10,533 |
People do some interesting things to Fjord manes. I went looking on the web some time ago to find a Fjord with a grown-out mane. Took a bit of looking, but I did find one. I love the one with the crenelated mane.
Chunky__shaggy_Fjord.jpg ( 70.68k )
Number of downloads: 15
Norweigan_fjord_w_crenelated_mane.jpg ( 56.27k )
Number of downloads: 21
Manes_w_braiding___flowers.jpg ( 38.51k )
Number of downloads: 21 |
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Nov 8 2009, 03:09 PM
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 Canis sapiens Group: Registered Users Posts: 4,545 Joined: 11-January 01 From: Eugene, OR Member No.: 1,422 |
These are gorgeous! I liked being able to see the town in the background and am always happy to see horses. Thanks for sharing.
-------------------- Melanie, Solo the Red, Superfly, and Jett Girl
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Nov 8 2009, 03:26 PM
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Bark less, wag more Group: Registered Users Posts: 5,614 Joined: 27-September 03 From: Bruceton Mills WV Member No.: 3,350 |
QUOTE(geonni banner @ Nov 8 2009, 01:10 PM) People do some interesting things to Fjord manes. I went looking on the web some time ago to find a Fjord with a grown-out mane. Took a bit of looking, but I did find one. I love the one with the crenelated mane.
Chunky__shaggy_Fjord.jpg ( 70.68k )
Number of downloads: 15If I didn't know better, this could have been a photo of our Shetland Pony who passed on several years ago. -------------------- Sue - When the chips are down, watch where you step.
Celt, Megan, and Dan "The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." - author unknown |
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