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The Echoes of Resistance

"It is natural that resistances support each other and will have many echoes." 

Alexis François L’Hotte, 1895

A good thought to ponder as you attempt to achieve lightness with your horses.

Kiss Your Farrier

Keep this in mind:
This is what your farrier has to deal with to keep your horse sound.

I'm here to get my wheel measured

I'm here to get my wheel measured, a photo by gmeads on Flickr.

This might get the TD and wheel measuring volunteers scratching their heads!

The royal mail: its curiosities and romance

An account of bygone days that helps put things into perspective today. 

Maybe we are moving too fast for our own good.

The royal mail: its curiosities and romance:

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Cock Horse

You don't see this very often!

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Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,

To see a fine lady upon a white horse;

Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,

And she shall have music wherever she goes

More background:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_a_cock_horse_to_Banbury_Cross

World's oldest living horse?

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Old Billy, pictured above with Squire Henry Harrison, has gone down in history as the world's oldest horse. He was born in 1760 in Woolston, Lancashire, England and was a barge horse, owned by Mersey and Irwell Navigation, during his working life.

Old Billy died on November 27th, 1822 at the incredible age of 62. Mersey and Irwell Navigation had his head stuffed which was  later presented to Manchester Museum.

I suspect thee are ponies that have lived at least this long.

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