HORSES

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I have loved horses since a child... amazing, beautiful animals. I also started riding at age 4 and did it on and off until I was 13.
Here are some pics.
The first lot were taken at 'Spirit Of The Horse' last year...hard to shoot with so much motion.
The others were taken both of a friend's horse and some horses in a field.

this is my kind of horse:

secretariat: thats how far it usually won by.

I used to watch racing sometimes, but I was put off by how many died on the racecourses.
I used to be majorly into Red Rum and another well known horse whose name slips my mind.
Damn, name me some other famous racehorses...

Desert Orchid?

I don't think so... there were two horses that used to turn up regularly in my horse annuals as a young girl in the 80s. I am trying to ...hmm, time to research, lol.

Might have been Arkle. Steeplechase horse.

yes arkle was/is a steeplechase legend.
before the 80s though, so more likely Dessie.

I was more into the flat racing than national-hunt, it used to be my major interest about 10 years ago.
I still follow the racing, but not like i used to.

yes, there are casualities on the racecourse; not too many. But there are more casualities in training, not to mention those that don't make it or have nowhere to go when they reach retirement. It's not a cruel sport, but this is the bad-side which most betting-shop punters do not care about.

The horses in these annuals were from a long period. Seabiscuit was another.
I do remember one of the famous races made the news not long ago because of a record number of losses in terms of horses.
But yes, it used to be a Saturday thing for me, either that or the showjumping.
Never been a betting person, so never bet.
I don't really care all that much about losses in terms of the riders, lol, just the horses... I suppose because they don't get a choice in what they do.
I wonder if they get any pleasure from racing.
Anyways.. horses are just favourite animal of mine, whether a racer, jumper or just...well...a horse in a field.

Haha
the record loser you are thinking about is probably Quixall Crossett, raced about 150 times without winning. I remember it nearly winning once.
One of the lucky ones really, probably about 17yo now but stayed safe enough to race and cover some of his training money for most his career. I would imagine the owner is nice enough to make sure he has a good retirement too.

I don't know if they get pleasure from racing; they are pack-animals and like to run with each other. That's how you spot the good ones, they hit the front and keep going. But don't tell anyone, it's my secret.

Thsoe are beautiful photos.

I had a work experience at a riding stable for disabled people, thirteen years ago. It was one of my nicer work experiences.

I love horses. I tried uploading photos of my family's horses on here but ImageShack isn't working right.
Horses make me feel so happy.

I'd love to have a horse, but I don't think I could keep up with the amount of care it would require

I use to ride horses everyday but when I was 8 years old I pointed my horse at a jump, it ran away with me for a few minutes and I hit the ground HARD and I never really got back into it after that.