--- Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > (The Friesian team had both elegance and > biggerness; > > that's the breed of (usually black) horse > popularized > > in America by the movie 'Ladyhawke.') > > <nitpick> > If it ain't black it ain't as black as some people's > soul it ain't a > Friesian Horse (sp?). Unless you mean the extremely > small white markings > that are grudgingly allowed in the species..... > </nitpick>
No, haven't seen any with stars or blazes, but this particular team was _very dark_ chocolate brown - they told me purebred, but perhaps they were crossbreds. The latter are becoming more popular with the dressage and sporthorse set. Here are a couple of pix (the show looks a bit over the top; but if you at all like horses I highly recommend "Cheval Theatre" by the 'Cirque de Soleil' (sp?) folks): http://www.worldofdancinghorses.com/horses.html (I've seen it spelled Friesian, Freisian and Fresian.) > GCU How about changing subjectlines to match the > body of the text....? :o) <sigh> But thread creep is sooo much fun! And after all, the Barb and Arabian horse were what helped the Arabs take over that part of the world, until Charles the Hammer stopped them at Tours (IIRC), so it _sort_ of is topical..? OK, maybe not. :) Debbi who is proud of her restraint in only posting _1_ horse link! :D __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
