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The Brumby

Mar8

I think the Brumby is not one of the best horse breeds.  They are wild, ugly, and they feed on the food meant for cows and other domesticated animals.

Brumbies live in Australia and are seen as pests.  Nevertheless they have their uses; scientists use them to the determine what the hard terrain of Australia does to horses hooves and their eating habits.

Brumbies are sold on the European meat market sometimes and greatly improve Australia’s economy.  Brumbies are now also used as saddle horses.

A bay horse (brown body with black mane and tail) wearing a headcollar, standing in a green field with trees in the background

Four thin horses and a foal in a pen fenced with pipe panels, some eating hay

A small group of dark-colored horses standing near a dirt road

Black and white photo of a well-groomed Brumby standing sideways to the camera, wearing a Barcoo bridle but no saddle, set up in a squared-up conformation stance, as if at a horse show.