Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog!  This blog is totally about horses and here is a table of contents of the contents:  (Oh, if you’re wondering where the rest of my blog is, just scroll down to find it.)

I hope that this post helps you get around my blog.  Have a great day!


Farewell…

I have decided to stop blogging about horses for a few months at least.  I just find that I have lost interest and my blog seems to get no comments, no feedback, no nothing.  So I will stop blogging for this blog.  This will probably be my last post but if my interest revives, be assured that I will start blogging again.

Last of the Wild Horses Book Review

Sorry that there’s no picture available.  Last of the Wild Horses is a great read for any horse lover.  It sketches the wild horse and goes from the Sable Island ponies to the wild mustang of North America.  With full color photos and informative interesting text, this book will be a great addition to your library.

Great Horses In History Part 2

Continuing the GHIH theme I present you – Magnolia!  All of you are scratching your heads.  Who was Magnolia?  Magnolia was George Washington’s favorite horse.  He was a prized Arabian steed.

George Washington bought Magnolia, for 500 pounds from his step-son Jon Parke Custis’s estate after the British surrendered at Yorktown.  Magnolia was known as one of the most beautiful horses in the colonies, “a chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail, 16 hands tall, and thought by all who saw him to be perfect,” according to the Virginia Journal.  After Magnolia failed as a racehorse he was used to sire many foals.

Unknown speaker Jean Le Mayer said: “I am at a loss for words to express my gratitude for the new offer of the services of your horse Magnolia. I think him an elegant horse and would prefer my mares going to him rather than any one I have seen in America.”

This horse is considered a reasonable facsimile of what Magnolia would have looked like.

 

 

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair Photos

Sorry I’m so late in posting these pics.  (They were supposed to be up in November.)  Enjoy!

We watched some horses galloping around a ring

 

Look at this big fellow!

 

Sorry you can't see the horse too clearly

The had an excellent show called Spirit of the Horse which featured many different breeds. The Frisian display was wonderful.