Any horse lovers watch Martin Clunes "Heavy Horses"?

[Wishin']

I think Seed is referring to weight pulling contests, where a sled is loaded with increasing weight as each team successfully pulls a given distance.

I saw those at the fair several times, and I didn't see what seed is mentioning.
That is not to say it doesn't happen some places, but I haven't seen it at the shows I went to.

 

[seedcorn]

Really glad to hear that.

 

[ninnymary]

Thistle, I have no idea what you are talking about. Aren't all horses heavy?

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

Thistle, I have no idea what you are talking about. Aren't all horses heavy?

Mary

Mary, you're a nut!

 

[baymule]

Thistle, I have no idea what you are talking about. Aren't all horses heavy?

Mary

Only when they are standing on your foot!

 

[ninnymary]

You guys do know that this thread is going over my head! I thought a horse was a horse! Now, I'm not so sure. I do hope "heavy" horses smell like horse.

Mary

 

[Smart Red]

@ninnymary, as a child I rode on ponies. My legs reached down to the stirrups. I rode on a few horses where my legs went out to the sides, but below my knees my feet were hanging down to the side of the horse.

I also rode Trigger and Queenie. They were draft horses used to pull farm equipment. When I 'rode' on one of them, my legs went straight out to the sides with no chance of hanging down -- so broad were their backs. They were huge animals. So big that I'd have been afraid to get on one if they weren't stabled in their stall while I traveled with them in my imagination.

But, yes, they smelled that wonderful, warm, horse smell that followed you home on your jeans after a ride.

 

[thistlebloom]

You guys do know that this thread is going over my head! I thought a horse was a horse! Now, I'm not so sure. I do hope "heavy" horses smell like horse.

Mary

They do, it's just a slightly heavier smell.

 

[Smart Red]

They do, it's just a slightly heavier smell.

Headier, not heavier smell. Heaven on four legs.

 

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