I'll just keep dreaming...

Slowly growing donkey ears just like his uncle

In all four clips, as the horses rock their weight back to prepare for the big thrust, be it to spring up or to push forward, the hind legs do not move separately, as they usually would in a pure canter or gallop, but have to move in unison, to get up under the body in order to generate the power needed. The os coxae of the pelvis angles downwards as the femur swings forwards, flexing the stifle, and the hocks and fetlocks flex as they take more weight. Then the great extensor muscles of the hindquarters contract as the flexor muscles uncoil for the push, the tendons stretched during the stance phase release their stored elastic energy, recoiling like springs, and the horse is propelled upwards and forwards.

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Kentucky Spring '22

a white christmas for mosey

Ibero - Andalusian Stallion

Paint horse, photo by kirstieeemarie

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Tuono del Ferrone - Tolfetano Stallion

guy williams with mr blue sky and joseph trunkfield with cruze share the win in the london international horse show's puissance class at 7'1 (2.15m)

1. Zoom, *2014 2. stallion Zaraphino, *2020 3. mare Zofia, *2018 4. mare Zuckerpuppe, *2018

GFH Sonar Se Ganges (Ganges x Sonora) - Polish Arabian Stallion

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Bold Minstrel” Champion Conformation Hunter at Milwaukee Hunt Club 1961.