#pottoka

🐐: Presentando mis respetos y agradecimientos a los "Pottokas", señores de Gorramendi, por permitirme entrar en sus dominios y disfrutar de las maravillosas vistas que nos ofrece el Pirineo Navarro. Es sin duda un lugar de belleza extraordinaria que atesoro con cariño en mis recuerdos... Habré podido perder pelo desde entonces, pero no la sensación de libertad salvaje que emanaba de aquella cima en compañía de estos simpáticos caballitos, mientras miraba el horizonte recortado por riscos lejanos salpicados de nieve en sus cumbres. De recordarlo casi me sale achinar los ojos, como si pudiera sentir aún el viento frío, puro y cortante de aquel mágico lugar. . . . . . . . . . #subimosriscos #pyrenee #pirineos #lospirineos #mountains #montañas #naturaleza #aventura #navarra #turismonavarra #ziga #gorramendi #pottoka #pirineonavarro #caballos #caballosespañoles #horses #mountainhorse #freeanimals #loveanimals #animalslover #animallove #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #lovehorses #animalsareawesome #animalshavefeelingstoo #amolosanimales https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ujCwmCFge/?igshid=x76w93g90di4

Egun ederra dator gaur ere! by Jabi Artaraz https://flic.kr/p/2oitz53

Zer eguraldi dator gaur by Jabi Artaraz https://flic.kr/p/2o2B1x1

“The red swing”. The #pottoka is a #pony , which inhabited almost unchanged, from the Paleolithic and to the present day, the mountainous territories of the Basque Country and Navarra. #fujifilmxpro2 #xpro2 #xf16mmf28 #XPhotographer #esfujifilmx #fujistas #fujiadictos #zonephotographer #fotonline_es #batpixs_nature #bestnatureshot #lensloves_nature #raw_allnature #fiftyshades_of_nature #horses #lovehorses #renegade_rural #natgeo #natgeotravelerlatam #natgeoyourshot #rinconesconencanto #navarradefoto #navarragrafias #igersnavarra #estaes_navarra #pasion_por_navarra #turismonavarra #estaes_navarra (en Elizondo Navarra España) https://www.instagram.com/p/CErTqnJiPmX/?igshid=jfgc4rul7cqy

“Summer Love” The #pottoka is a #pony , which inhabited almost unchanged, from the Paleolithic and to the present day, the mountainous territories of the Basque Country and Navarra. This alpha female was attentive when we came or left the house requiring some caresses and some nice words... 😍😍 . . . . . #fujifilmxpro2 #xpro2 #voigtlander40mmf14 #XPhotographer #esfujifilmx #fujistas #fujiadictos #fujixpassion #zonephotographer #fotonline_es #batpixs_nature #bestnatureshot #lensloves_nature #raw_allnature #fiftyshades_of_nature #the_gallery_of_magic #horses #lovehorses #renegade_rural #natgeo #natgeotravelerlatam #natgeoyourshot #rinconesconencanto #navarradefoto #navarragrafias #igersnavarra #estaes_navarra #pasion_por_navarra (en Valle del Baztán) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEc76LoBc2/?igshid=1jtkvek0isqgi

However, many locals do not agree with that term. In her book The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion, author Wendy Williams says, “‘Feral’ implies that the horses were once thoroughly domesticated and then escaped into the wild. This is not the case, as far as anyone knows, with either the Pottoks or the Garranos. Local people say these Basque horses have always roamed these hills freely, so would not have ‘escaped’ in the conventional sense of the word. The local archaeologist Pedro Castanos believes that Pottok horse populations plummeted at the close of the Pleistocene, but that wild remnants found refuge in the Pyrenees and have been there ever since. A more accurate word to describe modern Pottoks might be ‘semi-managed.’”

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