Horsing around

pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
edited May 30, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
I spent last weekend at an eventing camp in a place called Alavus, Finland. Plenty of riding, a little less photography, and a load of fun :D
We even got to try vaulting a little bit, which was scary at first and then surprisingly easy.

Here's Henna and Sävis getting ready to do a warm up.
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Heini and Santtu jumping the practise fence.
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Erika and Rio stopping a bit short :D
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Our two groups had lessons close together enough that I didn't manage too many shots.

However, that wasn't the only thing going on. This 10-day old foal was far too cute not to get into a few photos :D
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And finally, here's the stable cat.
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Thanks for taking a look, tell me what you think :D

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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2010
    That is great series..... love 2 & 3..... It looks like Rio had her looking for leather:D....Did she stay in the saddle ?????? THANKS FOR SHARING.......azzaro
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2010
    Very nice series. Looks like a you had a fun get-away. I love how cats like to get into bags whenever they have the chance. Thanks for sharing.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2010
    Very cool set Pyry thumb.gifthumb
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  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2010
    Azzaro wrote: »
    That is great series..... love 2 & 3..... It looks like Rio had her looking for leather:D....Did she stay in the saddle ?????? THANKS FOR SHARING.......azzaro

    Yeah she stayed on in that one :D

    Thanks Azzaro!

    Jack'll do wrote: »
    Very nice series. Looks like a you had a fun get-away. I love how cats like to get into bags whenever they have the chance. Thanks for sharing.

    It was good to get out for the weekend, and a lot of fun. We got to do banks and water too this time which was a good step up from my first experience in eventing from last year :D

    Cats seem to have a universal thing for warm closed spaces. Tuire put her safety vest on the table and went to put the saddle away and coming back, the cat was already perfectly comfortable in the vest.

    Thanks!
    dlplumer wrote: »
    Very cool set Pyry thumb.gifthumb

    Thank you Dan :ivar
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2010
    Looks like a great time. Eventing (at the lower levels) is too much fun. Personally, my fear factor kicks in big-time when the obstacles reach the 3' or more height.:cry
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  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited May 28, 2010
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    Looks like a great time. Eventing (at the lower levels) is too much fun. Personally, my fear factor kicks in big-time when the obstacles reach the 3' or more height.:cry

    The highest we tried was a 2' maybe 2.5' bench and a 1+2' bank. I do have to confess to having butterflies, but knowing the horse will, with proper approach, clear anything it's nose is pointed at kinda helps :D
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  • saikanosaikano Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited May 28, 2010
    Cat is amazing :p
  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2010
    saikano wrote: »
    Cat is amazing :p


    Thanks!
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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited May 29, 2010
    Looks like a very fun activity. thumb.gif Hope that little gal was able to stay with
    the horse as it decided to stop short.

    Very well photographed throughout. clap.gifclap Enjoyed seeing the photos.
    Michael
  • pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited May 30, 2010
    DaddyO wrote: »
    Looks like a very fun activity. thumb.gif Hope that little gal was able to stay with
    the horse as it decided to stop short.

    Very well photographed throughout. clap.gifclap Enjoyed seeing the photos.

    That one didn't result in a fall, you can actually see that she's caught the horse's neck.

    Thank you very much for the kind words! wings.gif
    Creativity's hard.

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