Brewery horses

pyry

Yesterday I went to the old brewery stables of Sinebrychoff to see the horses and for a ride. The brewery itself has long since moved and the horses have dwindled in their numbers. But there's still a cart, two men and three lovely Jutland horses. They pull the cart around Helsinki centre promoting the brewery.


The horses are sweet, calm, powerfull creatures; they weigh a ton each and walk around on 8 inch hooves. When one takes an excited step towards you because he's heard you rummage for a piece of bread, you better hand it over :rofl

Here's the cart all ready to go with stable master Markku Nyman standing ready.



That's Roki on the left and Pintti on the right.

Onward we go then:




Back at the stables again, Eero Lehtonen taking Pintti back inside:


Pintti enjoying scratchies:


That's the spot right there:


:lol3

Skippy

pyry wrote:

Yesterday I went to the old brewery stables of Sinebrychoff to see the horses and for a ride. The brewery itself has long since moved and the horses have dwindled in their numbers. But there's still a cart, two men and three lovely Jutland horses. They pull the cart around Helsinki centre promoting the brewery.

The horses are sweet, calm, powerfull creatures; they weigh a ton each and walk around on 8 inch hooves. When one takes an excited step towards you because he's heard you rummage for a piece of bread, you better hand it over

Here's the cart all ready to go with stable master Markku Nyman standing ready.
That's Roki on the left and Pintti on the right.
Onward we go then:
Back at the stables again, Eero Lehtonen taking Pintti back inside:
Pintti enjoying scratchies:
That's the spot right there:

Wow they are quite hairy aren't they.
I love those last two shots, the horse looks like it's laughing.
You got some beautiful colour in that 4th shot, looks like an interesting place to visit.....thanks for sharing Pyry ..... Skippy
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prity goldfish

haha i love that last one!!

pyry

Skippy wrote:

Wow they are quite hairy aren't they.
I love those last two shots, the horse looks like it's laughing.
You got some beautiful colour in that 4th shot, looks like an interesting place to visit.....thanks for sharing Pyry ..... Skippy
.

Thank you, Skippy!

Yes Jutlanders are a bit more hairy than your usual light horse breeds

And Pintti gave us a good laugh too!

prity goldfish wrote:

haha i love that last one!!

Thanks, here's one more for you:



I was thinking I could make a horse from one of these and enter it in the gauntlet

pyry

This one got picked up by our student union's paper Polyteekkari, yay!

And of course the promised amount was promptly spent at the pub

summerz

Great shots. They are amazing animals for sure.

KitKat987

That last one is fantastic!

pyry

summerz wrote:

Great shots. They are amazing animals for sure.

Thank you!

They are such lovable creatures.

I still remember handing one of them (it was probably Pintti, he tends pop up a lot doesn't he? ) a piece of dried bread as treat the previous time I was there. He definately knew what the sound dried bread rubbing against cardboard meant The ears locked on to the sound, the lips started going and he took a step closer. I've seen that reaction a thousand times from my pet rabbit. The difference was about 500 times my bunny's weight

Pintti got his bread and was very happy.

KitKat987 wrote:

That last one is fantastic!

Thanks a bunch! That one seems to have hit the spot

Pexi

Hello, Pyry,

great shots from Stadi! And crazy horses, too!

Nice to see another Finn posting here, not too many of us here, don't you think?

Cheers,
Pexi

pyry

Pexi wrote:

Hello, Pyry,

great shots from Stadi! And crazy horses, too!

Nice to see another Finn posting here, not too many of us here, don't you think?

Cheers,
Pexi

Kiitosta vaan Pexi

My count on Finns on this forum including the two of us stands at three. We could fit in a couple more I'd say

nofate

pyry wrote:

Kiitosta vaan Pexi

My count on Finns on this forum including the two of us stands at three. We could fit in a couple more I'd say

How about one from Canada who has never been to Finland? My ancestry is pure Finn. My wife was born in Tampere though so our children retain the lineage. My spoken Finnish is not the best, but its hard to practice when there are few opportunities to speak it. Maybe a trip to Finland is in order. Many Finns settled in northern Ontario because it's geography and climate is very much like Finland. I have two saunas (wood fired hirsi sauna on lake shore and basement sahku sauna) and have introduced many to the ritual.

pyry

nofate wrote:

How about one from Canada who has never been to Finland? My ancestry is pure Finn. My wife was born in Tampere though so our children retain the lineage. My spoken Finnish is not the best, but its hard to practice when there are few opportunities to speak it. Maybe a trip to Finland is in order. Many Finns settled in northern Ontario because it's geography and climate is very much like Finland. I have two saunas (wood fired hirsi sauna on lake shore and basement sahku sauna) and have introduced many to the ritual.

Close enough, make the count four

Your ancestry wouldn't be from the immigration of early 1900s, would it?

If you do decide to come to Finland for a visit, drop me a line, we can have a pint.

nofate

pyry wrote:

Close enough, make the count four

Your ancestry wouldn't be from the immigration of early 1900s, would it?

If you do decide to come to Finland for a visit, drop me a line, we can have a pint.

My great grandfather came to Canada in 1905. He sold the family (Korpela) farm near Alajarvi and made the big move. My grandfather also was responsible for bringing many Finns here prior to the Talvi Sota to work in his logging business. He chartered a plane and many of those original workers' families are still here and have added much to the history of this area.

I'd love to have a pint with you someday.