Equine Design

Symbols of Equestrian Life

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[theeducatedhorse]

“The rider must listen into the horse, in order to judge when the moment for an aid has come, which aid is needed and how intense it must be. He must know how to create or wait for the right circumstances, to prepare the horse.”

~ Gustav von Dreyhausen 

[theequus]

silhouet by amable on Flickr.

[equinedesign-blog]

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ~Aristotle

[equos]

And God took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it and created the horse. (by puremaguire~Kay Maguire)

[fuckyeahyoga]

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.

Rumi (via sunflower-soul)

[h-0-r-s-e-s-blog]

These Poems are really good.

http://www.ivyshorses.com/horse-poems.htm

[equined]

[equinedesign-blog]

Shopping for a new saddle!

I'm looking for an eventing or deep-seated jumping saddle. Preferably leather, new or used, 17-17.5" seat and a M/MW tree. Something I can jump, hack, and do flatwork in comfortably (I don't show). Priced under $3000. Any suggestions?

[nicolekrystofikphotography-deac]

[equinedesign-blog]

"True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable."  -Dave Tyson Gentry

[quote-book]

First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.

Piscine Molitor Patel, Life of Pi, Yann Martel (via nubivagantmusings)

[washingtonpoststyle-blog]

A man rides a horse through a bonfire Monday in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, in honor of San Anton, the patron saint of animals. Photo by Juinen (Getty) via Prashant Rao via The Wall Street Journal

[nationalgeographicdaily]

Horses, Iceland Photo: Marketa Kalvachova

Icelandic horses are out all year, even through the winter. I captured these in-foal mares in southern Iceland in December 2011.

[schluessel]

[thegypsymare-deactivated2018040]

intensity on Flickr.

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear” Mark Twain

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Sign up here, Tumblr. And reblog.

[theequus]

[equinedesign-blog]

“Tell me, I’ll forget

Show me, I’ll remember 

Involve me, I’ll understand”

— Chinese Proverb

Paint by Keig Cunningham on Flickr.

[quote-book]

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference

The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost (via quote-book)

[equinedesign-blog]

Contours

I have grown to recognize the lines and shapes of my horse's body like I do my own hand. His contoured head gives way to a finely sculpted neck, curved smoothly at the jugular and laced with a golden mane. I move down from his withers and feel his powerful shoulder standing relaxed as he allows me to caress him. Upward and along his spine my hand effortlessly follows the potent flow of energy existing within his body, stopping at the point of his coarse tail head and smoothly curved haunches. I feel down his leg, strong yet fine in build, bony and intricate in texture. There is no end to the wonder at God's work, but the learned familiarity makes it seem as if we are one in the same.