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I owned a big gelding years ago, named Gigolo. He was a great riding horse, English or Western, and it seemed he could eat his weight in sweet feed and hay every day. Good disposition and work ethic...he thought he was supposed to be cutting cattle, why I don't know. He might have had an early career on a ranch with his previous owner and he liked to be put through his paces on occasion. He was spoken to very often and pretty much told me where I could go.
This friendly American Paint was trying to find some shade under a wide canopy of oak trees and might have been hoping someone would saddle him up for a few minutes on the nearby hundreds of acres. So typical is the loose sand that he spends his days in and the extreme heat, humidity, moss, flies and mosquitoes he has to put up with. But, all-in-all, life is good and you can talk to a horse. OF COURSE you can. I did and asked him to pose. Can't you see the twinkle in his eye...yes, I did have a sugar cube and a carrot ready for him. He clearly spoke to me and said that's what he prefers.
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A wonderful animal! Looks similar but lighter to the ones we shot yesterday out toward Levy County...
Nice commentary, too. Thanks for the reminder about carrots and sugar cubes! We always forget, but the horses usually talk to us anyway!
Thanks, too, for the linky!
Have a great evening!
I had no idea Florida had so many horses. That is amazing. They always make for good pictures and this is one.
Pretty horse.
My dad use to own and operate a fish farm in So. Hillsborough County. We had a horse named Candy.
That is a pretty horse there and I love the moss hanging from the tree in the background.
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Joy
Frank... I did not know that you were a horse person! Thanks for mentioning my Journal in your post. Great shot of the paint, and I am very impressed with the statistics you gave us about horses in Florida.
As usual, I appreciate all your generous comments.
Unless of course the name of this horse is Mr. Ed. Lots of horses here in WA as well I have owned many in my life. Now we only have one little paint mare that our daughters share and she was a rescue.
Wonderful informative post Frank. I had no idea the impact the horse business has on Florida. You know I thought he looked pretty cooperative. Now I know why. He was being bribed. Hey, whatever works.
So glad you got him to pose for you Frank! My great uncle had a ranch near Feldsmere and I remember him always wearing a cowboy hat when he came to visit us.
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