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kiss at ur own risk

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Escamillo (*2015 stallion) & some of his offspring

Esbén, 4yr old stallion Eleven HW, 4yr old stallion MSJ Elton, 4yr old gelding Extravagant, 4yr old gelding Extraordinaire, 3yr old stallion

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#from what i know from hear-say his offspring are late bloomers #he also doesnt really throw size #horseblr #horsblr

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The boots seem to add super speed

Ride 19/100

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Hickstead White (*2012 Oldenburger stallion) & a few of his offspring

Here I am, 4yr old stallion Herzbube, 3yr old stallion Hieronimo, 6yr old gelding Hirocco, 6yr old gelding Halaven, 4yr old mare

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#i looked through these and knew that tumblr would have a unique appreciation for the lot of them #horsblr #horseblr

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Secret (*2014 German Sporthorse stallion) & a few of his offspring

Mollegårdens Secret, 4yr old gelding Shape of You, 3yr old stallion Sharma, 5yr old gelding unnamed 3yr old stallion Sesimbra-H, 6yr old gelding

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#horseblr #horsblr #dressage #conformation

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What on earth

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Element of Crime, *2019 German Sporthorse stallion

Escamillo x Breton Woods

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#german sporthorse #horseblr #horsblr

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Franziskus FRH (*2008 Hanoverian stallion) & five of his offspring

Furnival, 5yr old gelding Felissima, 5yr old mare Francesco B, 3yr old gelding unnamed 3yr old stallion Ferro, 5yr old stallion

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#ough #horseblr #horsblr #dressage

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He was withdrawn from the performance test in Verden this week. According to his owners, he struggles with relaxation and forwardness in strange environments and thus wouldn't've received marks that'd do him justice. He did complete the first part of the test, after which the judges cricitized a lack of rhythm and relaxation.

Here’s the winner of the OL-stallion licensing at the  Oldenburger Stallion Days 2023. A stallion by Bon Courage out of a Sezuan mare. Roughly half the stallions presented there were licensed. (x)

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Bonds (*2013 Oldenburg stallion) & four of his offspring I have too much time at work right now and I thought the direct comparison would be neat.

top left: 4yr old mare top right: 4yr old mare bottom left: 3yr old stallion bottom right: 3yr old stallion

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#the one nice thing about these auctions is that theyll give you pretty decent conformation pictures #horseblr #horsblr #conformation

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This is completely off the wall, and idk TOO much abt horse genetics or even history, but from what I DO know, chestnut is a super common, considered p basic color but it's essentially recessive to... anything else? Literally any other coat base and/or modifier? Is that right? And based on cave paintings and Przewalski's, it doesn't seem like the original, primitive, wild horse breeds would've been chestnut. They had more bay or dun coloration, primitive markings, etc. So do u think part of the reason chestnut is so common is bc, at some point in human history, it WASN'T considered this basic plain jane color, it was actually like "OOOOH, this horse is RED!! It's JUST RED!!" and people tried to breed for that and it became more common bc it WAS considered special at some point? And then ofc some horses were used to establish breeds where types and colors were restricted and bam, proliferation, but my point is, it feels like chestnuts get overlooked a lot as rly plain, but do u think at one point they were considered special and sought after? idk im emotional i saw that post abt how pigeons were once loved and cared for and now they're treated like rats with wings and idk why i started thinking abt chestnut horses but do u ever think something similar happened??? im drunk and sorry

you sound like me when i'm manic i can't give an honest answer cause i am not a genetics nerd and haven't looked into the history but i mean they could have been like "hell yeah dude it's red, lets name it ruby.. and that one too" thus creating the never ending cycle of red mares named ruby

#yeah sure I'll incorporate this into my system of beliefs #the never ending trail of red mares named ginger

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Bon Voyage and Sir Graditz

Bon Coeur x Rohdiamant, *2016 Sezuan x Sir Donnerhall, *2015 x

#dressage #gif

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Oh god so many of these retro pugs that pop up around here are literally just pugs in novelty colors. Mate, that's not someone putting time and effort into breeding back this breed to some old standard, that's someone selling a blue merle pug mix with no health testing for an absurd amount of money while somehow playing the breed-improving saint.

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Unbroken youngster. Breeder is selling her below value because she suddenly developed a roach back.

#horseblr

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My skills at drawing animals are really improving 💕

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So we bought a new horse today but to be fair, how could we possibly say no to this face

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Oh, yknow what I also miss? Besides the riding? Photographing shows for shits and giggles. I'd take a friend along and we'd just spend a few hours watching ponies, and in my case, photographing. But now those friends live really far away, and I don't even have a car, and horse shows are not places you can reach with public transport. And it's no fun on your own anyways. So unless I randomly come across someone to drag to shows for some banter I won't get out there again for some time

#and im not the type to run up to people and go Hey do you need a show photographer #because holy shit this is fun. i dont want it to become work