#welsh cob cross

[alllthesewordsleftunsaid]

Mango is my 14hh project pony who is having the time of his life being the only gelding in a paddock full of 16.2+ supermodel warmblood mares. Dudes got the happiest ears ever

[spirit-2005]

Home

[too-many0-0fandoms]

Hello! :)

This is a production of two of my special instrest suddenly getting a common ground in the weird place that is called my mind. So this is;

F1 Drivers as Horse (breeds) (Part 1)

(This is all my own interpretion, please be kind :) It's just for fun)

Max Verstappen

A horse that comes from a troubled background, now with owners that take proper care of him and one of the most successful show jumpers ever :) that’s what I imagine when I think about Max as a horse. And then a KWPN most likely :)

Charles Leclerc

The definition of the ‘different’ horse. Warmblood beauty that everyone in your barn wants with the most unusual coat ever. Comes from one of the best breeders, etc, etc, etc. A lot of warmblood breeds are the same, so pick whatever you like. Likely to compete in eventing, which is dressage, show jumping and cross country because I imagine he looks beautiful but loves hard and tough work.

Lewis Hamilton

Successful racing horse. English Thoroughbred. One of the best racing horses to have ever raced. Close to the likes of Seabiscuit and the others.

Daniel Ricciardo

Our loveable goofball. I know that personality changes per horse, but I just imagine him as a cheery, rescued Brumby horse from the depths of Australia that just loves life and thinks everything is a game but also loves to learn new things.

Nico Hulkenberg

Okay, this is a bit of a stretch~ Butttttt, recently I’ve been seeing some Friesian x Missouri (Fox) Trotter crosses and that’s all I can think about when I think about Nico as a horse :) Definitely a cheeky little bugger that loves to work and play!

Valtteri Bottas

A small, chubby, calm pony/horse with the fullest mane ever that is the fattest in the trotting categories! I imagine a Finnish Horse- Trotter type :)

Logan Sargeant

WTF IS A KILOMETRE> no but seriously, America has a lot of gorgeous breeds and for Logan I imagine an Appaloosa, because they are hard working and honest horses and I just can’t picture him as an quarter :0

Lando Norris

For Lando I imagine this gorgeous, bit smaller yet elegant pony that trots through the arena with pricked ears and a raised tail. Y’know, a bit younger as well, just getting into actual work and just loving it. It just happens that the Welsh Pony – Section B is also from England!

Fernando Alonso

An old hand in the trade. A gorgeous Andalusian/PRE stallion with the longest mane that’s like 17 years old and still competing at top levels with various riders :)

Pierre Gasly & Esteban Ocon

Sorry I had to do these two together because I just had this vivid image of two lovely Norman Cob stallions that are like half-brothers and grew up at the same estate and ended up becoming each other biggest competitors both in competition and in terms of breeding >.<

[disabledcelestia]

mlp species headcannons pegasi are arabian shaped and hollow boned

unicorns are marwari shaped with cloven hooves, goatees and lion tails

earth ponies are dutch draft shaped and heavily furred.

alicorns are huge, have long lion tails, slight feathering and have 4 wings. their builds are similar to friesians.

earth/pega are fjord/welsh cob shaped with tiny wings unicorn/pega are thoroughbred shaped unicorn/earth are irish draught shaped with cloven hooves, donkey like tails and short facial hair.

twilight is an uni/earth which is why celestia took interest in their magical prowess and how they acclimated to becoming an alicorn so easily as their build is most similar to natual alicorns.

rarity is a kirin unicorn cross and trims her goatee and paints her hooves. She has a pearl like gene so her coat shines.

rainbowdash is pure pegasus and struggles with on ground tasks as pegasus legs are very fragile. she has rainbow markings up her legs after her rainboom.

applejack is a pure earthpony along with most of her family, she braids her mane and tail to keep them out of the way and wears protective joint braces.

pinkiepie is a unicorn/pegasus mix with a mutation which led her to inherit neither horn or wings but all the magic became her famous pinkie sense/ 4th wall magic

fluttershy is a pegasus/earthpony and can only glide and tread clouds. she was outcasted and doesnt like to hang out with other pegasi. she has bat pony features such as semi webbed wings, fangs and fluffy ears.

cadence was born a pure unicorn and took a while to aclimate with becoming an alicorn.

maybe soon ill draw references of all the mane 6

[riddles-n-games]

Guess what? It's time for a horse headcanon!!! A Hawthorne horse headcanon to be exact. From racehorses to heavy drafts, one thing’s for sure, the Hawthorne estate is not short on equines. As mentioned in the riding headcanon, there is a big stable further out on the property because they would otherwise be shunned by the rest of rich Texan society (yes, it’s totally a necessity as a part of the initiation according to Xander). Tobias Hawthorne had it made the year Skye was born but for Zara’s birthday and though there were annual renovations much like with the House, the next major section was added when Nash was five.

I think it most fitting to start off with the Hawthorne sisters, so let’s get into it. When they were little girls, as with most things, Zara and Skye fought over toys, accessories, clothes, and… ponies. (Yes, yes, I know that Zara was a shy, bookish child to quote Nan but they also fight in TIG over the inheritance so you can’t tell me that didn’t happen as they’re close in age.) Tobias had a grand selection of ponies that were different breeds with various strengths but there was one pony that stood out from the rest and of course, both of them had to have him. His name was Smokey, a Welsh Cob (Section D-heaviest of Welsh Ponies and Cob) dapple gray gelding that was a previous champion driving pony before he was retired. The girls loved him and neither of them wanted to let up; what’s worse is that he came with a sparkly light blue set and it was absolute chaos. Their father, for once, was beside himself so their mother had to jump in and what they would do is take the girls out on rides with him when the other was out, letting both believe that the other one gave up on Smokey when in fact that was not the case at all but it was one of their only working tactics to keep the peace. However, as time went on, Skye eventually was no longer interested in him and decided on another pony until she got interested in another, leaving Zara the winner (also, her parents were both betting on her to win this game of Who Gets the Pony). The two of them had a very close companionship and she used him for show-jumping until he passed due to declining health of an undiscovered disease.

Toby was never really interested in any equestrian events as he preferred simply riding and being in the company of his horses but did participate in driving, sometimes. He was definitely let off the hook more because he was basically the favorite child (I still feel bad Zara having suffered for it in the books even though she loved her adopted brother). On most occasions, he would be found in the stables grooming or taking care of tack after a ride; it was one of his go-to places when he wanted to avoid people. Another thing is that he loved to spend time in the pasture with his favorite horse, Aster, a Quarter Horse cross, during turnout or in a clearing in the woods. It’s noted that after Toby’s disappearance, Aster exhibited signs of depression and would wait at the gate, calling out for his owner. When Nash got older, his grandfather gifted him the horse as his first. 

Now, onto the old man himself. Tobias was an American Cream Draft collector and prominent breeder which helped out the breeder’s association since this horse breed is considered to be very rare. In addition, he was quite fond of the Budweiser Clydesdales and acquired a few retired ones to produce his own bloodline that are also sometimes used in the commercials. He’s also had quite a few racehorses participate in the Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup Classic, the Dubai World Cup, Royal Ascot and Grand National, and Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe races. Worldwide, in different types of racing from the regular flat racing to steeplechase, this man was hitting the top from all fronts but he remained most dominant on home turf with horses in the States and Canada ranking highest. The billionaire was truly devoted to the sport and had many experts serving to help him out when he was making choices for the breeds which he wanted to invest in most.

With all this, it leads us to the brothers and how they ended up with some of the horses they own.

Nash:

Texas Dream-A Tennessee Walker mare with an ironic name but everyone calls her Dream. She's a sweetheart but is sassy when she wants to be, however, give her apples and she'll be whinnying after you for days (according to Xander, at least). Her coat is a shiny palomino and she is one of Nash's only fancy horses, serving as his western pleasure horse in alternative to Chili Pepper, his main competing mare.

Chili Pepper-An Appaloosa-Quarter Horse that is his champion rodeo mare and loves the open field, biting at stray calves during roundups. She is a roan leopard color and is easily recognizable as she has a scar running down the length of her girth from an unfortunate run in with a barbed fence when she bucked a little too hard.

Bullet-Very on the nose with his name, this Appendix Quarter is a fast one. A retired racer that participated in the All American Futurity, coming in a close second but winning the Rainbow Futurity and Champion of Champions Stakes. Tobias Hawthorne had partial ownership of his sire and bred his own star mare with him to produce Bullet. He is Nash's secondary choice for roundups and other rodeo-related events, however, they get along best when Nash is looking for a burst of speed or in a race against his brother, Need-For-Speed Jameson. This gelding is certainly living his life a quarter mile at a time as he whizzes past, a chestnut blur by the time you see him.

Buttercup-She is a Belgian-Shire cross that Nash rescued and although an elderly sterile mare, she is a very sweet gentle giant. He has her retired to the pasture but likes to follow Nash around when he is going in to catch a horse and Grayson too because she knows he carries snacks. She has a limp but is still in fairly good shape with a lovely light bay coat and white feathering.

Grayson:

Mirtha-An imported Marwari filly that was part of a successful twin birthing by a sought-after broodmare, a rarity in the horse world given they are usually fatal for the mare. She and her twin were purchased and shipped to the US by Tobias for Grayson and Jameson. She is an intended dressage horse that's still in her early days but Gray loves taking her out for a happy gallop around the paddock. She has a strawberry roan sabino coat but unfortunately for her she loves a roll in the dust or mud (actually, make that great for her, unfortunate for Gray).

Onyx-His Arabian stallion that is black all over and is one of the most reputable Arabians used in Western competitions in Texas. The greatest joy this stallion gets is rounding up calves in the ring and he is a great partner to Nash's mare, Chili Pepper, which is why Nash does prefer his younger brother to come out on the most major roundups even though Gray is not much for it. Onyx has produced some great foals through Chili and Gray's Shagya Arabian mare, Moonlight, which in their own right often make great playmates with each other.

Sadie-She is an American Saddlebred and his favorite horse both for riding and dressage competitions. Gray's had her since he was seven and got her as a birthday present. He was very attached to her when he was a kid especially since she's very gentle and sweet. She is a palomino pinto and foaled recently a little palomino colt who is the most rambunctious of the recent brood.

Dulce-A KWPN (Dutch Warmblood) filly that has potential to become a Grand Prix horse in dressage but Gray is also training her in harness riding. However, given recent complications in the sports he loves, he is taking a pause and trying to reevaluate some of the strategies he sees his trainers use because they aren't all the most ethical for the horses. If there's one thing to be said about Grayson Hawthorne, it's that he takes care of who or what he loves fiercely and that includes his horses especially those he uses for comps. She is a spicy thing and though she can given Gray a hard time, she loves him and is buttered up easily when he sneaks her a carrot before or after training sessions. Ironically enough, she is not a chestnut, despite their reputation but rather a beautiful dark bay that prances around like she owns the place but Gray just lets her think that.

Jameson:

Eeyore-He's an American Cream Draft mule as a result of an accidental pairing of a jenny with an American Cream stallion that was on loan to one of his grandfather's friends for breeding purposes. As can be seen, that went south and the owner of the donkey didn't want her foal so Tobias took it in and had him for ten years before Jameson got attached to him as a child. He's very gentle and though now an elderly mule, he still keeps up just fine on trail rides. He is the iconic cremello type coat of the American Cream but certainly more fuzzy because of his donkey genes.

Rhubarb-A Nokota stallion that is his barrel racer and preferred riding horse. He is a beautiful blue roan with what look like dark speckles. Tobias had selected him for his grandson after he started training for barrel racing comps and the duo had been inseparable ever since they started. He has taken a liking to Avery and always looks for sugar cubes from her when she and Jamie come to the stables for riding.

Soprano-She is the other half of the Marwari twins and unlike her twin, she isn't one for dirt but she sure as heck ain't a stickler for beauty-no, she loves rolling in the grass instead. So if you see a horse with green stains, that's definitely her which is how you can tell her apart from her sister. She's just the way Jameson likes her, a feisty firecracker with a heart of gold and a potential star jumper like her sire.

Corduroy-He is a Knabstrupper gelding with a bay leopard coat and also a former harness horse, now repurposed for show jumping. A lovely quiet horse, an unusual contrast to Jameson's usual likings in terms of dispositions but they get along well. He was also imported from Europe after his grandfather saw his potential and is the most recent addition to Jameson's collection.

Xander:

Meesha-A rescued zorse yearling that’s part Nokota-American Paint due to her dam’s heritage. Despite her zebra stripes, she does have patches of blue roan and white like her mother unlike the typical bayish striped coats of zorses. Though she is too young for riding of any sorts, she is pretty well behaved on trail rides when Xander rides on her mother. She is Xan's favorite of the bunch and he is her person, often galloping for the gate when she sees him or whinnying after him when he leaves.

Magpie-The Nokota-American Paint mare that's Meesha's mother and only really trusts her owner other than maybe Nash. She is very protective of her filly. She has a beautiful blue roan coat, similar to that of Rhubarb but she is distinguishable due to white flecks across her underbelly and legs. Xander loves to take her out on rides and play tag.

Darlo-An American Sugarbush Harlequin Draft colt that is the first of the Hawthorne contributions to the breed. Before his death, Tobias Hawthorne took an interest in the breed after his youngest grandson was doing research on lost histories of American breeds and he bought a few mares to start up another breeding project. Given his success with American Creams, he decided to try this draft breed, too, and Xander got involved, taking over after his passing. Darlo is a spunky lad and with his black blanket coat, he is a stunner when he trots past. Xan hopes for him to be a stud at some point but in the mean time, he is simply growing up under the watchful eye of his dam.

Foopsy-The adorable little Falabella mare that Xander owns and is only one of many from his minis' herd. He absolutely adores her and is his longest-lasting from an abandoned ranch since the others from her original herd unfortunately passed due to neglect and other health-related problems. She proved to be a sturdy and hardy girl, pushing through her own issues as she was nursed back to health and gave Xander a want to help Nash with rescues he brought back. They have grand games of chase around the property but their favorite activity is naps under a tree in the summer (it makes for some of the cutest photos in Grayson's photo albums). She is a light grey leopard coated horse but certainly Xander's loudest mini.

Also, I want to dedicate this headcanon in honor of my friend @hathorneheiress who has been a big help to me in times when I was losing hope on some of my longest standing drafts that I wanted to get out for you guys to enjoy. She is a great inspiration to me, a wonderful writer, and the most lovely enthusiast of a fanfic bestie I could ask for. Please check out her stuff, she has given great alternative fiction to our faves in this fandom and she deserves some more recognition. Thank you all as always! Bye.

[shortfeather]

beneath the cut is a frankly silly amount of horse breed and hermits discussion

Bdubs: thoroughbreds, for obvious racing reasons

Cub: Lipizzaners, because he's intense and talented enough to handle one to its full potential, and also he wouldn't settle for less. also he deserves a war horse breed

Etho: American Saddlebred - descended from thoroughbreds (as a little nod to him working w Bdubs on horse breeding), very chill temperaments but also can have fun with the best of them, possibly the most famous American breed? Not most popular, most famous

Hypno: Arabian. I don't have an explanation for this one. I really don't. I just know it somehow

Impulse: Appaloosa!! It's got the spots and while it's not the most impressive horse on the server, it's very versatile, and he's mostly using it for trail riding anyways which Appaloosas are very good for

Iskall: Mustangs. He keeps finding random horses and then they disappear on him? Mustang lifestyle for SURE, between the feral herds and the roundups.

Jevin: OLDENBURG OLDENBURG OLDENBURG. He loves that horse and it's a GREAT jumper of course it's an Oldenburg (I'm not biased why do you ask)

Keralis: his first horse was a Welsh Cob for the attitude it gave him but now he's breeding Holsteiners (one of the top jumping breeds in the international community)

Pearl: Does she have a horse or just a pair of donkeys?? I don't know donkeys.

Scar: Morgan horse. Very easy horses to manage even in uncontrolled environments like, say, going off-trail to try and rope a creeper.

Stress: American Quarter Horse, very good stock horses (farm/ranch horses) who are in my experience very friendly and silly. And being primarily bred for stock doesn't preclude them from kicking ass in the ring when they're used to show!

Tango: Belgian Draught. Cogsworth just cannot be a name for anything other than a draft breed, and he needs one properly impressive enough to match his build. So, Belgian!

Wels: ...well, he stole Iskall's, and Iskall's is a mustang, so... XD Though if he had his own, it would absolutely be an Andalusian to match his aesthetic.

Xisuma: Azteca, to match his build! Also one of the prettiest horse breeds I've given a hermit thus far, and frankly he deserves that.

ZombieCleo: a Friesian, because they fucking deserve the picture that paints. Maybe even a Friesian-Percheron cross for the extra intimidation the height and muscularity gives them. Please just look up a Friesian and imagine them on one. It's PERFECT

[ainews]

A rare breed of pony with a unique materialistic streak has been discovered in the United Kingdom. The breed, dubbed the "Posh Pony" by experts, is a cross between a Shetland pony and a Welsh Cob.

The Posh Pony is characterized by its luxurious coat, which is made up of a combination of real and faux fur. Its mane and tail are also made from real fur, giving it a unique appearance that stands out from other breeds.

In addition to its luxurious coat, the Posh Pony also has a penchant for material possessions. Its owners have reported that it has a strong desire to own jewelry, accessories, and other items.

The breed is still relatively new, and experts are still trying to learn more about it. However, the Posh Pony is sure to be a hit with its owners, who can appreciate its unique combination of looks and materialistic traits.

[guerrerense]

Mountain bound... por 2c.. Por Flickr: A Ffestiniog bound train crosses "The Cob" from Porthmadog to Boston lodge, The Ffestiniog Railway is the world’s oldest narrow gauge railway with almost 200 years of history, taking you on a 13½-mile journey from the harbour in Porthmadog to the slate-quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog deep in to the Welsh mountains.

[feetoffire]

horses of RA: Blaze

she's beauty she's grace she laughs in Gilan's face

Kicker Ranger ponies (overview) Tug, Abelard, Cropper Bumper

quick glossary:

withers: where the shoulderblades meet, positioned at the base of the neck

hands/hh: horses are measured in ‘hands’, which are the equivalent of four inches, from the ground to the top of the withers. abbreviated as ‘hh’ (hands high). if a horse’s height falls between two full hands (i.e. between 15 and 16hh), the number of inches over the lower hand measurement is added as a decimal - 15hh and two inches becomes 15.2hh (~157cm), etc

pony: anything standing taller than 14.2hh (~147cm) is a horse. anything standing lower than 14.2hh is a pony

mare: female horse over 4 years of age. mares are only spayed for medical or quality-of-life reasons, so there’s no separate term for a spayed mare

bay: reddish-brown or brown with black points (ear rims, mane, tail, lower legs). the shade of brown can range from fairly light to almost black

blaze: a wide stripe of white down the face

in all seriousness, i have even more thoughts about Blaze than i do about Bumper, because her presence in the working ranks of ranger ponies begs a lot of questions:

Blaze is an outlier on at least two, if not three, counts: she's tall, she's lighter built (which means her breeding is fairly different), and she's a mare. the height thing the obvious one: Gilan's tall (best guess is 5'6"), so Blaze is tall. she could be 14.3 hands and Gilan would still fit on her reasonably well, but given that she's described as lighter as well as leggier, i'm putting her at 15 hands even. a real bonafide horse 😁

with her build in mind, i imagine she has a minimal amount of Mongolian influence and a lot of Connemara (maybe some Camargue or New Forest too) and even more Arabian.

flanagan doesn't focus much on the Arridi/Bedullin horses, but they're an obvious parallel to today's Arabian horse. renowned for their endurance, full and part-Arabians dominate the endurance riding discipline, and i've watched half-Arabs do 2.5 hours of walk-trot-canter work without trouble. one of the school horses where i ride is an Arabian cross (idk his exact percentage) who is still happily toting little kids around on the flat and over jumps even though he's in his thirties (retirement age for most). these horses can go forever. it's why i think Blaze is at least half-Arabian - with less Mongolian influence than other ranger ponies, she has to get the endurance from somewhere.

Arabians have also been used to create, improve, and maintain other breeds since forever (they're possibly the oldest horse breed in the world); the only reason i haven't cited them before is a) they're grandfathered in at this point - they've influenced the Welsh ponies and cobs, among others - and b) ranger ponies are definitely more 'pony' than 'horse' in body, and introducing Arabian blood pretty much always creates a lighter, leaner horse.

so. Blaze is a 15 hand half-Arab/Arab-type mare with, presumably, a blaze and probably a very slight dish to her face. ('dish/dished' just means concave.)

here's the real reason Blaze gets her own post: she's a mare, and that raises so many worldbuilding questions. (she's also the only brown-haired female character flanagan ever put in ra but that's neither here nor there.)

ranger horses are products and participants of a highly-regulated breeding program.....so how does that program work? is Blaze exempt because she was paired with Gilan? are mares only used as working ranger horses if they have a full sister? do the mares retire early? does Gilan spend a year or so with another horse if Blaze is temporarily being used in the breeding program? i doubt the corps has enough money to continually buy more broodmares, so it has to be one of those options.

breeding program nonsense aside (i'm leaning towards 'exempt' or 'only when they have a full sister'), i'm actually a little surprised that mares aren't more common in the corps than we see. as anyone who has ever clicked with a mare knows, if she likes you and you treat her fairly, she will do everything in her power to do what you ask. mares have long been preferred by the Bedouin for war or raiding parties, since they're less likely to call out than stallions, making them the stealthier option. they're also more inclined to use their brain consistently, all of which seem like important traits for a spy's horse. like i said, i'm somewhat surprised that flanagan didn't include more mares (once the books went to print, at least).

anyway. Blaze is amazing and i love her

[amarantine-amirite]

Elastic Heart, Inelastic Collision

"Clarissa, if you've been riding since you were 4, why is it so hard for you to do show jumping?"

Yes, I've been riding long enough that I have the basics down, but I never got good at any specific event. If recent events have taught me anything, I think the reason I can't specialize is because I don't get the same horse, so I can't bond with the animal.

My lesson barn had two different kinds of horses: ponies and full-size horses. The full-size horses were almost always at shows. If they were female, they were also breeding them out. Consequently, I never got a set horse because they were either at shows or on maternity leave. I don't think I've had more than four lessons on the same horse.

This week, I showed up to my riding lesson and checked the schedule. I saw they had scheduled me to ride Lieda. Lieda was a weird looking little pony who was part Welsh cob, part Akhal-teke. She had the Welsh confirmation but the Akhal height and color.

I spotted Rhonda and asked her, "Is this a mistake?" Lieda was a full seven inches shorter than the horses I usually ride and I have a bit of a beefy figure.

"No, not a mistake, Lieda's been naughty."

I knew exactly what she was talking about. I had seen my compatriots ride Lieda a couple of times. She backed up in a circle when you did a sitting trot. She rushed fences. She'd pull in the middle and stop when you wanted to start trotting. She tossed her head when you put her girth on. She'd whip you with her tail.

I walked over to Lieda's stall and set my brush box down by the door. I took out my hoof pick, grooming mitt, and hard brush. When I gave Lieda a brush with the glove, she relaxed, puckered her lips, and fluffed. She loved the glove. I'm tall enough to get all the places these little kids can't reach. As I brushed her, I gave her a little massage on her shoulders. She absolutely loved it.

After I did her feet, I left to get her saddle. She relaxed so much during tack-up she didn't even toss her head while I did her girth. At first, I thought it was because she enjoyed the brush so much, but now I think she thought that she wouldn't have to do too much today. Lieda had a lot of little kids ride her. Many of them couldn't tack on their own, so the big kids would tack her up and pass her down to the little kids once they got into the arena. In fact, she only had one rider that would tack her up himself.

Lieda's reaction immediately soured once we got into the arena. She didn't see any little kids in the arena. We were the only people there. It occurred to her that someone who was 5'8" and 205 lbs was going to ride her. She pinned her ears back, swished her tail, and stomped her little feet; horse for oh, hell no. She grunted when I got on her.

she didn't stop grunting when we walked off. she sulked and grunted as she moved. she seriously hoped that I'd just ask her to walk. she hoped I'd get off and she would have a little kid ride her so she could have a little fun with them.

Rhonda asked everyone to pick up a trot. Lieda noticed that I had the correct diagonal, swung my pelvis forward, didn't heave myself up, kept my arms at my sides, and lifted my rib cage and shifted my body weight to steer. when she tried her usual bag of tricks, I got her back in line. She realized that she wasn't going to get away with anything and I knew what I was doing.

Then it came time to canter. Lieda really didn't want to do any more than the bare minimum. She started off by running really fast, hoping the rider wouldn't notice. I did. It took a bit of prodding, but I eventually got her to pick up a canter.

Lieda was adamant that I get off. she decided to do something drastic: fake a spook. she "startled", quickly cross-cantered, and it still didn't work because I brought her back to a trot, tightened my inside rein and drove her into circles decreasing in radius. Eventually, she snorted, straightened up and cantered nicely. If horses could talk, she would have said, "This is fucking impossible!"

Next, we did our jumping course. Rhonda traced out our path. We were to start at the blue vertical, and go into the bending line consisting of the rainbow coloured bounce and the oxer with the sumo wrestler at the center of the ring, go over the vertical on the rail with the bicycle, and then over the bounce in the opposite direction.

I went first. To my utter shock, Lieda went over the blue vertical and the rainbow bounce. We even got over the oxer. It wasn't until we hit the fence with the bicycle that she decided OK fatass, next stop, Dirtville!

What happened next was a case study of elastic versus inelastic collisions. Lieda was expecting an elastic collision, where all energy transferred from one body to another. When she bucked in front of the jump instead of going over it, she imparted enough energy to launch a tense rider up and out of the saddle.

But Lieda didn't get an elastic collision. She got the other kind, where the energy transfer from one body to another results in the other body deforming to the point that the two bodies stick together. Because I know better than to tense up on the horse, my body absorbed the extra energy and I just lost my stirrups and flopped on her neck.

Lieda got the message. Just because she can get away with messing with the little kids doesn't mean she can get away with it with a more experienced rider.

@pettyprompts

[all-the-horses]

Ammanvalley Santino

Cruglwyd Sant x Chino

Welsh Cob Cross, Gelding

14.2hh

Born 2004

[everythingis-finefinefine]

Played around over some cross country fences with super pony at the last show and damn can he fly!!❤️

[meirimerens]

you're a cool horse person right 👉👈 could you assign horses to pathologic characters? 👉👈👉👈 yknow... if horses existed in pathologic.... (still upset and disappointed that they don't)

hi bestie. sorry for late reply, was fucking off to the mountains. ok so basically. i did something quite similar a while ago on twitter, which is a thread of. what if the characters themselves were horses right. scroll thru it [here]. MOST of Characters As Horses Horses fit for Characters WITH Horses Horses. some i'll change so lemme run thru the thread again:

"artemy normand cob or some kind of cross draft horse x quarter horse flaxen chestnut" i stand by it.

i'd also add maybe a horse like that: i've seen some this week in the mountains. no idea of the breed. some kind of creature. flaxen chestnut and nothing ELSE

"clara arabian filly" i stand by the arabian. freak 4 freak riding pair. one that doesn't have a too-fucked-up face. like that

"daniil morgan horse" eh! not for riding. i think he'd have a russian don

or a karachay

both were used by russian cavalry and since dankovsky's dad was a militaryman [P1 lore which i go by] i think he'd have brought his son a pony.

"the twins: marwari horse" yeah i see it.

i think they'd be hard to come by but they're #special like that. otherwise shove these suckers on orlov trotters

"grace: no care for breed cremello" yeah i stand by it

"maria kaina: arabo-friesian" literally and nothing else

"caspar khan kain: icelandic pony" i stand by it.

"eva yan: palomino akhal téké" i do stand by it

but in the event that they are too hard to come by, give her a betiful grey orlov trotter too

i think eva would be kinda scared of horses. also she's barefoot like babygirl stay AWAY from hooves i'm so scared for you.

"yulia lyuricheva: lipizzaner" literallyyyy

also for fun i think she's have a hucul pony

"murky" literally. just give her some kind of mini

when she becomes too tall i think she can have a little mongolian horse. they're pretty small. funny shape

"sticky mountain welsh pony" real.

hard to come by in eastern russia tho so i think he can have a mongolian horse too

"notkin" yeah. idc about the breed. gotta be bay roan tho

"bad grief: chestnut pinto mustang" sure. not many mustangs in eastern russia + i think horses freak him out but he can have that

or he can get a vatkya. to snort at him

"lara ravel: blue dun lusitano" i stand by it. i also think she's not too keen on horses but she can have him. maybe brought back by dad at some point.

"rubin: Percheron. reasoning: huge" real honestly

maybe rare in eastern russian so he can also get a russian heavy draft

"mark immortell: horse with spots" real. i don't think he rides much bc of his bad leg but i bestow him a noriker to pull him around

ok. that is it for today... hmu for any character i didn't put here that you'd want bestowed a horse upon

[princessanneftw]

Inside Princess Anne's lifelong love affair with horses

As the Princess Royal approaches her 70th birthday, those who know her recount the most enduring relationship of her life

By Eleanore Kelly for the Telegraph

The Princess Royal has spent a lifetime with horses. Like her siblings, she started riding at the age of three. But what makes her remarkable is the success she achieved as a competitor. Aged 21 she was crowned European Eventing Champion at Burghley. She was riding Doublet, a horse bred by the Queen, for polo, and gifted to the Princess.

At the 1975 European Eventing Championships, she finished second on Goodwill, another horse owned by the Queen and her mount at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, where she became the first member of the British royal family to compete at an Olympic Games. She rode winners in horse racing too, notably in the Grand Military Steeplechase at Sandown over jumps, and the Diamond Stakes on the flat at Ascot. No wonder she won BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award in 1971 - the first ever event rider to carry off the trophy.

There were always ponies around during her childhood. Both her parents rode regularly, as did her older brother, Prince Charles, who developed a keen interest in polo and was considered a gifted player.

In those days polo was a men-only game, so not something his sister would have pursued, but she was a member of the Pony Club where she would have tried most equestrian disciplines with other young enthusiasts. Perhaps the attraction to eventing was the camaraderie that is always synonymous with a risk sport; horses are no respecter of titles.

When she became more serious about eventing, her parents arranged for training with Alison Oliver, wife of international show jumper Alan Oliver, who was based near Windsor. She is widely credited for propelling the Princess on the road to international equestrian stardom.

Lucinda Green, one of Princess Anne’s eventing peers, describes her as the pin-up of their era. Lucinda was a fellow team member at the Montreal Olympics and remembers the Princess having a crashing fall halfway around the cross-country course and suffering concussion. She remounted and finished the course but to this day cannot remember the rest of the jumps.

“She was extremely brave and good enough to get on the British team on two very different horses. Goodwill, her horse in Montreal, was not easy. He was big and had no brakes - I definitely wouldn’t have ridden him,” says Green.

With animals so often comes heartbreak, which even Princesses cannot escape. Her partnership with Doublet, a diminutive chestnut with the heart of a lion, ended in tragedy. The pair were destined for the Munich Olympics when the horse who had defined her career shattered a hind leg in an accident at Windsor and had to be put down.

At a time where security at sports events was minimal, The Princess was hounded by the media. “I always admired the way she coped with the press. That added the most unbelievable pressure on top of trying to do her sporting best. Tough for her but she put our sport on the map and kept it in the spotlight,” observes Green.

In 1985, she was persuaded to ride in a charity horse race at Epsom (home of the Derby). By this stage she’d hung up her eventing boots and had two young children. Yet she was always game for the challenge, if it involved horses.

Horse racing requires a very different technique from eventing, so she approached trainer David Nicholson for help. Known as “The Duke” because of his imposing personality, he suggested she come to his Cotswold yard, little expecting she would turn up almost every day for several years to ride out.

His wife Dinah became familiar with the Princess, as she would join them in the kitchen for breakfast after exercising the horses. “She was so dedicated and determined, driving 40 minutes every morning and arriving at 7.15am on the dot, so she could tack up her horse before riding out on the gallops. Then she would have breakfast with us and sometimes there would be a jockey - Richard Dunwoody or Peter Scudamore. The conversation would mostly be about horses. After breakfast, she would set off for a busy day of royal duties.”

Even if she had a royal engagement in London that went on late into the night, she would still get up after a few hours sleep to drive to the yard in Stow-on-the Wold. Acquaintances say her security detail looked permanently exhausted from keeping up with her.

After the charity race, in which she finished a respectable fourth, she asked Nicholson if she could continue riding out at his yard. It seemed the attraction was as much about the camaraderie of yard life as it was the actual race riding. “She became very fond of the people in racing and was always very natural with the stable lads, who liked her.”

There was a horse she was very fond of too, called Cnoc Na Cuille. He was a big winner for her in her career as a jump jockey (including the Grand Military) but soon after finishing third at Warwick, he dropped dead, probably from a heart attack.

“The Princess was not one for showing emotion but she was clearly very upset about it,” says Dinah. Soon after this she gave up race riding, although she has bred a few race horses herself at her home, Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire.

For 37 years, thanks to the Princess, Gatcombe has hosted eventing competitions, including the prestigious Festival of Eventing. The cross-country course is designed by her former husband Captain Mark Phillips, an Olympic medallist and four-time Badminton winner (once the golden boy of British eventing), and the Director is their son Peter Phillips.

Princess Anne’s daughter, Zara Tindall, a former European and World Champion event rider and silver medalist in the London 2012 Olympics, regularly competes there and the Princess hands out the prizes.

Tindall has even more eventing accolades than her mother and, like her, she was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year (in 2006). Her mother has always been hugely supportive of her children’s interest in horses. Every Christmas, the Princess would drive the children’s ponies up to Balmoral* (think they mean Sandringham?) herself in a horsebox so they could all ride.

There is also a strong equine theme to the Princess Royal’s charity work. She’s President of World Horse Welfare and the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) as well as Patron of the Pony Club and the Injured Jockeys Fund (IJF). She was President of the International Federation of Equestrian Sports (FEI) from 1986 to 1994, a role she took over from her father, Prince Philip.

Roly Owers, CEO of World Horse Welfare, describes the Princess as having a deep love of horses, devoting a huge amount of time to all aspects of horse welfare. Former champion jockey John Francombe describes her as the best after-dinner speaker he has ever heard, with a great sense of humour, persuading well-oiled guests to open their wallets for charity and even persuading them to adopt horses themselves.

Rehoming unwanted horses is a large part of the World Horse Welfare’s work and the Princess is a rehomer herself. “On one of her visits to our rescue centres, she met a Welsh Cob called Annie and asked if she could have her. I believe she still rides her today.”

“She has always had a clear opinion but understands horses better than anyone,” says Owers. That once got her into trouble, at the 2013 World Horse Welfare conference when one of the topics was the European Horse Meat scandal. “She made a comment about the value of horses that was translated as ‘Princess Anne eats horse meat’ by certain journalists.”

What the Princess had actually said was: "Should we be considering a real market for horsemeat and would that reduce the number of welfare cases, if there was a real value in the horsemeat sector? I chuck that out for what it's worth because I think it needs a debate."

As Owers remembers, “it was unfortunately the first time we filmed the conference and broadcast it live, so you can imagine it created 48 hours of hysteria.” Though whether the Princess actually sits down to pony steak for Sunday lunch is not known.

Caroline Ward of the RDA remarks on her extraordinary empathy. “She understands the challenges our participants face and what they get out of the experience of riding horses. She will talk to them about their ponies and what it means to them to spend time with horses.

“These riders, many of whom find communication and mobility so difficult, will always open up to her. They are bound by this common interest and love of horses. She will also chat to the volunteers, to make them feel all the more special.”

Ward recalls the time Princess Anne helped a rider load her difficult horse into the horse box. “She came to our RDA National Championships at Hartpury College. She saw this struggle and despite not being dressed to get stuck in, she clearly couldn’t walk by without offering assistance. Well, this horse took one look at her and realised this was someone who meant business, and walked straight into the horsebox.”

Ex-jockey and racing journalist Brough Scott has known the Princess for many years through sport and her support of the IJF. “At charity events, rather than entertaining the fat cats, she is happiest talking to the ex-jockeys, many of whom are in a wheelchair. One really likes her for that, even though she is not trying to be liked.”

To be a successful rider, you have to build a relationship of trust and mutual understanding with your horse. That means controlling your fear and emotions. Eventing, a combination of the three disciplines of dressage, cross-country and show jumping, is perhaps the truest test of all-round horsemanship, demanding both accuracy and courage. It is only for the bravest of the brave, says Scott.

“Princess Anne wasn’t simply a Royal who rode, she was an athlete who achieved great things in her eventing career and rode courses that would have terrified most people. That must have given her self-confidence and fulfillment.”

In her public duties too, the Princess Royal has given her all, incidentally personifying the characteristics necessary for a fine horsewoman: discipline, dedication and courage. Are they a matter of her breeding and upbringing, or do we have her love of horses to thank for that?

[boneless-mika]

I saw a video about “realistic roleplay” in SSO and everyone is super condescending in the comments section but the poster pretty much specifies that those people are the only people allowed to comment so now I’m being annoying here instead. I am an equestrian. A real life, realistic equestrian. I do not need a guide to tell me how to pretend to be an equestrian when I am one.

[setethsbigbaratitties]

Alternative: Elise on some huge ass Clydesdale. Also if you start considering the horse breeds for cavaliers and their associated classes, you're also going to have start thinking about what breeds of pegasus the various flying units use

oh elise on a clydesdale (or even better imo, a shire horse) is a really good idea, especially if you go the “xander rides the small but hardy icelandic” route

fool that you are to assume i haven’t thought about pegasus riders...

pegasi are fun because you really don’t need to think about the feasibility of what kind of horse they are. there’s no world where a pegasus, as we think of it, is a viable creature. between the difficulty in where you would put the wings on a pegsus’s skeleton and the fact that an animal of that size is not going to be able to carry a rider while also remaining capable of flight, pegasi are never gonna be realistic. which means you can do whatever you want with them!!

i like to think of the OG pegasus knight pegasi as arabians. they’re a horse known for being fast and intelligent, making them great mounts that are sometimes difficult to train. their somewhat hot personality can explain why they’re choosy about who rides them. the arabian is also well-known as an endurance breed, which would make them ideal for flying around in an extended battle. their smaller size and daintier features can explain the low defense of the pegasus knight, while their speed accounts for the dodginess. the tenma ridden by sky knights could then be a more localized type of arabian, similar to the polish arabian

the pegasi ridden by dark fliers would be thoroughbreds. they are similarly speedy, hot-blooded horses with high stamina. i chose the thoroughbred partly for coloration; thoroughbreds typically have a solid-color coat, and darker colors like dark bay and black are common.

the pegasi ridden in fodlan are interesting...horses in fodlan are shaggy, with large ears and a long, pointed face. however, they aren’t drafty or stocky, which excludes most of the shaggier breeds. to be honest, the horses in fodlan are the least...horselike of any of them.

i like to think of both the horses and pegasi in fodlan as a sort of fantasy welsh cob, at least in the body- a longer body with shorter legs that are allowed a small measure of feathering. i could almost see them as a cross between a bashkir curly and a cob- not as stocky as the curly, but with a larger head and ears than a cob, plus the curly’s characteristic fur. the curly and the welsh cob are both known for being rather agreeable breeds, and i can totally see dorte having that kind of laid-back personality