16 April 2021

Horse stunts and people stunts

This first photo shows a horse that can almost fly. A-t-il des ailes ? S'appelle-t-il Pégase ?

And this second photo shows how far his hooves are off the ground.

Did you know that a stuntman (in the movies) is called un cascadeur? And the stunts are called cascades.




I think I have about two more days of horse photos I want to post, so I'll continue over the weekend. Then I'll move on to another site, another subject. I promise.

12 comments:

  1. LOVE the horse photos! (And re the earlier discussions about who your readers are and where, and how many times people access your site, I visit both yours and Walt's, often more than once a day) - Christine de la Nouvelle-Zelande

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  2. In photos 3, 4, 5, the man must have great confidence in his horses and how well they were trained.

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    1. I guess the two horses are strapped together. And maybe the man has velcro on the soles of his shoes.

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  3. Now, I'm wondering if these horses are hongres or étalons? Probably hongres for the most part, because étalons are much more difficult to train.

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    1. I should have added, and be docile.

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    2. My guess is that they're geldings, or mares, Stallions are not only more difficult to train but all that excess testosterone can make them dangerous.

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  4. No, I did not know that those were the words for stunts and stuntman!

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  5. I’m not the least bit tired of seeing horse photos.

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  6. Percherons in la Peche which used to be Called la Perche I think. Many of these beautiful draft horses were killed in WWI.

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    1. Did you drive to Orlando? I'm glad you had a good time. At this point, for us, the U.S. and places like DisneyWorld seem like a dream.

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    2. We flew to Orlando. Masked all the way on a full Southwest flight. At Disney everyone's temperature was checked before entering. "Cast members" made sure everyone kept their masks on. It was the stuff of a long bad, but still magical dream ;-) L, C, and I have had 2 Moderna. SIL has had first Pfizer vaccine.


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