May 28, 2012
On this Memorial Day, let’s take a quick look at an unusual yet fascinating horse sport that (in theory, at least) was inspired by horseback military maneuvers.
A.J. and I spent part of an afternoon at the Royal Windsor Horse Show watching tent-pegging. He was enthralled, actually. And he’s promised to write a guest blog post about our afternoon and about this obscure sport.
As a small preview, here are a couple of photos …
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May 27, 2012
One of the vendors in the Royal Windsor Horse Show trade fair was the Stevenson Brothers company, which makes rather exquisite soon-to-be-heirloom rocking horses.
This particular one, modeled after Churchill’s charger, is a limited-edition rocking horse that Stevenson Brothers made in honor of HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
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Mr. Stevenson showing the box that sits in a secret compartment in the rocking horse and contains nine photos of HM The Queen
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May 26, 2012
Today, I offer some close-up views of the champion milk float and the adorable pony, Brookham Lodge Dallas.
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I was sad to have cut off the pony’s ears and the driver’s head in this photo, but I really like the view into the milk float, so I’m sharing it despite it being headless and ear-less
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May 25, 2012
… and the champion of the Light Trade Vehicles class was … (drum roll, please)
… the milk float!
Here are several views of it (and the adorable pony hitched to it) during the class, including a couple of views of the judge inspecting the turnout.
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Tomorrow, I’ll have some close-up details of the vehicle and the pony.
May 24, 2012
I have so many photos from the Light Trade Vehicles class at the Royal Windsor Horse Show that I’ll be sharing them with you in three parts.
Today: some of the various entries in the class, which featured a tailor’s vehicle, fruit-&-veg sellers’ wagons, a butcher’s cart, a small Royal Mail vehicle, a milk float, and more.
Tomorrow: the class champion. (Can you guess who it might’ve been?)
And Saturday: some of my favorite details from the champion vehicle.
Enjoy!
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This tailor’s vehicle was inspired by the owner/driver’s grandfather, who was a tailor:
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One of the two fruit-&-veg sellers’ wagons …
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… and three views of the other one:
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The butcher’s cart, and the butcher’s pony:
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The lovely small Royal Mail vehicle:
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And, finally, the beautiful milk float:
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