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Nobility 18
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This is the 18th one of my 'Nobility' series. This one was taken on a horse driving event some time ago on the 'Eendracht', a horse riding school in Vrouwenpolder, a village on the peninsula Walcheren, Zeeland, The Netherlands.
Recently (January 13th, 2020) I've seen in a program of a local broadcast station that the farm, who's owners organised these horse driving events in the past, was sold to a German owner. The new owner however stated that he has no intentions to continue in organising these competitions.
A pity for sure. By checking-out THIS LINK, one can read (only in the Dutch language however) some details. The major part of this information is translated below: "The Eendracht riding school in Vrouwenpolder stops. The new German owner doesn't want to continue the business. For more than 50 horses and ponies a new home must be found and that is not easy. "I have already called to twenty places, but have not found anything yet," said horse owner Martijn Berrevoets."
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Post a Comment - Subscribe to this discussionreferring to your above comment, here's some information:
Depicted is a, so called, 'Four-in-Hand' carriage event, with four horses, one pair being in front of the other pair.
The 'passengers' in the carriage are the driver, the groom, the second groom, and the navigator.
For further details please check-out this link.
The reason to have more than one whip is unknown to me.
Best regards, Cornelius
Great shot and sad those days are over. I also found it interesting the new owner wanted to renovate it to a place where people could take their horse on vacations. It was disapproved by the authorities.
Great shot and I suspect the whips were more for show with all the animal activists ever present. At the least they just crack them in the air for effect.
You chose a perfect composition with the horses coming right at us.
Faved.
TicK
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A feast for the eyes
Formidable, excellent work, good friend !
John
Your focus and clarity are outstanding, Mr C.
The riders in the forefront appear to have three whips and two riders while the other rider seem to have only one whip and one rider. Was there reason to have more than one whip and passenger?