Hooved Animal Humane Society.. ton of large photos (dial up beware)

[K9soul]

I thought there might be some people here who'd enjoy these. Yesterday my mother and I went to the Hooved Animal Humane Society (HAHS) picnic/performance/silent auction fundraiser. Needless to say I was very trigger happy, taking pictures of performers and rescues as well. It was a privilege to meet some of the rescues personally and they each had a beauty of their own. It was exciting to capture some wonderful images of these amazing creatures.


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They were giving wagon rides. The drafts were gorgeous.


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I absolutely loved these two. I believe they were Percherons.


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One of the rescues.


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These two were prancing and galloping up and down the fence line together.


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This was a really pretty red roan that caught my eye. They were doing some sort of judging on a group of horses/riders when we got there but I'm not sure what it was.


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Really pretty little mare.

Tons more.

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This beautiful guy was standing right behind me.


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The roan again.


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Leaving the arena.


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The little buckskin mare.


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This little girl was doing some basic dressage.


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This is a rescue, Peter Pan.


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His little bio. Each of the horses had one.


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Enjoying some hay.


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This came out a bit overexposed, but I thought he was such a handsome chestnut.


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still many more

[K9soul]

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More rescues


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This rescue is a black paint with one blue eye and one brown. He was friendly but is a cribber. He's a new arrival there.


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Gorgeous bay and dun.


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As I mentioned, I absolutely adored these two.


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I wish this had been a tad crisper but I still like the picture.


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These next few are of the show put on by the equestrian drill team.


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More coming

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Horse and rider watching the show.


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The announcer was hard to hear but I believe they said this is a morgan cross. They had really bad sound equipment but watching the routine was enjoyable.


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And ummm.. the next little show LOL.


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A couple rescues see these strange little demons.


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So they beat a hasty retreat!

More..

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Next they had some junior riders put on a show.


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I thought the red roan looked pretty grazing.


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And the next show, Roman riding.


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More rescues


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Cash was an absolute sweetheart. Other than some normal aging signs of swayback and more sunken temples, you would never have guessed he was 35.


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A couple more.

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I took this one to really show his nice condition.

Ok and that's about the end of them!

I got a few videos but they weren't the best as I didn't have anything to stabilize the video cam. But if anyone would like to see the Roman riding in action it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TEbXiOkYtc


And if you'd like to know more about the HAHS you can visit their web site here: http://www.hahs.org/


Thanks for letting me share!

[cassiesmom]

Wow, what beautiful horses and so different from one another! K9soul, thank you for sharing these!

[Vermontcat]

So many gorgeous photos of so many beautiful horses!:D
You took some really amazing photos, I could comment on all of them but then this post would run on for days!
I absolutely love the black and white paint horse, the markings are so cool the way the white stripe runs down his rump.:)
I just love horses and I would have loved to see all the performances they did.
So you weren't tempted to adopt one for yourself?
I would have definitely wanted to bring at least one home with me, maybe I would have tried to sneak out one of the mini horses with me.;)

[wolf_Q]

Nice to see some posts from you, Jess! Love the photos, they turned out great! What beautiful horses!

[Husky_mom]

a husky horse... so cute!

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loved the drafts... drools... the paints.. awesome... and the roman riding.. wow.. never seen it.. must be really tough..

very cool pics.. thanks for sharing

[K9soul]

Thank you guys! I'm so glad you enjoyed looking at them.

Nope, not there to adopt myself. I'd love to be able to but I couldn't afford the board and maintenance needs of a horse right now. Also with having to work two jobs I'd never be able to give the time a horse needed without neglecting the pups and the time they need. But if I could ever get back to working one job I'd love to volunteer out there as they are always eager for volunteers. Until then I can at least support them with donations :). They were I believe the first humane society for hooved animals. The grounds were beautiful!

[Casper]

Wow! So many beautiful horses.
I must say, I absolutely love the coloring of Peter pan. I am pretty horse-illiterate, but it looks like it would have been really neat to attend this event.

You took some really great pictures. Thanks so much for sharing them! :)