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.



They were giving wagon rides. The drafts were gorgeous.




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




One of the rescues.




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

















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.




Really pretty little mare.

Tons more.

[K9soul]

This beautiful guy was standing right behind me.





The roan again.





Leaving the arena.




The little buckskin mare.




This little girl was doing some basic dressage.




This is a rescue, Peter Pan.




His little bio. Each of the horses had one.




Enjoying some hay.




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




still many more

[K9soul]

More rescues







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.




Gorgeous bay and dun.




As I mentioned, I absolutely adored these two.




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










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




More coming

[K9soul]

Horse and rider watching the show.




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.











And ummm.. the next little show LOL.






A couple rescues see these strange little demons.



So they beat a hasty retreat!

More..

[K9soul]

Next they had some junior riders put on a show.

















More..

[K9soul]

I thought the red roan looked pretty grazing.




And the next show, Roman riding.










More.

[K9soul]

More rescues








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.







A couple more.

[K9soul]

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!
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!



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!