Flickrfan: PRCA Pro Rodeo at the National Western Stock Show
February 6, 2010
Flickrfan: Backside bath
December 21, 2009
Flickrfan: Akhal-Teke stallion Arim
December 8, 2009
Flickrfan: Heading for home – barrel racer – Parada del Sol Rodeo
December 3, 2009
Photographed by Al_HikesAZ
"[Barrel racing] combines the horse’s athletic ability and the horsemanship skills of a rider in order to safely and successfully maneuver a horse through a clover leaf pattern around three barrels (typically three fifty-five gallon metal or plastic drums) placed in a triangle in the center of an arena." Wikipedia
I am always impressed watching these cowgirls in the Barrel racing competition. And these horses can easily cost over $60,000. I have a lot of respect for their skill. I can ride, but I can’t ride anywhere near this level.
The Parada del Sol Rodeo is held annually in the Equidome at Westworld in Scottsdale. The 56th Annual Parada del Sol Rodeo was a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association ( PRCA ) Sanctioned Rodeo. Each performance consisted of bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, team roping, tie-down roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling and bull riding.
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Flickrfan: Formando
November 26, 2009
Photographed by Eduardo Amorim
“…Decerto não morreram, os meus fletes,
e vivem nos rincões dos intermúndios…
Um dia irei fazer a recolhida,
hão de reconhecer a minha sombra
e o velho amigo que, como eles e com eles,
– campo afora –
esquecia a dor da vida
nos desesperos das atropeladas…”Trecho de “Os fletes”, de Aureliano de Figueiredo Pinto
Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Flickrfan: Acceleration
November 19, 2009
Photographed by c6 cowboy
The Pro-Youth Rodeo is in town this weekend and some of the best kids in Texas are competing here in Stephenville. These kids were born on a horse and make the most difficult moves with ease. Nice to see a lose rein and a snaffle on this one…he is a broke horse, going for the win!
Captured with: D700, 70-200mm VR, f/3.2, 1/320, ISO 1000. Ambient light, hand held.
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Flickrfan: Habib Shael at 5 years
September 14, 2009
Photographed by Kerri-Jo
Habib Shael 2004 stallion (Gayaz x Aykhanum) line Posman, family Fantazia
standing at BGD Ranch, Calgary, Alberta
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Flickrfan: Aporreados
August 23, 2009
Photographed by Eduardo Amorim
"…Quando se é moço, se pensa
que o tempo é cavalo manso,
que se sujeita ao cabresto
e à espora, sem corcovear
Mas ah! o tempo é maleva,
ninguém descansa em seu lombo,
e ensina, tombo por tombo,
que não se deixa domar.
Eu sonhei em ser ginete
dos aporreados, que a lida
me presenteou, pela vida,
por ventenas e araganos
Mas compreendi que, a lo largo,
os sonhos não são cavalos,
e jamais se acerta pealos
nas patas dos desenganos…"Trecho de "Quando me encontro com a vida entre meus mates", de Sebastião Teixeira Corrêa
Santa Vitória do Palmar, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Flickrfan: Um gateado flor de estampa
June 23, 2009
Photographed by Eduardo Amorim
"Um gateado flor de estampa
pra ‘ponteá’ uma tropa bruta
ou sair em reculuta
sem ter pressa de volver…
Quem faz a vida escorrer
na cadência de um bom pingo
traz um olhar de domingo
pra cada sol que nascer…"Trecho de "Embaixo dos bastos", de José Carlos Batista de Deus
Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Flickrfan: Escuela gaucha
June 15, 2009
Photographed by Eduardo Amorim
"… – Güeno m’hijo, haga coraje
y apriete bien las rodiyas,
qu’es capaz de hacerse astiyas
beyaquiando este salvaje.
Priéndaselé y aunque raje
la tierra en cada bufido,
mire siempre precabido
la cabeza del sotreta,
cosa que en cada gambeta
¡no lo haye desprevenido!…”Fragmento de “Escuela gaucha”, de Pedro Boloqui
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com/search/label/Pedro%20Boloqui
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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