Dreamer Movie Poster

The horse in the movie ” Dreamer “

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Jan18

Dreamer is an American film released on September 10, 2005 at the Toronto Film Festival and on October 21 for the general public. It was directed by John Gatins and starring Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning.

The film received generally positive mixed reviews from critics. This film won $ 38,741,732 under a budget of $ 32 million. He also received a nomination for the Film Critic Awards for Best Family Film. Dreamer: Inspired by a true story was released on DVD, Blu-ray and VHS on March 21, 2006 by Roadshow Entertainment.

The film closes on January 5, 2006. After 77 days of exhibition only collect 32,751,093 dollars in the country, along with an additional of $ 5,990,639 abroad for a world total of $ 38,741,732. Produced on a budget of $ 32 million, the film is considered a movie tan-tan at the box office, as it barely regained its budget.

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story - Trailer

Movie plot

Ben Crane is an extraordinary trainer of racehorses. This is why he warns his boss that Sonya, a mare with a very promising future, should not run this time. However, the boss does not consider the coach’s warning.

In this race, the horse suffers a strong injury. It fractures one of its legs, so that it will not be able to compete again. It is for this reason that they decide to sacrifice it.

The horse trainer is fired by his boss. But he decides to keep the mare named “dremar” as part of the payment of an outstanding debt and thus save the animal’s life.

Ben’s intention is to cure the mare in order to pair it with another great champion and sell the young. But after the improvement of his injury, the fate of the trainer fades, since the mare is sterile. On the other hand, when they think that everything is lost, they discover that Sonya can run.

The love of Cale: Dreamer.

Película En busca de un sueño
Película En busca de un sueño

Cale Crane, Ben’s daughter, has become very fond of the horse “dreamer”. This girl begins to train the mare with the intention of returning to compete and be a great champion.

After overcoming a large number of hard obstacles and reject large sums of money, they manage to register the horse in the most important race of all. The classic of stallions, in which the mare has prepared a magnificent surprise: Dreamer win the breeders’ cup.

Breeders’ Cup

It is a set of horse racing that takes place in the United States since 1984. Breeders’ Cup is one of the most popular horse riding events in the country. It is done at the end of the horse season, in October or November.

Film values

This film talks about values such as affection and family unity. It shows us that everything can be achieved with a positive attitude and with believing in dreams.

The film brings us a sublime and hopeful message. It reminds us of the importance of moral values and the strength of family ties. It also highlights how the human being manages to overcome obstacles, when it comes to fulfilling dreams.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamer_(2005_film)

 

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The horse's temperament

The horse’s temperament

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Jan18

We all have temperament. Although the horses also yours and today we will dedicate this article to this topic.

By nature horses are gentle, respectful and very safe. More like animal “prey” is also guided by their instincts.

If he feels threatened, he will react according to what he feels within himself, that is why we must create trust in humans and respect.

The way in which the horse is treated will make it respond. What is sown will be harvested.

Horses have a good memory. So much so that since they are born they perceive what is happening around them and are able to remember traumatic moments when they are adults.

Docile temperament

The horse in itself has a docile temperament. He likes to live in herds and expresses what he feels.

However, it tends to be dominant and establish a hierarchy of dominance, without being violent. Aggression is not part of its nature. Horses prefer to flee rather than fight. In spite of this, if he feels in danger, he reacts by kicking or even biting.

The temperament of the horse is related to that which characterizes the animal during most of the time. This can ultimately be educated. The horse has a great disposition to learn. It also depends on the will to train it, its genetics, among others.

The horse's temperament
The horse’s temperament

The ideal temperament for sport horses

One of the qualities for which the horse is valued is because of its capacity for sport and temperament is an important feature to consider. Therefore, it is ideal for this activity:

  • If it shows good availability, ability to understand and follow the orders of the rider.
  • When he reacts positively to the difficulties or mistakes made.
  • If you have good “mountability”, ability to work under pressure and good nerve level.

When a horse gets a “bad temper”

Horses can give you a bad temper. If at any time they do not wish to carry out any activity, they are tired or they receive abuse, they express their rejection with corporal attitudes.

How to know if my horse has “bad temper”?

When you bend or move your ears, when you move the front legs and mouth.

Also when it stretches the lips and wrinkles the jaw, when it shows the rump or the teeth.

Quiet horse's temperament
Quiet horse’s temperament

Final advice

Everything you teach your horse will learn. This animal is very intelligent and noble, so we must treat it with respect and earn its own.

We can not expect him to obey us if we mistreat him. On the contrary, it is our love for him that will conquer his heart. We are sure that once your heart is won, that connection will be invaluable.

When it comes to “choosing” the right horse for sport, it is essential to build that spirit, that temperament. In conclusion we leave you some clues so you can select your ideal horse:

  1. Select the race that suits the type of activity in which you wish to participate. The race of the horse makes him more inclined to certain activities. If the horse is comfortable with what he does, he will do it well.
  2. Select the horse according to his temperament. Temperament is something that is built with experience but the natural predisposition of a horse can make it easier.
  3. Build a relationship of trust between the horse, the trainer and the rider. This relationship can be built with respectful treatment, participation of the coach and the rider in the maintenance and grooming routines of the horse, among others.
  4. The progressive and respectful training makes the horse gain confidence and not result in a “trained” behavior. The best apprenticeships are given in the most natural way possible.
  5. Take care of your horse’s health. Any physical discomfort in the midst of competitive stress environments such as sports can destroy what I have so hopefully built.

Love your horse, take care of it and he will take care of you and lead you to victory. To ride …

Sources:

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/caballos/el-caracter-del-caballo

https://thehorse.com/121493/basic-horse-temperament-and-behavior-book-excerpt/

https://www.acsedu.co.uk/Info/Pets/Equine/Horse-Temperament.aspx

 

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Safety in Equine Therapy

The Horse as a co-therapist (Equine Therapy)

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Jan17

Therapy with Horses? Equine Therapy

In daily life, there may be economic, family, work, conjugal, and health difficulties, as well as many others. Given these drawbacks, we have two options waver or seek solutions. In this sense, I have great news for you. Nature through its plants, elements, animals, etc., offers us a range of opportunities to address or improve these problems. Here is the reason for the horse in this delivery.

Focusing therapy with animals, there is a mammal, herbivore, large, imposing, long and arched neck, populated by long braids, scientifically named: Equus ferus caballus, but we all know simply as the horse.

Alternative PTSD Therapies: Equine Therapy

Appreciated horse utilities

The horse, besides being used as a means of transport or for competitions, can be a great complementary therapist. This does not mean replacing other treatments. It has proven its multiple benefits. It is said that Hippocrates (father of medicine), approximately 460 a.C. recommended riding, to improve the mood of those who could not be cured.

This type of therapy is called hippotherapy, equine therapy or equestrian assisted therapy. It is used by some health professionals (psychiatrists, physiatrists, physiotherapists) with the purpose of contributing to neuromuscular, psychological, cognitive and social rehabilitation. At any age, in children, adolescents as well as adults, the horse is used as a therapeutic tool.

Equine therapy

According to experts, equine therapy is a comprehensive therapy recommended for people with intellectual or physical disabilities. In the case of physical disability, the riding plan will be further developed; and in the case of intellectual disabilities in providing positive stimuli.

Salamanca Association of Equine Therapy (ASADE), says that the effects of the horse in people with any type of disability are so positive that they show small advances in this condition. The therapy favors independence, security, mobility and balance.

The horse contributes its body heat (between 37 ° and 38 ° C), which is higher than that of the human being (between 35 and 37 ° C). This allows the relaxation of the musculature and the ligaments. In addition, the rhythmic impulse transmitted by this beautiful animal in its way of walking or jogging benefits the muscles contract to give tone to the muscles. The latter is positive for balance and stability of the trunk and head.

ASADE therapists warn that as the horse’s walk is almost equal to that of the human being. Therefore, equine therapy exercises three-dimensional locomotion because, when a person with disabilities can not walk or walk with difficulty, when riding on the horse, the brain understands at the same pace as if it were walking. This process, with time and practice, is recorded in the neurons. In this way the patient is getting the stability of the hip and the balance above the quadruped.

Equine Therapy
Equine Therapy

Which aspects can be treated through Equine Therapy using the horse as a co-therapist?

In this order of ideas, therapy with horses is very useful, in addition to the benefits mentioned above, there are many other reasons to support it, as it helps:

  • Control emotions, providing confidence and self-confidence.
  • Encourages stress control
  • Encourages group work, enhancing management skills and leadership.
  • Contributes to improve empathy.
  • It favors the patient’s relationship with other people outside their social, work or school and family circle.
  • Increase love, respect and care for animals.
  • It reinforces values such as responsibility, companionship, friendship.
  • Stimulates cognitive development and memory.
  • Encourages non-verbal communication.

Finally, if you want to use this type of alternative therapy, the advice of trained personnel is recommended so that it does not produce counterproductive effects. It is necessary to clearly identify the problem that is to be improved, corrected or mitigated; without neglecting the preparation, brushing, hygiene, control, horse feeding.

Sources:

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/equinoterapia/el-caballo-como-coterapeuta/

http://certsgroup.com/equine-therapy-co-therapist-horse

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/horse-power-the-benefits-of-equine-therapy-1.3528876

https://gustavomirabalcastro.online/health/safety-in-equine-therapy-i

 

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Safety in Equine Therapy

Safety in Equine Therapy (I)

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Jan16

Security Measures in Equine Therapy (I)

Within the range of alternative therapies there are numerous therapies, most of them coincide in the well-being of the human being. Among these therapies we have the Equinoterapia that as previously has been spoken of the subject. Applies to people with different pathologies and disabilities. For this reason it is important that safety measures must be taken into account before, during and after the Equine Therapy sessions.

Equestrian assisted therapy is a therapy used by physical or mental health professionals. This is carried out in order to promote the rehabilitation of children, adolescents and adults. At the neuromuscular, psychological, cognitive and social level, by means of the horse as a therapeutic and coadjuvant tool.

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In the sessions we work with specific horses, trained to behave appropriately before any strange element. The horses do not stop being animals with a force more than considerable and this must be taken into account. We must consider the possibility that they may have a reaction at any time that endangers the safety of the professionals, and above all, that of the person with whom they are working.

Safety in Equine Therapy

Therefore, a series of safety measures are usually taken. Not only during the sessions, but also before starting the Equestrian Therapy Program:

  • All people who are going to be part of the Equestrian Therapies program must provide a document from their specialist or head doctor that certifies their fitness for riding.
  • If contraindicated, sometimes the patient may participate in other activities in which the same objectives are worked on and it is not necessary to ride.
  • Another requirement is to have a license or sports insurance for the activity. Currently there is no specific license for Equestrian Therapies or Adapted Riding. Only it is necessary to make it a horse license.
  • The equinotherapy centers must have insurance for horses, facilities and professionals. Users are only fully covered when they make personal insurance.
Safety in Equine Therapy
Safety in Equine Therapy

Protective helmet

When the patient is alone, sitting on the horse should wear a helmet (traditional or other type of protective helmet) to cover the head. That means that all patients who take active hippotherapy and mount therapy will ride with a helmet.

Patient assistance

The horse should never be left alone with the patient. Even if the patient already has experience in handling it and the horse is very calm and calm. It is necessary the assistance of an assistant at all times, either during the cleaning of the horse or at work on the track.

The assistant, usually deals with the handling of the horse from the floor or provide manual assistance to the patient when he rides alone.

State of the saddle and harness

Before beginning the session, the therapist should check the condition of the saddle. Every parts of saddle will be checked (flange, chairs, staples, belts among others). There is the probability could arise that the person in charge of the care of the horse lacks the necessary knowledge.

Many of the safety measures in equine therapy are the same as should be considered for riding. Additionally, measures regarding the learning process with respect to the horse are considered. Additional measures are those that seek to ensure the therapeutic process. It must be ensured that it does not harm the patient.

In the next article we will continue talking about safety measures in equine therapy.

Sources

https://www.thesprucepets.com/tips-for-safe-horseback-riding-1886886

 

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The paleolithic veterinarian

The paleolithic veterinarian

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Jan16

The paleolithic veterinarian …

It is interesting to review the information about how this art of healing horses, such as veterinary medicine, was born.

However, where does it come from and how did those men and women who cured horses at a time when there was not so much technology?

Next we are going to tell you.

The ancestral vet

First domesticated HORSES in the ancient cave art in Eurasia

Mongolia has become a benchmark country when it comes to horses …

And it is there, in Mongolia, the first horse cemetery of which there is historical record has its origin.

An analysis of skulls in the cemetery has shown that the nomads of that region sawed the teeth of the horses or even extracted them 3,000 years ago.

How and why did these techniques arise to cure equine health?

The facts suggest that these incredible equine healing techniques emerged along with horsemanship. In this region are the origins of horses and species as old as Przewalski’s horse.

The theories about horses and the paleolithic veterinarian

Modern Veterinarian
Modern Veterinarian

It is believed that domestic horses originated in Eurasia about 5,000 years ago, although the first physical evidence appears in the Bronze Age of Mongolia.

Also in Mongolia are the first graves of horses.

In this regard, they selected the Deer Stone-Khirigsuur region to do a horse analysis and see if they found traces of the paleolithic veterinarian.

This study starts from the teeth of the animals to see if they were mounted.

The tests confirmed that the teeth had wear compatible with the use of flanges.

But they also found direct signs of interventions made by the horse veterinarian of that ancient time.

The tests that certified the existence of the paleolithic veterinarian

After studying two young horses, they note that they present partially cut lateral incisors.

What gives way to the theory that probably these were causing problems at the time of feeding.

This operation was carried out by the horse veterinarian using tools made of stone, as has been demonstrated.

In conclusion, these techniques confirmed the existence of a paleolithic veterinarian.

In another of the archaeological sites, it has been discovered that the Mongolian pastors adopted a technique that lasts today for 3,000 years.

What is the veterinary technique that is preserved today?

It is the extraction of the so-called wolf’s tooth to be able to mount animals with bridles without causing pain with the bite.

In summary, the human being developed techniques with the instruments that he had, at that time, to cure horses.

The intelligence and ingenuity of man gave way to brilliant surgeries performed with stones, something undoubtedly extraordinary.

Currently science has advanced a lot and it is not surprising that more and more things are being achieved.

The surprising thing is when the human being of three or five thousand years ago developed medicine techniques to cure with rudimentary elements.

The key question is this: What motivated them to do it? Where did the ideas come from?

Maybe we will not know for sure but what we do know is that every time man surpasses himself.

Horse and Veterinarian
Horse and Veterinarian

What is believed about the veterinary procedure

It is believed that the metallic bite could be the trigger that this technique was required by a first horse paleolithic veterinarian.

This snack is also responsible for more efficient horse riding, which led to the Mongol troops on horseback.

The first great empire forged thanks to these four-legged animals is that of Mongolia.

This horse veterinarian would be a Mongolian shepherd, and could change the course of history.

Mongolian shepherds and equine dentistry could have changed the course of humanity, being the triggers of the greatest engine of wars and conquests.

Several centuries after these shepherds began to extract teeth, a horde of Mongols on horseback led by Genghis Khan ravaged half of Europe.

The small advances of Mongolian paleolithic veterinarian turned the horse into a tool for modern warfare

Sources:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/07/news-horse-veterinary-dentist-Mongolia-archaeology/

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/salud/el-veterinario-paleolitico

 

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High School Dressage

High school dressage: Discipline of Dressage

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Jan15

High School Dressage

High school is a discipline in which the horse performs a series of exercises but in this case, the rider is standing on the ground. It could be said that it is one of the oldest known equestrian disciplines. It comes from the taming of war that was used in the sixteenth century. When the light cavalry was created in response to the newly invented firearms.

The High School developed more like an art from the Baroque period. In addition, when the horses of more voluminous profile, exuberant manes and rounded forms became fashionable.

Vienna's Spanish Riding School Lipizzaner Horse Performance Wembley London

Schools

In each country where High School is practiced historically there are different schools, among which we can mention:

  • The French school “de La Cadre Noir” (founded in 1828 and descends from the Royal French Riding School)
  • Spanish school, which was founded in 1572 (during the reign of Felipe II)

Thanks to the High School we have the modern discipline that we currently call dressage. Dressage is the evolution and simplification of the traditional dressage of the courts of Vienna and France. These courts had their influence in almost all of Europe.

The dressage shares with the High School these exercises: supports, back inside, steps back, facing the wall, rump inside, piaffe, passage, pirouettes and foot changes. In turn, the High School also adds the elevated, the corvette, the caper, the Spanish step and works with long reins.

Training

On the other hand, the High School includes approximately three years of training. In the first stage the rider and the horse are taught normal steps, maintaining posture and elastic seat. In the second one the rider is taught to control the horse, maintaining rhythm and elasticity, including steps and turns.

The third and final stage is devoted mainly to the practice of demanding maneuvers such as:

  • Cabriole: in this maneuver the horse jumps with his front legs well bent against the body and the hind legs stretched out completely,
  • Ballotade or corvette: They are jumping, but this time the front and rear legs must be bent with the visible helmets.
  • Croupade: they are jumps, but this time the front and rear legs must be bent under the belly, so that the helmets are not visible.

Highlights

High School Dressage
High School Dressage

In another order of ideas, for the 20th century the Andalusian School of Equestrian Art appears in Spain. With the foundation of this school, the discipline becomes more popular for its shows and courses. Besides Spain, in Portugal and Italy, they are countries where there are more High School competitions.

It is necessary to highlight that in Mexico and Brazil the interest in High School has grown dramatically. Spanish and Lusitanian horses are highly valued in those countries.

For the practice of High School in Spain and Portugal horses of Purebred Spanish (PRE) and Lusitanos are used. The harnesses are typical of these countries. But in Austria, Lipizzaner horses are used and the most renowned exhibition is held in the winter arena. This riding school was built by King Charles VI in the year 1729. In France, the breeds are usually of the French Silla type, and are generally practiced outdoors.

To conclude, since High School is not an Olympic sport, it has made this riding discipline a less popular and well-known type of dressage. High school is more related to the show than to a sport. Nowadays the practice has spread in diverse parts of the world like Germany, Austria and more recently in South Africa, Mexico and Brazil.

Sources:

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/equitacion/alta-escuela-disciplina-de-la-equitacion

 

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G&C Arrayan

Gustavo Mirabal Castro and his G & C Farm

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Jan14

Gustavo Mirabal Castro and his career in the equestrian jump is known both inside and outside of Venezuela.

His multiple triumphs have made that name stand out in jumping competitions as well as extolling the national tricolor.

Today we are going to dedicate this article to one of the great victories of this Venezuelan rider. It is about your G & C Farm.

Gustavo Mirabal Castro and G & C Farm

G&C Farm Luis Miguel Martinez and G&C Don Vito

This equestrian center was a paradise located in the United States. G & C Farm became a benchmark for horse racing internationally.

Wellington, Florida, witnessed in 2009 the birth of G & C Farm Gustavo’s farm and his wife María Carolina Mirabal. G & C Farm became a platform for the promotion of new generations by its modern facilities and equipment.

Throughout the time G & C Farm achieved a good reputation in the world, which led him to work with the Colombian Mark Bluman, as well as the Brazilians Nelson, Rodrigo and Helio Pessoa.

After the success of G & C Farm, Spanish rider Sergio Álvarez Moya, number one in his country, allied with the Venezuelan rider Gustavo Mirabal Castro. They worked together in Madrid in favor of equestrian sport.

The quality offered in training and training of athletes made G & C Farm become the favorite place of Venezuelan, North American and European riders.

About Gustavo Mirabal Castro, the athlete

G&C Farm Gustavo Mirabal and G&C Leroy

Gustavo Mirabal Castro is a lawyer by profession and a passionate rider. From a very young age he has a close relationship with horses.

At the age of 9 he was already visiting racetracks. His father Gustavo Mirabal Bustillo was president of the National Racetrack Institute.

“During my studies in the United States I participated in the equestrian jump team of the institute and almost 30 years later the farm is a reality,” Gustavo Mirabal Castro told laprensadecaracas.com.

In addition to the dream of being a rider, he grew up having his own training and training center, which he called G & C Farm.

Gustavo Mirabal Castro Victories with G & C Farm

Mark Bluman and Gustavo Mirabal
Mark Bluman and G&C Blue in their winning presentation with Luis Miguel Martinez, Gustavo Mirabal, and
Luis Fernando Larrazabal, who was also third on G&C Sacramento

This farm has brought great personal and professional victories to Gustavo Mirabal Castro, as a lawyer and as an athlete.

His wife María Carolina Chapellín de Mirabal and children have always been very close to the Mirabal activities and that includes the farm.

In an interview he said:

“I was really lucky to have most of the time close to the family since G & C operated in the house where we lived in Wellington (Florida) and having them close by made everything easier, they were part of G & C”.

Gustavo Mirabal Castro

This farm was also a champion in the exhibition races with the Venezuelans Luis Miguel Martínez, Gustavo Arroyo, Luis Fernando Larrazabal and Pablo Barrios.

Talking about G & C farm is synonymous with quality and passion. However, due to other commitments it is temporarily closed.

“At the moment the company G & C Farm closed its operations temporarily since I decided to retire from the amateur competition and I am not supporting any Grand Prix rider; It was not worth keeping the company open, the time will come again, “said Gustavo Mirabal Castro in the interview.

Passion, dedication and commitment give results when talent is mixed with effort. This was what led the Venezuelan businessman and horseman Gustavo Mirabal Castro to become the founder of one of the most desirable equestrian farms in the United States and Europe.

Sources

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/gustavo-mirabal/gustavo-mirabal-y-su-granja-ecuestre

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/gustavo-mirabal/gustavo-mirabal-y-gc-farm-granja-ecuestre

https://www.equnews.com/miscellaneous/gustavo-mirabal-en-gc-farm-go-separate-ways

https://medium.com/@gustavo.mirabal/sergio-alvarez-moya-that-special-bond-c021fe93b269

 

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Rocinante, the horse of Don Quixote de la Mancha

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Jan11

Rocinante is the name of the horse of Don Quixote de la Mancha, classic character of literature. This horse and the history that contains it has inspired a multitude of artists. Today you will meet one of the most famous horses in literature.

Rocinante -Asfalto-

We all remember the history of Alonso Quijano, a hidalgo who called himself Don Quixote de la Mancha.

Helping the poor and achieving the love of Dulcinea del Toboso (Aldonza Lorenzo) are the main story of this story.

Now in all that route there is a horse that always accompanies the Quixote. Today we are going to talk to you about Rocinante the co-star.

The horse is a strong animal, warrior, by nature fast and very close to man.

In this novel, he along with Sancho Panza his squire are that best friend who helped Don Quixote during all his adventures.

Rocinante, the only steed

The author of this novel, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, decided that his protagonist had to be accompanied by a steed, a term that is applied to fast horses, large, strong and of great muscle mass.

The steed is used in battles and competitions.

A particular horse

Although in his adult stage Rocinante did not have a good diet and became little more than skin and bones, the author narrates the excellent health he had in his childhood as a foal. It cost Don Quixote de la Mancha a lot to place his name, which can be read in Cervantes’ novel:

“Four days were spent in imagining what name he would put … and so after many names that formed erased and removed, added, undid and returned to do in his memory and imagination, at last he came to call Rocinante, name a its high, sonorous and meaningful appearance of what it had been when it was a nag, before what it was now, that it was before and first of all the steeds of the world “

Rocinante lost weight and even so:

“it is better to mount than the famous Babieca del Cid and Bucephalus of Alexander the Great,” says a paragraph in the novel.

Don Quixote riding Rocinante
Don Quixote riding Rocinante

A story that traveled the world

The story of Don Quixote, apart from reaching all parts of the world, has served as inspiration for a diversity of artists. Both for musicians, screenwriters and television have become Don Quixote and Rocinante in inspiration. As if this was still not enough, comic strips have been made, such as that of Don Quixote (from 2000) by Will Eisner. It is also present on the Internet, as in the YouTube video portal.

DON QUIJOTE DE LA MANCHA (1979) - QUIXOTE

The love of Don Quixote for his friend Rocinante has served as an example and admiration. It has even inspired many in his treatment of horses.

Perspective about horse and man has changed, they are friends, teammates, members of a whole to achieve the common good.

The story of Don Quixote de la Mancha and his faithful Rocinante were a form of parody on the novels of Cavalry and ended up inspiring many to reflect that it is never too late to walk towards your dreams.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/uncategorized/rocinante-el-caballo-de-don-quijote

 

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Babieca, The horse

Babieca, the horse, and the Cid

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Babieca, the horse, and the Cid

Very rarely in life when someone gives a gift to another person, gives them the option to choose. Well, most of the time it’s a surprise. However, in this case, the opposite happened. This is how the narrative of the History of the Babieca Horse begins.

Babieca a unique gift

Babieca was a gift that the godfather of El Cid, a religious named Peyre Pringos or Pedro el Gordo, made his godson. In fact, it happened that one day, Pedro El Gordo took a boy named Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar to the monastery where he lived.

The religious said to his godson: “Choose the colt that you like the most”. This is how Rodrigo chose a particularly ugly specimen, so his godfather, disappointed, exclaimed: “that’s a Babieca”. Put another way, a horse of scant presence, weak and clumsy. However, with the passage of time it would become a historical horse.

In literature

Babieca was the legendary horse that the literary sources, from the Cantar de mio Cid (written around 1200), and the later tradition, attributed to the Castilian noble Rodrigo Díaz known as El Cid Campeador, who came to dominate practically all the east of the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the 11th century.

Before being nominated in Cantar de mio Cid, the mare of the Castilian hero was characterized without name in the Carmen Campidoctoris (composed c. 1190) as a North African horse bought for a thousand dinars, of great agility and speed, something especially valued in the war horses, which were sturdy, heavy and relatively slow.

However, in the same Song to Babieca is presented, after the capture of Valencia and when the Cid will receive his wife and daughters, as a trophy of war that the subsequent chronological proscriptions of the poem. They specifically attribute to the victory over the king of the Taifa of Seville.

Meaning of Babieca name

Babieca and the Cid
Babieca and the Cid

 

  • The best hypothesis was founded by Martin de Riquer in 1953 and he maintained that the name “Babieca” was taken by analogy with Guillermo de Orange’s horse, from the French epic cycle, which was called Bauçan, since in medieval Castilian “bausán” it meant ‘silly’ or ‘fool’, as well as ‘babieca’.
  • Finally, it has been proposed that the name comes from the use of some Aragonese speech. In which the term babieca (or babueca) means ‘owl’ or ‘owl’.
  • Don José González published in 1958 in “Archivos Leoneses” a work on the horse of Cidiano. He describes it as originating from the Asturcón horses; of those that were in the mountains of León.
  • Don José believes that Babieca was a gift that the Cid made his wife Doña Jimena as a wedding present. She makes him descend from the Babia area, by name. Babieca would come from Almuzara, in the high Torío, where the Leon Sails had a stop to come back and hatchery. Don Jose considered that the name of Babieca means the meaning “almuzara”, or of the valleys of Burón and Maraña, valleys of Pinzón and Fascasio, where the monks of Sahagún had studs.

Babieca and the last time it was mounted.

According to the Legend of Cardeña, elaborated around the Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña around 1270. It was the horse on which the wife of El Cid mounted his corpse. Making his enemies believe he was still alive. Afterwards, nobody rode on Babieca again. He died two years later at the unusual age of forty. They buried the horse somewhere in the Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña. Ten kilometers from Burgos, in the municipality of Castrillo del Val and next to the towns of Cardeñajimeno.

Sources:

http://andalusianworld.com/site/the-legend-of-el-cid-and-babieca-andalusians-in-history-and-mythology/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid

https://karibovee.com/famous-horse-partners-in-history-el-cid-and-babieca

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babieca

https://www.tispain.com/2013/03/babieca-el-caballo-feo-del-cid-campeador.html

 

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Horse Coats

Horse coats patterns and colors

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Horse coats

The coat is the set formed by the hairs of the body, the tail and the mane of the horse. It is often interesting and necessary to indicate the color of the eyes and that of the hooves to completely identify a coat.

Genetic advances

Nowadays the genes and the biological mechanisms of many coats are known. In turn, new knowledge allows and requires a terminology of coats based on genotypes.

Common Horse Coat Colors

Classification

There are several classifications. Each one with conventional auxiliary terms of the type: basic coats, diluted coats, modifiers, white patterns, among others.

Basic coats

In the case of horses, the denomination of basic coat is conventional and used by many authors. Also the basic coats are defined from the color of hairs and mane. In turn, serve as a starting point to explain the rest of coats. In this order of ideas, there are three basic layers: black, brown and red.

Diluted coats

This is the name given to the type of coat that results from the action of the dilution genes on the basic coats. The diluted coats have lighter tones than those of the basic coats.

Coat patterns

There are five main patterns of spotted coats, often designated as white patterns. The peep, spotted with large areas of two or three colors. Another pattern is the leopard, mottled or freckled. There is the roan, with black, red and white hairs intermingled. It also has the thrush, white with mottled gray areas and finally the rabican or rubican.

Other patterns

There are generic patterns that are based on the distribution of black or darker hairs over the base coats, in localized dilutions or in the particular characteristics of the hairs.

And what happens when the horse is completely white?

White Horse Coat
White Horse Coat

The true white horse is a product of the lack of pigmentation genes. Also his skin is pink.
Appearances used to refer to the fur in some countries

The appellatives for the coloration of the coat of the horse vary markedly according to the regions. In general, they include not only names for the base colors, but also for the different combinations.

Some of these appellations are:

Alazán: reddish, light and dark
Colorado: very dark red
Snowy: with many white spots on a uniform color
Dark: black cloak
Zaino: dark chestnut on the back. Something clearer on the brig and on the snout, and black on the face, mane, tail and oars. Winter fur darkens to soft black

Race and coat

Horses are characterised by wide range of coat colour, which in most cases are not a race feature. However, there are certain exceptions where the race is tightly interrelated with a particular coat colour, e.g. haflinger (chestnut coat with pale male and tail), appaloosa (spotted coat), Konik (mouse-grey coat), palomino, Fjord horse (dun coat), Friesian horse (black and chestnut coat [however they are not allowed in breeding], the only possible variety is a small star on a gelding’s head), albino (white coat). Most noble races of warm-blooded horses (e.g. Holsteiner, Arab, folblut, trakehner) occur only in basic coats – bay, black, chestnut and grey.

Summary

Correct identification of coat more often than not is very problematic. In such situation it is worth to take a look at the ancestors’ or offspring’s coats. Both the horse’s coat and its varieties remain a crucial element of horses’ characteristics – it is mentioned in all the horse’s documents (e.g. passport), because it helps in identifying them.

Sources:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelajes_del_caballo

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/uncategorized/cria-y-reproduccion-de-caballos/

https://www.equishop.com/en/blog/equine-coat-colours-n136

http://www.equineworld.co.uk/about-horses/horse-colours-markings/horse-colours

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