Blue Star Equiculture believes that working horses offer an economic and environmentally sustainable form of equine husbandry. In this video we share photos of just a few of the carriage horses working around the world.
To learn about carriage horses, please visit http://www.equiculture.org/carriage-horses.aspx
Photos of carriage horses all found on www.flickr.com.
Photos of other working horses from Blue Star Equiculture (http://www.equiculture.org) or from Percheron-International (http://percheron-international.blogspot.com).
Musical medley assembled by Blue Star Equiculture from songs about horse-drawn carriages from around the world.
1) "Carriage" from _The Best Songs and Romances of Late XX Century_ (Eastern European)
2) "Let's Fetch the Carriage" from _First Impressions Original Soundtrack_
3) "La Caleche de Marrakech (The Carriage of Marrakesh)" from _Scene de Menagerie_ by Mama Kaya (France / Morocco)
4) "Take Me for a Buggy Ride" by Bessie Smith (Philadelphia "Empress of the Blues")
5) "La Carrozza d'Oro (The Golden Coach)" by Don Backy (Italian)
6) "Kareta (Carriage)" by Galina Jelisejewa (Russian)
7) "La Calesa del Amor (The Carriage of Love)" by Lolita Garrido (Spanish)
8) "Eine Kutsche voller Madels(A Carriage Full of Girls)" by Willy Hagara (German)
9) "Horse and Carriage" by Calamine
What a wonderful video! I loved looking at carriage horses (and mules) and carriages and other horse-drawn vehicles from around the owrld. GREAT JOB!
MORE horses, fewer cars! I LOVE the idea of that. And you even managed to show a few carriage horses (and mules) from my homes state-- Louisiana.
ProudofCarriageHorse 4 months ago