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Salvete Omnes,
a short summer entry - the subject will be mostly several video links to the Argentine way of horses, that is their fabulous criollo horse and gaucho equestrian culture.
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Argentina is still the horse country - the big fairs - eg
Festival de Jesus Maria in the Cordoba province with the entry of the
tropillas of fillies or castrated colts led by a gaucho astride a gelding and la Madrina(a bell mare) (or
here in Buenos Aires) - are held every year in various parts of the country, as different provinces have different gaucho costumes and differences in horse horse tack, including the saddles and saddle pads.
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here -
starting a colt by the
Centro de Domo el Potrero.
a
little program on the Pampa Indians horse ways and its current application -
Tehuelches,
Ranqueles,
Mapuches/Araucanos, and others of more northern regions of the pampa etc.
Argentina is where the best polo horses are bred - and in
this link we have an example of polo horse preparation - a young 3 yo filly after 6 months of training.
I hope to explore the primary sources related to the horses on the pamapas, the Pampa Indians, gauchos etc in the future.
In Chile, (where gauchos are called los huasos)
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Uruguay,
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Paraguay,
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and Brazil criollo horses are bred and ridden, and in Brazil the province of
Rio Grande do Sul is the most famous for the criollo horses.
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Finally, a curiosity: los
baguales - l
os cimarrones or the
wild horses of the Tierra del Fuego and southern Patagonia of Chile and Argentina.
Valete
ps
while writing this entry I have been drinking a strong
yerba mate - saludos a todos
most of the links are in Spanish - ole!
ps' all images are from wiki commons