tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post9077382424181129868..comments2024-03-19T08:10:10.856-06:00Comments on Dariusz caballeros: the tilt at Quintain in the early modern EnglandDario T. W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08130649848483687308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post-13235967818405851262020-03-22T05:41:13.058-06:002020-03-22T05:41:13.058-06:00Hi Matt,
thank you for reading and commenting on m...Hi Matt,<br />thank you for reading and commenting on my blog!<br />all the best to all Down Under horse riders<br /> - :)<br />I will provide, hopefully, more sources of the quintain etc and the English 'speare', (naturally the Polish and Crimean Tatar or Ottoman Turkish too )Dario T. W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08130649848483687308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466337662455429678.post-53837861939228302382020-03-20T03:07:04.450-06:002020-03-20T03:07:04.450-06:00I have "tentpegged" with lance and sword...I have "tentpegged" with lance and sword when I was in my teens and early twenties in competition in Australia, I rode a very intelligent horse who would naturally line up with the pegs, after many hours of practice I could release the reins and guide him with my legs, we became very proficienct and I won a indivual trophy "golden lance" when I was 21. Later in my forties I again started riding and a friend was learning to joust, I helped her build a Quintain from a few images, she later became the Australian female jousting champion. <br /><br />Cheers<br />MattBluewillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826519858479170953noreply@blogger.com