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Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Robert Vermaat - 11-01-2010
Looking good Byron!
Quote:Also thanks to Graham for the photos, very comical.Show us!
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Iagoba - 11-01-2010
Justa small update of part of my group's cavalry section :wink: The horse is not as small as it seems, is the rider which is big :lol:
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - John Conyard - 11-01-2010
and riding fully equipped, excellent! I love the countryside.
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Vindex - 11-01-2010
Looks very impressive!
May I ask the horse and rider height please?
And also the bearing strap is interstingly attached at the back. Does it stay in place away from the base of the horse's tail?
And its that a hackamore you have or a long posted pelham for the bit?
Questions, questions, questions...
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Robert Vermaat - 11-04-2010
Nice!!!!
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 11-04-2010
Hello!!
I'm working in improve Legio Prima Germanica cavalry section, and so i have to work with new horses.
I have a doubt. It's correct to use a Percheron as a roman horse? I have acces to one of them and it's very easy to ride and don't panick with anything. It's 1'50 tall, but it's very heavy: 900 kg...
Its shape is close to that in the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0HSqLIJztM
Opinions?
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - M. Demetrius - 11-04-2010
That's a big horse!
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Vindex - 11-04-2010
Wellllll...Percherons are rekowned for their excellent temperament but are classed as draft animals these days. NO reason why you can't ride them, however, and there are one ot two part breds being competed in dressage events in the UK.
Have a look at this - it suggets as mix of local horses and Arab influence in the 8th Century
http://www.equine-world.co.uk/article_r ... on%20Horse
Lovely horses, but may not add to the authenticity of your equipment (Personally I am not that bothered about height as I am in the minority of 14.2hh+ size of horses...but that's another argument for elsewhere!) but they would certainly be classed as Heavy Cavalry Horses and not the nippiest of things for scouting!
Good luck with the horse though and pictures of you together are eagerly anticipated!
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - John Conyard - 11-04-2010
Percherons were war horses once, and I suspect it would take a good length of steel to stop one. But it is hard to imagine a similar Roman horse.
For two events last year we used a Percheron crossed with an Appaloosa. The mare had a lovely temperament, good speed, and looked like a hippo.
The rider isn't large, and the horse is around 14.2
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Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - John Conyard - 11-04-2010
I really need to spend much more time with Cookie. He is from a Welsh Mountain Pony and an Irish cob, bred to be a hunting cob. At 14.3 I feel I am riding a giant. He has a good turn of speed, seems very sensitive and I am growing to like him.
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Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-04-2010
Nice turn, John.
All looking good. Of course, she looked like a hippo because she was pregnant!
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-04-2010
Quote:Looking good Byron!
Gaius Julius Caesar:3himrvws Wrote:Also thanks to Graham for the photos, very comical.Show us!
Sorry, Caesar's dignity must not be sullied! :roll: :lol:
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - John Conyard - 11-05-2010
True, but the horse looks pretty large when she isn't pregnant!
I think finding Roman style horses is now harder than finding Roman saddles. We have a couple of new small Roman types due at the yard but I don't know what they will be like as yet.
Re: Interested in Roman Riding? - Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-05-2010
Yes true, she is.
Sounds interesting.
Cavalery foederati vidéo at Vieux la Romaine. - fabricius - 12-26-2010
Hello
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xg7k0m ... aine_sport