Just Horsing Around

We went to the Michigan Great Lakes International Draft Horse show this past weekend. It was really a lot of fun. We got to get up close and personal with horses that weigh as much as 2500 lbs! They are really amazing creatures to see. There were competitions of weight pulling and wagon riding (yeah I don't know the real terms). Good mid-west fun!





Below are a few videos from the MBLI show. The movie below is of a draft horse team hauling a truck. They alter the "weight" of the truck (called a dynamometer) by increasing the resistance to the wheels. This video shows them pulling 3200 pounds, but they went well over 4500 pounds by the end of the night.



The next video is of an 8 hitch team of draft horses. It was impressive to see the drivers handle the horses. Each horse has two reigns for a total of 16 reigns per wagon. The driver steers each horse individually. Talk about getting your lines crossed!



Here is a quick video of Roots out in front of the house. She loves the leaves. Too bad she is not old enough to actually do anything to help clean them up!