tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post920942192943714343..comments2024-03-26T05:15:39.663-07:00Comments on Equestrian Ink: Introducing Qrac de la FontJami Davenporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259390150273030284noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-34766870114736159462011-04-25T01:31:38.401-07:002011-04-25T01:31:38.401-07:00Thanks, Sarah and Joyce. He seems to be a very mel...Thanks, Sarah and Joyce. He seems to be a very mellow stallion, but of course he has his hmm-hmmm-hmm moments (that low, appreciative whinney!) when he sees a certain mare. He clearly has a crush on her, she's called Guilia, and she's incredibly stroppy and bad tempered, but I guess he likes bossy women!Francesca Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201599087106798500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-60507480307495545752011-04-24T17:09:58.065-07:002011-04-24T17:09:58.065-07:00What an elegant fellow!
Enjoy. He looks like a l...What an elegant fellow!<br /><br />Enjoy. He looks like a lot of fun! Nice to hear he's such a mellow stallion.joycemochanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-68174206642582019672011-04-22T12:37:41.094-07:002011-04-22T12:37:41.094-07:00So you brought yourself a dream horse, did you? :)...So you brought yourself a dream horse, did you? :) I LOFF him! Congratulations!! I can't wait to read more about him.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665170020323796310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-29469817605347305342011-04-22T10:13:43.187-07:002011-04-22T10:13:43.187-07:00Mommyrides: I've a feeling there will be quite...Mommyrides: I've a feeling there will be quite a few Qrac stories being related here! Thanks for reading, everyone :) Happy Easter! I'm trying not to eat too much chocolate...but those little Lindt eggs are fatal :( Too good!Francesca Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201599087106798500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-36648092569637135152011-04-22T10:11:41.583-07:002011-04-22T10:11:41.583-07:00Hi Alison, you know I'm still having trouble b...Hi Alison, you know I'm still having trouble believing he's really mine. I look at him and think, wow! Kind of like when I first met my husband and he took me to Paris for the weekend. You know that giddy feeling?!Francesca Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201599087106798500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-40358403123281229072011-04-22T10:10:11.977-07:002011-04-22T10:10:11.977-07:00Thank you, Shanster! Yes, the universe is pretty a...Thank you, Shanster! Yes, the universe is pretty amazing. Even funnier is that when I first saw Qrac in the flesh, I had no idea it was the horse I'd seen in the video on the internet, and it was only later, when we went for dinner with the woman who bred him and that she showed us some photos and some video footage on her computer that I put the two together. I could hardly believe it.<br /><br />Glad you think he's pretty! I took him to be shod today, and my farrier was very impressed :)Francesca Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201599087106798500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-35578559949770511852011-04-22T07:46:07.724-07:002011-04-22T07:46:07.724-07:00He is beautiful and he seems to be settling in ver...He is beautiful and he seems to be settling in very nicely! You will have so much fun getting to know your new man and learning how to read him and he you! <br /><br />You look lovely together, as Laura said, like you had been riding him for a while!!! <br /><br />Looking forward to many Qrac stories!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-58077170564004178162011-04-22T07:00:24.340-07:002011-04-22T07:00:24.340-07:00What a handsome guy and more importantly, you seem...What a handsome guy and more importantly, you seem to be having fun (and sort of a love affair.) Enjoy!Alisonhttp://www.alisonhartbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-76444259036138446052011-04-21T09:22:29.754-07:002011-04-21T09:22:29.754-07:00He's lovely and I'm so happy for you! BIG...He's lovely and I'm so happy for you! BIG CONGRATS!! Sometimes things work out so well don't they? Thank-you universe! :)Shansterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04397551985965117012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-69443521008644466122011-04-21T09:13:53.638-07:002011-04-21T09:13:53.638-07:00Thank you, Laura! I feel very comfortable on him, ...Thank you, Laura! I feel very comfortable on him, and could sit his trot all day long, which is a nice change from Kwint's big bouncy uber hard to sit trot. <br /><br />You know, when I was looking for a horse, I stumbled on that video of him completely by chance, and thought, wow, what a beautiful horse, I wish I could find one like that. Pretty amazing, don't you think?Francesca Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201599087106798500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-77772023294384366922011-04-21T08:21:28.068-07:002011-04-21T08:21:28.068-07:00Francesca--I thought you two looked great together...Francesca--I thought you two looked great together in the photo--I didn't notice that you were looking down--just thought, wow-if that's you, you look like you belong on him already.<br /><br />I also watched the video of him. Very impressive. I know nada about dressage, but what a, well, magnificent, is the word that comes to mind, critter he is. You must be very proud of him.Laura Crumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200878892304748308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-26574792237408317442011-04-21T08:16:09.903-07:002011-04-21T08:16:09.903-07:00Hi Laura! Yes, that's me riding him in the pho...Hi Laura! Yes, that's me riding him in the photo. I need to practise keeping my head up. I always look down, it's a bad habit.<br /><br />He's really really good. I rode him for a little while in the outside arena for the first time this morning, and he was a little more distracted, a little more hyper, but didn't do anything crazy or disturbing. My trainer was there, which was nice, as I would probably have been a little more nervous if she hadn't. The girl who took him out for a hack yesterday said she went with two other horses, including a mare, and he didn't play up at all. I'm hauling him to the farrier tomorrow, so more adventures coming up! Oh, and I can just imagine you practising his name. Qrac. Qrac. Qrrrrac!<br /><br />Dreaming: thanks for the translation of surfaix to surcingle! And I'm sure you'll soon be an expert in pronoucing his name! Yes, it is weird about how the work the horse on the side his mane falls. However, I don't think they all do that, and I don't think the guy riding him in the video at the horse salon rode him that way, I think it's more recent. We practised the right rein a lot this morning; I was very sweaty!Francesca Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201599087106798500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-50317991000174588242011-04-21T07:36:56.520-07:002011-04-21T07:36:56.520-07:00Laughing, because I also tried to pronounce his na...Laughing, because I also tried to pronounce his name the correct way and practiced it!<br /><br />The lunging 'surfaix' is a surcingle in English.<br /><br />How interesting that they work the horse on the side the mane falls... how strange, I mean! What would they do with Doc - his mane falls on both sides!!<br /><br />Your horse is absolutely beautiful! The pictures of him are great. I love the first one..."Who me? Eat grass? Naahhh - not me!"Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113432418609414054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-45660990788087830002011-04-21T07:28:31.845-07:002011-04-21T07:28:31.845-07:00He is gorgeous! Wow. Is that you riding him in the...He is gorgeous! Wow. Is that you riding him in the photo? <br /><br />It sounds tiring but fun--and he sounds as if he is behaving very well. I'm excited for you! Though I do know what you mean in that getting used to a new horse is always a little stressful. But soon you'll know him well and that feeling of uncertainty goes away. It seems like you have a very good support system in place. I'm looking forward to hearing lots more about Qrac. (I practiced saying it aloud--you would have laughed to hear me.)Laura Crumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200878892304748308noreply@blogger.com