There you will read -
- About us
- Our animals and the entire household. We are not a horse rental establishment and our animals are slightly overfed pets, which favourably sets us apart from riding stables.
Moonie.
An orally sadistic personality, i.e. she'll miss no opportunity to
nibble at you.
Sur
(officially short of "Surprise" but in popular understanding his name
stands for "Surreal").
A young stallion, a real racing horse,
a source of trouble and adventure. Sees ghosts and believes that
bushes and fallen lamp poles eat equines. Or at least did till Uncle
Pasha personally had a series of talks with him in the winter of
2002-2003.
Vint
("screw"). A digital camera is one of the very few things
that tames him. A vicious dog who decorated a couple of us who risked
to inspect what he was eating.
Romashka
("Camomile"). An ideal trail horse: strong, careful, conservative,
independent, unperturbed etc.. But she has her own vision of things,
and riders she does not like will be asked to leave her back by a
series of bumps of increasing intensity coupled with small side steps.
So you end up sliding down rather than falling......moving horse-related stuff to www.russian-horse-rides.com
[trail photo - the one of a riding party crossing the Volga?]
Animals are in good athletic shape. Romashka easily makes 50km (30miles) per day on daily basis and is considered fit for endurance type riding. Sur will do about the same under a fairly light rider. Spets is out of shape (30km or 20mils/day is about the most he can do) but he will easily carry a rider up to 100kg (220lbs). -As of May 2003
[photo of a heavily loaded horse, eg. after a shopping trip - make one!!!!]
Lessons start with a series of exercises designed to make you feel comfortable with the animal.
<== An old peasant teaching young travellers how to harness a horse.
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And
you will see
none of this ==>
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Want to stay here longer? Enjoy quiet surroundings? Come over in the winter, or when the weather is bad, or on working days. No money? Make your input with your head and your hands. Ask about working holidays.
<==This is an example of our guests participating in collecting garbage along the Volga, in appreciation of which we give them major discounts. Another guest laying walkways..