The Equinest archives

Horse Photographer Interview – Dawn Faught

Name
Dawn Faught

Website & places you can find my work online
Website: www.rushridge.com
Blog: www.rushridge.com/blog
Follow Dawn on twitter: @rushridge

Where I am
I live with my husband, Steve and son, Kyle on our corn/soybean farm near Amenia, ND which is 40 miles northwest of Fargo.

Tell us a little about you, what is your background & where do you come from?
I was raised on a grain farm in northeastern ND near the small town of Osnabrock. I graduated from North Dakota State University with an Associate Degree in Veterinary Technology.
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Racing Driver – Horse Jobs

racing driver

This position is similar in nature to a jockey and involves many of the same duties. Like jockeys, this is a job which requires great physical strength and can be quite dangerous.

What You Need

This is a position which benefits from a thorough knowledge of the racing industry, a great deal of experience with horses and the ability to think quick on your feet. Racing drivers work closely with horse owners, trainers, exercise riders and a variety of barn staff to achieve their goals.

Strength of body and character, smallness of stature and the ability to work well with a variety of horses make for a great racing driver. Like the jockey this is perhaps one of the most dangerous horse jobs.

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Smithfield Horse Market & Fair

Smithfield Horse Market

Image from *Cathrin*

In doing more research for my urban horse posts I ran across quite a few images of the Smithfield Horse Market & Fair. This is an event held in Dublin, Ireland on the first Sunday of every month right in the city.

Horses in The City

While these images fit right into my urban horse theme, but I decided they deserved a mention of their own.

There are lots of images, all from only a hand full of photographers. But all of them capture the excitement of the event and the stark contrast of horses in a wholly urban environment.
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Horse Pictures From Botswana

Botswana flag
It’s obvious from the pictures that life isn’t easy for all of the horses in Botswana. They are animals of prey in a place where there is prey large enough to be a danger to them.

However there is a Botswana Horse Society dedicated to organized horse riding. Many of the local horses are used for mounted safaris and tourist attraction during the day and often transportation to and from work as well.
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Artist Interview – Armando Suarez

Name
Armando Suarez

Website & places you can find my work online
www.armandoshorseshoenailjewelry.com

Where I am
On the Eastern Shore of VA between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic. Onancock, Va is on the bay side of the shore.

Tell us a little about you, what is your background & where do you come from?
I came to the United States in 1971, arriving in New York City on my birthday (January 21st) with only $200 in my pocket, not speaking any English, and took my first job in a bakery in Brooklyn because that was my profession: I was trained as a pastry chef.

My father was a baker and I started going to work with him when I was 8-years-old and so I knew how to bake bread from him. I grew up in Rosario, Argentina which is the second (to Buenos Aires) largest city and I left for the capital at the age of 17.
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Pulling Horses in Motion

Horse Pulling

Image from Vladimir Morozov

One thing can be said about horses, they definitely pull their own weight. Pulling is one of the most powerful movements of a horse and these images display an array of pullers.

Horses in Motion

A collection of images dedicated to lovely the movements of horses everywhere. Movement like rearing, playing & of course bucking.

Keep On Moving…

I’m not done yet, it’s amazing how many movements there are in the horses repertoire.
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