u/Charming-Ear-7280

Brabant special move

I feel like the Brabant got a lot of hate on the "special trick."

Here is an explanation why I think the special trick DOES suit them. They are horses just as common as Haflingers and Irish Cobs here.

In the Netherlands and Belgium we have some "manege's" who do "yoga" in their riding lessons. While they warm up their horses and ponies, the children do things like waving their arms, taking your feet out of the stirrups, picking up your knees, touching your left foot, all things like that.

And on pony camps, a lot of the girls always used to do gymnastics on their horses or ponies. The heavier draft horses were the best to practice on. They also pulled the wagons at pony camp. They had fun little bells attached to their tack.

In fact, I still have one of those. My family owned a lot of drafts. They had a special carriage for weddings, a wagon for childrens parties or pony camps.

The Brabant is also used at the coast side of Belgium for fishing shrimp! Its a whole tradition they do in Oostduinkerke.

I loved seeing and getting to pet some of them afterwards.

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u/Charming-Ear-7280 — 8 days ago

I really like it. I suppose its for the summer daze festival.

They added a small beach area with different dept of water and plants.

u/Charming-Ear-7280 — 16 days ago