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Published: 2005-07-04 04:26:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 724; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 36
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Description I put this under wild because they say these horses are "wild". They are the bucking horses for the ...CALGARY STAMPEDE! Because it is Alberta's centennial. They drove them in from the ranch that the stampede owns. There were 20 riders and 200 bucking horses. Sadly when they were about an hour away from the grounds about 8 horses spooked and broke away from the herd, then went down an imbankment into the river (which had been higher because of the rain) and unfortunatly drowned.

This is the first in a series of 4. I won't be putting the other three up until tomorrow because I'm off to bed soon (so tired...) so if you want to the the rest of the series, check back tomorrow.
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FlyingPurplePig [2006-12-21 15:36:40 +0000 UTC]

I've never really liked a sport where the goal is to intentionally piss of any animal and then stay on it and/or avoid it. I think it's dangerous for the animals, as well as just plain 'mean', not to mention dangerous for the people.
That said, I love the flying dust and varied colors of this photo. Good job!

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KonikPolski [2006-09-18 15:44:36 +0000 UTC]

Great photograph. Love that one wild horse looking the cowboy on the palomino! He's racing by in full gallop but is still intrigued by the cowboy and his ride. Sorry to hear that some lost their lives. Wild horses are such a great sight. I hope it never disappears.

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unrealnighthawk [2005-07-07 00:44:21 +0000 UTC]

Great shot..sorry to hear about the other 8. Looks like it must've been amazing to watch.

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MaskedTruth In reply to unrealnighthawk [2005-07-07 01:29:36 +0000 UTC]

It was quite amazing. One of my favourite things is to seem horses run. Just run and be free, not saddled or bridled. Just run because they want to.

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unrealnighthawk In reply to MaskedTruth [2005-07-07 07:36:57 +0000 UTC]

Ah...it's hard to see that anymore unfortunately. It's really sad.

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RedCobalt [2005-07-05 02:31:02 +0000 UTC]

awwww thats horrible.

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MaskedTruth In reply to RedCobalt [2005-07-05 21:40:16 +0000 UTC]

I know, its so sad *cries*

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RedCobalt In reply to MaskedTruth [2005-07-05 23:46:20 +0000 UTC]

awwww (cries too)

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Ireneatheart [2005-07-04 23:42:48 +0000 UTC]

great shot. i heard about the horses and was quite saddened by it. Animal rights groups are gonna have a feild day with this.

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MaskedTruth In reply to Ireneatheart [2005-07-05 21:45:18 +0000 UTC]

Its so sad... Yeah, they've been going after the stampede a bit about taking 200 "wild" horses through a modern city of about 1 million people.

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