mysterious rider

A majestic life sized horseman on a near vertical cliff from around the  8th century.

gables

Zacharias of Hradec Square, which is actually triangular in shape. The prettily painted gabled houses were an expression of the social status of the resident 16th C burghers.

kelpies

Kelpies are shape shifting water spirits.

These kelpies rise up as monuments to horse powered heritage in Scotland. 

Designed by sculptor Andy Scott, they are 30 metres tall.

Red Square

around 1910
It was not a World Heritage Site when this photo was taken. Not sure if the cobbles are still there.

Stampede

1967 postcard book

The annual Calgary Stampede has been on all week and ends today. 

Billed as The Greatest Show On Earth, for 10 days the city hosts rodeos, chuckwagon races, competitions, concerts, stage shows, a midway, and food.

And definitely HATS

The Stampede has been ongoing for 105 years

for Sepia Saturday

which featured a prompt with crowds, hats, and sports

Sunday Stamps II - 85

2013, Czech Republic, Horses
designer: Peter Oriesek

The Chumlec horses from the Kinsky stud farm are among the best horses bred in the Czech Republic. They are admired for their extremely glossy, almost metallic, golden colour as much as for their stamina, athleticism and good character.  During the Prussian War, the Kinsky's, a member of the Bohemian nobility, were ordered to develop their stud farm and breed good quality horses for the elite cavalry. Apart from military and police, they are best suited for dressage, steeplechases, show jumping, fox hunting and polo.

For: horses

Sunday Stamps II - 17

issued 2013  with a value of €0.58 (at the time of issue)
part of the series 'workhorses of our regions' in this case the Gironde region
but there is man working behind the horse as they make their way between the rows of vines which will eventually become Bordeaux wine.The man ploughing is quite diminutive compared to his working horse!

the graphic design is by Elodie Dumoulin

for people at work

also sharing with Sepia Saturday for horses (pure co-incidence, especially since I forgot!)

Mountie on running horse

sent
1960s RCMP

a mountie and his horse

unsent, 1960s

mountie on a horse

tinted, circa 1950s
unsent
Jasper Park?