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Re: [RC] Shadowfax - Becky HuffmanShadowfax is a Meara, not a horse. The Meara descend from Felarof, who served Eorl the Young as wergild for killing his father, Leod by throwing him when he tried to tame him. Except for Shadowfax, who was friends with Gandalf and consented to carry him, (and Pippin on one occasion) Only the Lord's of the Mark were allowed to ride the Meara. Gandalf did not need or use tack on Shadowfax. as an aside, none of the Elves used tack or harness on their animals, including horses, since they were 'in tune' with nature. "A smaller and lighter horse, but restive and fiery, was brought to Legolas. Arod was his name. But Legolas asked them to take off the saddle and rein. "I need them not', he said, and leaped lightly up, and to their wonder Arod was tame and willing beneath him, moving here and there with but a spoken word: such was the elvish way with all good beasts." <end snip> (probably more than you wanted to know <G>) Becky Huffman, Cleburne, Texas www.TheOriginalSeries.com www.BlueArabianHorseCatalog.org "Of course you are. And I'm coming with you." Sam Gamgee ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Young Casey <glenn218@xxxxxxxxx> --- Dolores Arste <darste3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Any of you who have seen "Two Towers" more than once notice who trained Shadowfax? Most impressive!I read the name but am not familiar with that stuff. What I DID notice was that in this film, Gandoff (stunt double?) rode him bareback (except when he tore out of the stables...saddle was hidden) and had a white rope abound his neck. I don't know if the rope was supposed to blend in so we thought Gandoff had NOTHING on the horse or not. Reminds me of Darolyn doing the 100 at LBJ in 1992. So cool! I made only a small idiot (HA! as if!!) in the theater. I kept begging the projector man to play that part again! Did you see you part when the Elf was running along the off side of the horse the Dwarf was riding, grabbed the breast collar on the near side, and swung up behind the Dwarf? "PLAY THAT PART AGAIN!!!" Was that "real" or a computer graphic? I was disappointed this time because the Ring Wreaths rode funky-looking monsters instead of horses. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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