Horses for courses by maggiemae

Horses for courses

On another road trip - this time down to Invercargill where the annual Burt Munro Challenge is held. Six different disciplines and the treasured trophy is awarded to the person who most replicates Burt’s challenge of fixing and improving his bike without any sponsorship money. They have to race in the “Hill Climb’, the Beach Race, the Raceway, the Speedway style of racing around a small dirt track with either one foot on the ground or a sidecar. Then there is the Street racing.
Three good things:
1. I sat in the back seat of the car and relaxed!
2. Our room at the hotel which is paid for, is rather nice with a huge king size bed and 2gb allowance for 4 days!
3. This shot by the way as taken at Clinton where the mighty draught horses feature at the entrance to the town - forever! (My fairy won’t last forever - she will get tired of sitting here on her knees)
Lovely shot
November 25th, 2015  
Great shot.
November 25th, 2015  
Beautiful looking horses
November 25th, 2015  
Bep
What a great shot!
November 25th, 2015  
Great capture. The fairy appears to be in a very precarious position. :)

November 25th, 2015  
Impressive capture.
November 25th, 2015  
Great shot...wonderful looking horses
November 25th, 2015  
@ziggy77 She's holding on for dear life, Jo! Someone put her up there and its too high to jump down!
November 25th, 2015  
@seattlite They look really life-like, Gloria but they don't ask for apples!
November 25th, 2015  
Nice way to commemorate the part the draught horses have played through history.
November 25th, 2015  
Interesting trip re the bikes, but I admit to trying at first to figure out how the horses and bikes would do together! Wonderful photo -- timeless processing is very effective.
November 25th, 2015  
love heavy horses
November 25th, 2015  
Beautifully captured. I thought they were real. Did you use selective color for the little green fairy?
November 25th, 2015  
Intriguing image! Your little Fairy looks as if she is having the ride of her life!
November 25th, 2015  
Beautiful image. Love the little fairy.
November 26th, 2015  
Fav. Enjoy the trip and I hope we see some "bike"photos.
November 26th, 2015  
I don't remember Munro riding horses?
November 26th, 2015  
Neat shot!
November 26th, 2015  
nicely done, like the colors
November 26th, 2015  
That fairy looks as if she's going to fall if she doesn't fly off. Great shot Maggie
November 26th, 2015  
Wonderful models or sculptures, very lifelike. Great capture.
November 26th, 2015  
My they're models! At first look I thought they were real. They are lovely horses in real life. Your fairy adds a touch of glamour
November 26th, 2015  
.. so did I. I just love their feet.
November 26th, 2015  
Great shot.
November 26th, 2015  
This is lovely Maggiemae. I especially love the delicate fairy hanging onto one of the gorgeous, but hardly delicate, horse figures.
November 27th, 2015  
The fairy adds to this shot - she makes me laugh!
November 27th, 2015  
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