These are the French heavy horse breed Percheron and one or other of them (or their chestnut-coloured brother) can often be seen in summer taking visitors to Paimpont on a tour of the village in a calèche - a horse drawn open coach.
We have horse drawn coaches and sometimes wagons in Portland. Especially when a cruise ship is docked or during the Christmas holiday's. Lovely symmetry.
@yrhenwr Thanks David - on the contrary, I had to be very quick! I arrived at the pasture at the same time as the owner and he remarked that they had eaten all the grass in their (electric) fenced off area, so he opened up a new area of pasture and all four horses set to with gusto. You can see that the background horse is already turning away to his left - the shot just before this was better as they were exactly mirrored but he back horse had a 'wall-eye' and looked weird, so I picked this one. In the shot after this they have already moved apart.
Ian
Love the composition!
Fav