---aaaAAAAH! Thanks so much!! What a *nice* thing for a Monday morning! DH enjoyed as well. I don't know many riders that'd dare a gallop, with other horses involved, with no bridle. Frankly, not any!
If a movie has pretty horses, I don't much care how bad it is otherwise. And here is a wonderful movie with horses, too. Remember that awful "Man in the Iron Mask" remake with the Titanic boy? What horses!
One of the most beautiful horses in my experience was a twelve year old Percheron/thoroughbred cross, pure white and an open-jumper champion. Big boy. A shame the Arabs are so tiny, they have such fine style. Maybe for Merry or Pippin...
My horse is an Arab, and tall for his breed... I have thought he would make a fine mount for Aragorn... he is Bay, like the one they chose for him. You can see him if you click the photo album link on my profile.
Did you see the story about how Viggo purchased his horse at the end of filming? He had not really been a rider before, but the whole group took riding lessons, along with their sword and archery lessons (there was a lot of homework for this movie!) and he got hooked on riding.
I continue to be so excited that they decided to ride Shadowfax 'at liberty'. It took a lot of extra work and training to stick with that detail, and they easily could have skipped over it without most people noticing. There aren't a lot of horses I would ride at liberty at a full gallop across an open field... let alone into a scary place like he is in the first shot.
I agree... there is not a really bad movie if it has pretty horses in it!