What to say in a few worlds about a horse that was a legend in the jousting community. Seriously.. many thanks for starting this up. Many thanks for posting this report.

This is a work in progress. We purchased Charlie in 2001 when he was about 8 years old and he quickly became one of our main horses before his death in February 2019. Well for starters he was the best. A couple of Summers ago he developed a really bad respiratory infection which he never really recovered from so we retired him from all events and just worked him carefully at home. Copyright: The Jousting Life 2012 - 2015. This year he had a really good Summer and seemed to be returning to the Charlie of old. good for you Charlie (all the best in the future too) hey maybe the knights of mayhem (which did NOT portray you as a "bad" knight) will joust the Full Metal Jousting crew - regardless best of everything to you, Well reported! Over 18 years we threw everything at him. The Ladies of the Lysts: Female Jousters Are Makin... Jousting Demonstrations Included at "Battle of the... Full Tilt Jousting Troupe to Appear at The Blackto... Jousting in the News 4-20-12 Through 5-1-12, In Remembrance of Titan – A Great Jousting Horse, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. We have adopted the old cavalry adage “the horse, the gear and then the man” - as our group's motto. It was such an awesome experience :) thank you! However the right physical characteristics are not enough.

We are building a new team of horses at the moment which does take a long time you need to find a horse with the right temperament. Theme images by, Chivalric Martial Arts International symposium, List of Winners at "Lysts on the Lake 2012", DeSignet International Designs Custom Prizes for Lysts on the Lake 2013, Opening 'Knight' at the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, An Interview with Jouster Mark Caple, Champion of the Queen's Jubilee Horn Tournament 2014, David Schade Wins Mid-Faire Jousting Tournament at Sherwood Forest Faire 2015, Good Riding is Essential to Good Jousting, Chat Live with Rod Walker of "Full Metal Jousting", Wyvern Oaks Talks About "Lysts on the Lake 2012". This is in line with archaeological and other historical evidence as to the actual size and look of the medieval warhorse; one of the great myths of modern times is that medieval warhorses were the equivalents of today's huge Shire and other draft breeds. After giving him some time to settle into his new home with us, we have started training him for jousting and other warhorse activities.

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Most of our original team of warhorses have been retired due to age and are happily retired. I really appreciate that. Charlie Warhorse was a 15 hand (153 cm) Pony x Standard bred cross. Most of these horses are also used in other equestrian activities including Dressage, Jumping and One Day Eventing by their owners so they all have a lot of variety in their lives! Although several modern breeds of horse claim lineage with the original medieval warhorse, most of these breeds have been bred for other purposes in later centuries and are often no longer suitable for their original purpose of jousting. Copyright: The Jousting Life 2012 - 2015. Monty is a 16.1 (165 cm) hand Stationbred (probably ½ Clydesdale and ½ Stationbred) who we purchased in 2007 when he was 5 or 6 years old.

The sport of jousting has been a popular form of entertainment around the world for centuries. Theme images by, DeSignet International Designs Custom Prizes for Lysts on the Lake 2013, Opening 'Knight' at the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, An Interview with Jouster Mark Caple, Champion of the Queen's Jubilee Horn Tournament 2014, David Schade Wins Mid-Faire Jousting Tournament at Sherwood Forest Faire 2015. He is not that keen on jousting so we retired him from that in 2013 but he is good at everything else. It will continue to be edited and updated as needed. I do not believe I’ve read anything like that before. Enjoyed it Suzanne. What to say in a few worlds about a ho rse that was a legend in the jousting community.

On Sunday afternoon he was being ridden by one of our new riders and he looked superb. Well for starters he was the best. He was 26 and will always be in our hearts. Charlie Warhorse. On January 23, 2019, Charlie will premiere in Knight Fight on History Channel. And it was an awesome event. So it is good that right up to the end he was still doing what he did best. Most definitely~! In the Order of the Boar everything is focused on the care and welfare of our horses. This horse did more in his 18 years with us than most horses get to do in a life time. Thank you, Callum! You should try and come to it next year. Sounds like it was an awesome event! If a horse is not comfortable with any activity there is no way that the rider can humanely enforce his or her will over it. We also compete with him in dressage, flat classes, jumping and One Day Events. All of the horses used by the Order of the Boar are owned by our Riding Members. Incredible memories with everyone :), (*Sorry for the delay in posting. He also had a successful career as a sports horse with us and we used him for about any re-enactment activity that you can think of. So once Monty was fully grown (age 8 or 9), we started training him for jousting. Horses are the key elements for the success of any cavalry based re-enactment group. I had to wait until I got the official results.*). It will continue to be edited and updated as needed. We instead use solidly built horses in the 15 to 16.2 hands range (150 cm - 165 cm).