You Can Lead a Horse to Water...

You Can Lead a Horse to Water...

A beautiful series of photos of horses at their most beautiful - at some beautiful location involving a beach, crystal clear water, and the sun shining on their illustrious fur. These are photos celebrating the beauty of one of the most graceful beasts - the horse.

A different kind of 'sea' horse.

“In riding a horse, we borrow freedom.” Helen Thompson

A brawny horse making its way in the water.

Rider on the surf. Horses use a large part of their brain to control and coordinate the movement of their legs.

“Horses make a landscape look beautiful.” Alice Walker

Riding down the sunset. “Horses change lives. They give out young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls, they give us hope.” Toni Robinson

“The horse, with beauty unsurpassed, strength immeasurable and grace unlike any other, still remains humble enough to carry a man upon his back.” Amber Senti

North African Berber warriors riding in gallop.

A warrior woman? Riding a great white horse in South Africa. “There is no better place to heal a broken heart than on the back of a horse.” Missy Lyons, Cowboys Don't Sing

A gorgeous black horse enjoying itself on Bucco Beach, Tobago.

On a beach in Africa.

Playing polo is amazing fun, if only for the horses!

Racing on the beach under a Bali sunset.

"A dog looks up to a man, a cat looks down on a man, but a patient horse looks a man in the eye and sees him as an equal." Anonymous

"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." Winston Churchill

Horses let out to eat and drink. Transkei, South Africa

"The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit and freedom." Sharon Ralls Lemon

The thunder of hooves beats on the surf at Duhnen, Germany.

A house dog looking at wild horses.

"When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk. He trots the air, the earth sings when he touches it." William Shakespeare