In the grass.

The little raccoon showed a big fluffy tail and lowered its head to eat the wild fruit in his hand, not even knowing that anyone was passing by.

Han Xuan and Old Barton walked and chatted as they came to the stable door.

It was not their rest time, and the horses were kept in their houses.

The stables of the Snow Mountain Ranch were designed by Janssen designers a few years ago, and the overall shape is oval, and the main color of the exterior is white.

A semi-circular circle of houses, facing south, is fronted by a racetrack, and the floor is paved with sand and dirt, which effectively reduces the wear and tear of the horses' hooves.

There is also a pebble pool of more than 30 square meters next to the wall, and the curved wall encloses the semi-circular horse farm, and a waterway is carved out at the top.

On rainy days, the water flows down into the shallow pool by the wall, creating a place for them to drink, cool down, and rest, and for the horses to play and play in the summer.

The eaves are very wide to shelter the horses from the rain, and there are also hay and straw stored on the side, and the water chestnut roof design gives the building a simple modernist style.

Further on, the horses live in the house, which is surrounded by pine wood to create a ventilated, dry space, which is more modern and cleaner than the smooth wood and concrete walls of traditional stables.

The stables are more than four meters high, and each one is about fifteen square meters, so even the tall quart horses can stretch out freely.

Han Xuan rarely came here, and sighed in his heart that the hotel was divided into stars, and the stables could also be divided, and it looked like it was completely five-star in the stable.

The feeding trough is fixed in the corner of the single room, the round trough is firmly hung on the wall, this is to prevent the horses from knocking them over, and the floor is covered with thick hay, which is changed every two days, and it is very clean.

Old Barton put his arms around Han Xuan and pushed forward, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see some fun guys." ”

"What kind of horse is this?"

Coming to the railing, Han Xuan was startled by the horse.

It resembles a combination of an elephant and a horse, with a height of more than two meters at the shoulders and at least two meters six from head to bottom, a convex nose, a broad forehead, and a slender neck with crown hair.

The fur was like white fine silk, and the feet were covered with fine, smooth hair, like a foot guard, and they were covered with muscles.

Han Xuan had no doubt that Stallone would be knocked down by it when he came.

"It's called Buster, and it's the British Shire-Horse, and they're the noblest pull-back horses in the world, and they're the most powerful and largest horses in the world. ”

"It is said that in the thirteenth century, the Duke of Normandy in France used the ancestors of Sharma as war horses to form a knight in full armor, and the lethality was very terrifying. ”

Old Hall opened the door, stepped into the fence, and reached out to pat its forelimbs.

"Buster is much taller than me, and when I stand next to it, it feels like I'm standing under its belly, and every time I come to take care of Buster, I always have to find something to raise my feet." ”

"Can I ride it this time, you can come up with me, Buster has a wide back. Han Xuan touched its belly, Sharma snorted, looked back at the boy, and quickly turned his head to eat grass, with a very docile personality.

Old Hall took a fork from the door, threw a huge piece of horse manure into the wooden barrel in the corner, shook his head, and whispered: "Shire horses can't run, they will die suddenly if they exercise too much, this ** used to be called war horses, because in the Middle Ages, warriors were wearing armor, and only Shire horses could move them." ”

"After the invention of the gun, the knighthood began to decline, and later the shire horses were mainly used in agriculture, and they were very capable of carrying heavy loads, and they could pull five tons of pasture. ”

"Imagine a three-headed Charmala cart carrying a whole box of goods from the county in the east of England to London for sale all night long, as was often seen in the nineteenth century. ”

"After the Second World War, the function of the horse was replaced by the vehicle, and the Shire horse was very depressed and almost extinct. ”

"In the 70s and 80s, many people began to try to restore their former glory, but unfortunately it was not easy for the shire horses to breed, and the number of deaths has always been higher than the number of births, and it is a blessing to meet these shire horses. ”

"How many? how many do you mean?" Han Xuan wondered.

"Yes, Mr. Albert introduced us to buy it, a rancher in Idaho is going to change his career, they have a total of five horses on the ranch, two males, three females, your father has bought them, you can see them on the left when you go out. ”

Lay the hay on the ground again, wipe the sweat from his head, follow the boy out, close the door, and wave goodbye to Buster.

"They eat 18 kilograms of hay, 10 kilograms of grain a day, and drink 113 litres of water, so taking care of them every day is a lot of work. ”

Old Barton helped Han Xuan introduce that the five Shire horses were very energetic, and the oldest was just four years old.

The price of the shire horse is very high, but the price of the old horse is much cheaper, and the others have already been bought for viewing, and the remaining five have been bought by Han Qianshan, a local tyrant.

In his words, it is such a large ranch, but there are few pure-blooded horses, and he will lose face when he says it, the price of famous products such as Arabian thoroughbreds and Andalusian horses is too high, and it is wasteful to raise the disabled, and the Sharma is just right, and he can still pull goods if he has nothing to do.

The boy didn't know before that his father also had a time to play treasure.

The evening breeze blows in through the windows, the stables are cool and dry, and the snow-capped mountain pastures are mostly filled with American flower horses and quarthorses, two of the most common local breeds.

The multi-colored coat of the American horse has become their main characteristic, and each flower horse is a mixture of white and other coat colors, and the pattern, shape and size are any combination, so each flower horse has a unique coat color, which is also the interesting inheritance and charming charm of the flower horse.

According to Barton Sr., the Quarter horse is very balanced and agile, fast at starting, good at sharp turns, cool-headed when running, kind and steady, and has been the favorite horse breed of cowboys for decades.

The Quarter horse is not only famous for horse racing, but also among the western rodeo horses, horse shows, and service cattle horses.

Their compact body is ideal for lapping, cattle cutting, cattle herding, barrel racing, calf riding, and other western riding events, especially when it comes to live cattle.

Augusta hosts these every November, and John won first place in the calf race the year before and still shows it off to Jones.

Han Xuan followed Old Patton to look over in a row, and finally on the edge of the corner, he took a fancy to a pure black quarthorse.

Its fur is very bright, without a trace of variegation, and its body is streamlined, and it is dozing off with half-squinted eyes, and flicking its tail from time to time to repel mosquitoes.

Either way, at least the appearance is quite impressive.

The boy pulled Old Patton on his sleeve and nodded, "I want it." ”