Irish Horses

These horses were in a field across the street from our hotel near the Dublin Airport.

KS:  We could see the horses, 2 mares with foals, plus a stallion, from our hotel room. The Appaloosa-coated mare is lying beside her foal (not visible in the photo), born the day we arrived at the hotel. It was extremely tiny compared to the other foal.

When we went for a walk, I was surprised to see that these were draft horses - the grass had covered their big feet. They were very small, too, or rather, short, as they were very sturdy-looking beasts. Had to have been the shortest draft horses I've ever seen (not that draft horses are a fixture in my routine activities). The stallion was about my height from his ear to ground, and appeared less than 48inches (12 hands) tall.