Day 232 - Steely-eyed at the Musical Ride

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride came to Fredericton today and put on a great show in front of a pretty big crowd at the Fairgrounds. Despite the hot, humid day, people crowded around the show ring, filled all of the temporary stands set up on the race-track's infield and also nearly filled the permanent grandstand itself.

The Musical Ride is an impressive show, with plenty of nifty horse riding and choreography. Practically impossible to take a photograph that captures the movement of the show itself. So I went with a close up of one of the horses, taken before they trotted onto the field for the performance. With a bright sunny day and completely black horses, it was pretty hard to get the light right. Enough light to make the details of the horses meant too much light for the background.

Still, I love the way the nearest horse is kind of peering out of the side of his eye at me, while his friends are focusing on the job at hand. And look at the pursed lips on the centre rider: he's probably thinking about the heat and that heavy uniform he's wearing!