Simon de Trey - White ~ Photographer

Show Navigation
back to search results
Info

THE UNIQUE MAWARI INDIAN INDIGENOUS HORSE

Kanwar Raghuvendra Singh Dundlod, founding Secretary General of the Indigenous Horse Society of India, in his ancestral home, Dundlod Fort, Rajasthan, India, 13th June 2008

Raghuvendra Singh Dundlod is co-owner of the Marwari Bloodlines stud farm in Dundlod, dedicated to the preservation and international recognition of the indigenous horses of India. Of these horses the Mawari is considered the most regal. Its defining characteristics are the unique lyre shaped ears which can rotate 180 degrees individually or together; they are one of the most ancient and purest breeding lines; they have endurance considered to be on a par with Arabian horses; they were bred in India by the 12th century Marwar rulers for battle in which they excelled; known for particularly for its loyalty, speed and stamina. The breed came to the point extinction during the Raj as a result of British persecution and numbers remained critically low until the formation of the Indigenous Horse Society of India in 1996. The breed remains threatened to this day.

PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON DE TREY-WHITE/ BARCROFT MEDIA LTD + 44 (0) 845 370 2233 photographer in delhi photographer in delhi photographer in delhi

Add to Lightbox Download
Filename
MAWARI 130608 042_2.jpg
Copyright
Simon de Trey-White
Image Size
2789x4219 / 6.4MB
Contained in galleries
Editorial
Kanwar Raghuvendra Singh Dundlod, founding Secretary General of the Indigenous Horse Society of India, in his ancestral home, Dundlod Fort, Rajasthan, India, 13th June 2008<br /> <br /> Raghuvendra Singh Dundlod is co-owner of the Marwari Bloodlines stud farm in Dundlod, dedicated to the preservation and international recognition of the indigenous horses of India. Of these horses the Mawari is considered the most regal. Its defining characteristics are the unique lyre shaped ears which can rotate 180 degrees individually or together; they are one of the most ancient and purest breeding lines; they have endurance considered to be on a par with Arabian horses; they were bred in India by the 12th century Marwar rulers for battle in which they excelled; known for particularly for its loyalty, speed and stamina. The breed came to the point extinction during the Raj as a result of British persecution and numbers remained critically low until the formation of the Indigenous Horse Society of India in 1996. The breed remains threatened to this day.<br /> <br /> PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON DE TREY-WHITE/ BARCROFT MEDIA LTD + 44 (0) 845 370 2233 photographer in delhi photographer in delhi photographer in delhi