San Bartolomé de Pinares, Spain: A man rides a horse through a bonfire in honour of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals
Photograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP
Speaking as a rider, that is either a blind, deaf, dumb and DRUGGED horse or one that trusts completely in its rider. In layman’s terms:
HOLY SHIT!
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I’m surprised they are still allowed to do this. The Spanish also used to drop live goats out of towers until it was finally made illegal.
Let’s not forget baby jumping!
But honestly, I have no idea how he got the horse to do this, and I used to be a groom. Horses are scared of fire like nothing else on Earth.
In these days of Photoshop can any photo be taken at face value?
Most of the ones in the Guardian can be. Which is where I stole this one from.
Stunning image. Right out of hell…
Well, it’s a pretty nice horse for hell. I’d imagine there, you’re get a moth-eaten donkey instead.
You don’t get it: The horse trusts in Jesus, for through Him, all things are possible. The rider, well, he was enjoying a pleasant evening’s highwaymanning … Until his horse abruptly got religion, anyway.