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More Hiccup and Horse!Toothless art. Crappily thrown together before dinner, hence the crappy shading and inaccurate proportions. I had fun drawing this one :D Enjoy!

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~JLCQuincy Jul 23, 2011
Toothless should be a Friesian. They're relitivaly rare, and they're always black. They also come from the Netherlands, so it could be a little viking reference.
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~dreamer45 Jul 23, 2011
That makes a lot of sense, I don't know a whole lot about horse breeds, so I wouldn't have known that :D Thanks for the info! ;P
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~JLCQuincy Jul 24, 2011
You're welcome!
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*FjordMustang Sep 20, 2010
Nice! So Hiccup is an English rider. (I ride Icelandic and Western)

I wonder how these two met- was Toothless a wild horse who got hurt and Hiccup nursed him back to health in secret?
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~dreamer45 Sep 20, 2010
LOL, I only ride English. The stirrups for the Western saddles were always too long for me as a kid, no matter how much they shortened them XP In my head, Stoick and Hiccup bought Toothless at a horse fair. He was so expensive because he's a "superior" breed (y'know, like the fastest, best jumper, etc...), but he keeps getting sold because of his bad behavior (he's more of a smartass than having trust issues and stuff, so he's bad when he wants to be XD). Toothless gives them a hard time at first, but he warms up to Hiccup and becomes a good horsie X3 I like your idea, too, which sticks closer to the movie with the forbidden frienship and helping each other out concepts. There's always room for more than one version :D

I've never heard of riding Icelandic, what's it like?
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*FjordMustang Sep 20, 2010
That's just me. I always see Toothless as a wild creature.

Icelandic style of riding is just for Icelandic horses because of their unique body shape. The saddle looks English but has raised sides in front that help keep your legs held in place. It sits further back on the horse to help with their unique racking gait. There is also a tail strap that keeps the saddle from shifting forward. You ride with long legs, like with a Western saddle, and you don't post because the Icelandics have soft gaits. The bridle is like English but there also is a noseband since their necks are very powerful.


It looks quite similar to what Hiccup used as a saddle on Toothless, but not as flat.

Icelandic horses are weird in shape since they have heavy necks and shoulders and hindquarters and short legs. They are considered poinies but are build like horses- not little guys at all.

I like to think Night Furies are built a lot like Icelandics- small and with short heavy necks, shoulders, hindquarters. Yet they move very fast and are agile and surefooted.
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~dreamer45 Sep 20, 2010
Wow, that sounds really awesome! Thanks for sharing that with me :D
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~spitfiresdad16 Sep 20, 2010
These are so cool! ^^
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~dreamer45 Sep 20, 2010
Thanks!
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