Flying Donkeys!

Foal flying along the ground...


Fuzzy trotter-donkeys!


What's the saying... stubborn as a..? What? A greedy swine who insists you drag along a load five times too heavy, then looks surprised when this happens..?



The famous Russian parasailing donkey...

... poor swine!

Donkey Derby II

THE CUTE fuzzy old donkeys are raring to go:



And they're off!



Giddy up now, you swine!



Approaching the finish line...
(It was a long race: note how the riders have aged)



And the winner is:



"We came last in the donkey derby!"
"And we're covered in fur!!"



"I can't run very fast either!"



"But you've got longer legs than us!!!!"

Donkey Derby!

FURRY FRIDAY ON SATURDAY!

Yes! The sharp-eyed amongst you will notice these pixx are conflated from several derby days of the donkey kind...

DONKEYS ARE SOME OF MY FAVOURITE ANIMALS. AREN'T THEY FURRY AND CUTE!!

Chomping at the bit (hardly!)... the furry donkeys cannot wait to race!



All the Trotter Donkeys in a row...



And off they ping!
(Reluctantly...)



... trotting away...!



Oh no! A wicked witch has cast a spell on the children!



The race took so long, the children who got on the donkeys aged 6 and 7 passed 13 years before the race finished!...



Giddy up now!



The lucky winner!



1. A little more sedate than the Kentucky Derby (this does have moving pictures after a brief photomontage)... or the Grand National (as featured in National Velvet) for that matter... a GENUINE DONKEY DERBY!



2. Aww! Look at all the furry donkeys...



3. Here's a one-girl donkey derby in Sweden or somewhere... What beautiful countryside!