An industrious team of native British Shire Horses has created
the world's largest set of Olympic Rings in London's Richmond
Park If this blog’s purpose is to report on the equestrian
events of the London 2012 Olympics, this story certainly
qualifies. We all know about the Celtic and Druid lore of the
British Isles. We’ve heard about the eerie pillars of Stonehenge
and surely crop circles are connected to the mystical British
occult past as well. Likewise, the stark and ancient chalk
horses carved into the hillsides must have meant something very
important to the ancients. They remain to haunt us today. So how
best to honor the old traditions of British mythology than to
update the ancient field arts by executing an epic set of the
Olympic Rings? Greenwich Park, site of the London Olympic Games’
equestrian events, is a Royal Park, a green island in the midst
of the city. But it’s not the only one. The vast Royal Richmond
Park is an equally surprising place to find in one of the
world’s largest cities. But Ric