[Arod]

Thanks Turoch. I had forgotten about the fact that he rode bareback... I suppose I was focusing a wee bit too much on the color of the horses... LOL...but I'm sure he had his reasons for casting the horses as he did too... I really shouldn't be too judgemental over such a small thing. They probably had Legolas riding with a saddle and bridle because (this is a guess) Orlando Bloom was not a skilled rider. In that case he would've been more likely to fall off rather than stay on (it looks easy but it's pretty complicated if your not used to it). Not only that but the horse has to be trained to respond to a rider without a saddle or bridle so the horse would rely on the rider's signals from his legs to go where he was supposed to. Since Orlando didn't have any extensive riding instructions, that could've been disasterous had he ridden without tack or gave the horse the wrong signal without realizing it. Alas probably falling off and taking Gimli with him. <P>::sigh:: It would've been cool to see though. The horse that was used for Shadowfax was simply perfect. Just as I imagined him to be. <P>Also if I'm not mistaken, Gimli never rode alone... I thought he rode either with Legolas or Aragorn. I could be wrong though. <P>BTW: the horse in my avatar is named Skip Away a champion thoroughbred racehorse. He looked like the horse they used in the movie and I loved this pic of him. He is a firey sort of horse with a lot of personality which is the way I felt Arod would be. Though he is quite tall...LOL...