Section 3 of 5
The Work
What the horse was actually for. Every entry is one breed, one job or one place, with the terrain that explains it.
Herding at Alberese is done from the saddle because a horse reads the edge of a herd faster than a vehicle can turn.
Photo: Giovanni maria butteri, Gentiluomini e Popolani durante la ricognizione delle spoglie di San Giovanni Gualberto, 02 autoritratto 2 · Wikimedia Commons
4 entries in this section
- The butteriThe mounted herdsmen of the Maremma, working cattle with a long stick rather than a rope, in a deep saddle built for hours rather than for show.
- The scafardaThe traditional Maremman saddle, and what its shape says about the working day.
- Cattle and the long hornThe Maremmana cow is the other half of the job, and the horse's build follows from what it had to move.
- TranshumanceSeasonal movement between pasture altitudes, which is what the routes were for.
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