(a tad off topic but) here's the horses they rode in on!
Funny what you find when you go surfing the net rather than working...
Below is a link to the website of Dolbadarn Film Horses, a company in Wales that supplied horses during the second season of Merlin. Apparently Bradley rode Rabanete and Colin rode Diablo. There are (unfortunately small, even when you click on them) photos in the gallery, all currently on on the first page. I know the connection is a tad tenuous, but of course all the photos are taken on location, and in particular there is a shot of Arthur dismounting at Goodrich Castle in The Sins of the Father. And I am assuming the dark-cloaked creepy guys are from next Saturday's ep. I'm fascinated by all the behind the scenes stuff, I have to admit!
www.filmhorses.co.uk
Enjoy!
ETA: I emailed Dylan Jones at Dolbadarn Film Horses to ask him whether the Merlin team shipped the horses over from Wales to France for filming at Pierrefonds. This is what he kindly replied:
No, we doubled the horses already used in France... The horse master over there is a man called Pascal. Luckily, I had horses which look very similar so that continuity worked.
Thank you, Dylan!
ETA: Another piece of horse-related trivia... In the commentary for episode 204 we discover that Colin's horse in France is named Cora. (Awww...)
Below is a link to the website of Dolbadarn Film Horses, a company in Wales that supplied horses during the second season of Merlin. Apparently Bradley rode Rabanete and Colin rode Diablo. There are (unfortunately small, even when you click on them) photos in the gallery, all currently on on the first page. I know the connection is a tad tenuous, but of course all the photos are taken on location, and in particular there is a shot of Arthur dismounting at Goodrich Castle in The Sins of the Father. And I am assuming the dark-cloaked creepy guys are from next Saturday's ep. I'm fascinated by all the behind the scenes stuff, I have to admit!
www.filmhorses.co.uk
Enjoy!
ETA: I emailed Dylan Jones at Dolbadarn Film Horses to ask him whether the Merlin team shipped the horses over from Wales to France for filming at Pierrefonds. This is what he kindly replied:
No, we doubled the horses already used in France... The horse master over there is a man called Pascal. Luckily, I had horses which look very similar so that continuity worked.
Thank you, Dylan!
ETA: Another piece of horse-related trivia... In the commentary for episode 204 we discover that Colin's horse in France is named Cora. (Awww...)