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Knights of Avalon

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The Knights of Avalon is a full contact joust troupe that is a California non-profit orgainization. We are a group that rescues draft horses from abuse and neglect, and rehabilitate them into working horses for full contact competition jousting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ King's Lazy!!

Add to My Profile | More Videos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Knights of Avalon began in 1999, a group of competition jousters from all over California who wanted to save a couple of horses and have the best joust show on the circuit. We started the group for two reasons, 1- To rescue neglected and abused draft horses and rehabilitate them, and 2- To travel North America jousting with them and entertaining the public with these horses. To give these horses a second chance in life is what The Knights of Avalon is all about. We started with a couple, but quickly, the public would tell us stories about drafts in different places that needed help. Soon after we started, our stable has grown quickly, and we decided to make our group a non-profit organization to further benefit our horses. Each horse has a story to tell, and our horses could write books from where they have been and what they have seen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steel likes the hose

Add to My Profile | More Videos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The boys" as they are often called, have been through alot, and they now have a wonderful life as a group. They are not kept in stalls, they are all in an open pasture area and are able to be together and run free and play all day long. We currently have a stable of 7 draft horses of different breeds. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Our jousting show features award winning jousters and prize winning horses for authentic full contact tournament jousting and games of skill. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We do not use break-away lances or phoney armor. Our lances are made of pine and are quarter-sawn, and lamenated for strength. The armor worn by our knights in the show are 14 gauge (nothing thinner) and are period to actual armor used for tournament jousting. we provide nothing less than period full contact jousting. Anything less than what we do is not authentic. We strive to provide exciting, authentic, period, full contact jousting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our show begins with the introduction of our knights and squires, followed by games of skill. These games consist of the hitting of an authentic quintain, spearing of rings, spearing bullseyes onto hay bales, and cutting tossed cabbage. Then the joust begins! Each pass is different, as is the outcome. The hits are real and so are the falls. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each show is different! We also have squires dragged by a horse, squires shot off our 20ft. castle tower, and fast-paced fighting with knights using swords, shields, flails, pole axes, hammers, bullwhips, every weapon imaginable! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are available for renaissance festivals, school shows, film and television, anything! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We also have a large castle we use as a fully functional stage for our show that is available for rent for film/tv, and weddings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our horses are also available for film and television and print ads! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are interested in having something period, something authentic, something ENTERTAINING, then contact us for a promotional package! You will not find a group that works as hard and is as entertaining as The Knights of Avalon! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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The once and future King......

Many of you may not know who King is. King is one of the horses our group had rescued many years ago, and he has become one of the greatest horses to ever charge down a list.From world championship jo...
Posted by Knights of Avalon on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:12:00 PST

A great article on us, and a great pic!

http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=225351   Enjoy!
Posted by Knights of Avalon on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:54:00 PST

Our non-profit status and how you can help our horses

The Knights of Avalon is a California Non-Profit company that is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of draft horses. Please take some time and read up on 'the boys' and get to know them. They ...
Posted by Knights of Avalon on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:24:00 PST

Upcoming Show

Hello everyone,    The Knights of Avalon returns to the Livermore Scottish Festival in Livermore, California on May 19 & 20th! We had the honour of performing at the Livermore games last...
Posted by Knights of Avalon on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:53:00 PST

The story of the Horses of Avalon

The Horses of Avalon   The story of Beltain Beltain-18 years old-Bay Percheron Quarter Horse cross Rescued in December 1996 Steve got Beltain when he was 7 years old.  This was the fir...
Posted by Knights of Avalon on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:45:00 PST