The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE

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[HairOfTheDog]

*New* The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*

This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.

I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!

I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and Becky pings everyone most mornings. Let Becky (Paynoattentionmanbehindthecurtain) and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.

So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!

[tuffydoodle]

That vacuum cartoon is pretty funny.

Check this out:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383010/posts

[Duchess47]

Yes, I saw it. I thought when I saw it - that was probably why my dad hated General McAuthur (sic)

[Duchess47]

Looks like the mom is building up to sueing someone. Kids fighting is not a reason to call 911 - unless they are gun fighting with real guns.

[FrogInABlender]

And the horses gave their lives just as willingly as the Cavalrymen that rode them...

I don't know that the horses had any choice in the matter.

[tuffydoodle]

Yup, sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen, per the comment: "I don't think I'll ever be able to use 911 again."

How stoopid can you get?

[Rose of Sharn]

deaconjim took the night off and we have been working on finishing the latest pasture that we have fenced in. Just got the electric turned on and Smokey is in there and happy. We are having a treat tonight, grilled Alligator tail and deep fried frog legs....MMMMmmmmmmmm. Kids love them. This one is especially for Cindydawg! I was talkign about my fav. foods when I was a kid and one of them was Brains faggots. Yep they are real and are still sold in England. Check out this pic! : D



'Here's a message for Faggot-lovers everywhere.' So said Rodney Bewes in one of my favourite ever bygone commercials. That might not be a verbatim quote, but he at least said something equally fantastic. Here's one especially for our American friends, although I doubt that even people who were alive in the days when faggots were popular will be unaware of the word's more modern connotation. Faggots are balls of low quality pork, a kind of 'English haggis', probably intended as a way to make the grossest animal parts seem edible. They are reasonably tasty, if you keep your eyes closed, but the ingredients show that the pork contains more pork liver than pork and a disturbing flavour at the back of the palate suggests the presence of even more offal. Indeed, the second most abundant ingredient is 'pork rind', the exact nature of which I dare not comprehend. West Country sauce seems to mean gravy. In the national consciousness, Brain's Faggots are THE faggots.

[tuffydoodle]

That is tooooo funny.

Aren't pork rinds just pig skins?

[MissTargets]

grilled Alligator tail and deep fried frog legs

That was on the menu at Huck Finns in Pigeon Forge. I had the catfish. Excellent restaurant if you go there. They brought the "vittles" first. Beans, slaw and a basket of hush puppies for appetizers.

When I was a child, the whole family would gather at my Grandfather's farm for a hog butchering. I especially loved the pig's tongue. My Grandfather ate everything but the oink. We are Hungarians, and made some things that would seem strange to you all.

[MissTargets]

Of course, the guy's uniform is the wrong color.

ROTFL!....I'll have you know, that I sat on the "right" side during the Dixie Stampede show.
Cutest little waiter in his "gray" uniform. ;')

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Hello,
Just in from riding Harley. It did warm up a bit finally, We trail rode and did lots of hill climbing then came back and was going to do some cavalettis. Then I thought I would lope some circles. Well I had left the gate open into the arena, and he just did not want to go in a nice circle. He kept veering towards the gate, throwing his head up and then way down. My son was here and happen to see him. HE fixed me up with a nice tool I had never seen used before. He got some nylon cord and tied it from one D ring on my saddle around the horses chest to the other D ring. then ran my reins under it. Sort of like a running martingale but according to Charlie a lot more effective and helpful at controlling their noses:) It helped a bunch:) What a good kid to help his ole mom.

He also noticed that I had a shoestring holding my back cinch to my front cinch. AFter I got done riding, he went and got my saddle out of the trailer and took it to the shop and fixed it with a nylon strap:). He told me he hadn't been that long ago he got turfed, and didn't want that to happen to me:).

Kind of nice to know someone's got your back:)

Becky

[tuffydoodle]

I need to borrow your son. ;)

What's turfed?

Did you get a chance to look at the news story I posted? It's a riot.

I just made a very nice pot roast. I'm a terrible cook but every now and then I'll get lucky. This was one of those times.

[HairOfTheDog]

What's turfed?

I think it's the same as mommadoo talking about people becoming a lawn dart. I thought that was also a particularly good visual ;~D

Glad you had a ride Becky, and some good fixes for both horse and saddle! The instant running martingale is an excellent tip. I haven't done that, but I have made draw reins either back to the cinch rings or down under the chest, depending on the situation, to achieve the same kind of control over where the head is going.

I just took some pictures that are uploading... out experimenting with the new camera.

[Inge_CAV]

No, the horses did not have any choice in the matter. Even if they did I am sure most would choose to be with it's rider, just as your horse would happily go anywhere you want it to.

If it is any consolation, at that time the cavalry was mainly used as mounted infantry. That means a cavalry unit would ride out to meet an enemy army. They rode four abreast and the rider on the left was a horse holder for the other three. The three cavalrymen dismounted would advance toward the enemy army and start a firefight. The horseholder would then take the other three horses away from the fighting to a safe area until it was time to return. The main point was that fresh men could be moved quickly into an attack position and withdrawn just as quickly if needed elsewhere.

This could be a holding action to prevent the enemy army from advancing. Or if the cavalry unit is strong enough with enough firepower it could defeat the army it is facing. Failing that, if needed the horses would be brought back to the dismounted riders who could remount and retreat to safety or a stronger position.

Yes, horses did not get much choice in the matter but they were considered to be very valuable. So valuable in fact that one General would not allow any cavalryman to make his horse run, unless it was an absolute necessity. My Great- Grandfather served in that General's Cavalry.

BTW, I was a very good horseholder, even got into a couple of firefights (blanks) while holding three horses...... : )

[HairOfTheDog]

Mares at play today... Of course in the first two pictures, I missed the better shot by about a second. :~\

Cyn having a good roll.

And then her tangled mess of a gallop ;~D

More pics to come ;~D

[tuffydoodle]

"I think it's the same as mommadoo talking about people becoming a lawn dart"


hahahahaha tooo funny!

[HairOfTheDog]

Here's Bay getting involved... showing them who carries the weight around here... ;~D

[HairOfTheDog]

Just one more... I thought this was a very artsy pic of the pony with an unfortunate original background of my neighbor's house, so I dressed up the background a little in photoshop. ;~D

[Inge_CAV]

Thanks! All good pictures. You have a good camera and use it well.

[N. Beaujon]

lol. they're gaw-jus. ;) In the first picture, is that a mare and her foal or like and 18 horse next to a pony? My God w/ the size disparity.

Anne

[HairOfTheDog]

My husband's 15.2 mare and a 12 hand pony ;~D