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Posted on 07/14/2005 3:23:55 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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.
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Previous threads:
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It's strange how different horses gray at such different rates. Grace is being very slow about it. At the moment, she looks like a black roan and she's 2yrs old so she might be close to 10 before she completely grays out. I just found a website for the farm that was standing her grandsire and was just floored by his looks. It's funny coz he's dead now, but they still have him on their website with a $750 stud fee and live foal guarantee. That's pretty impressive for a dead horse! ;o) Here's the site if you want to check it out. http://bridlewood-farm.com/Bridlewood2002/Stallions/Ironworks/Ironworks.html
Maybe they kept part of him in the freezer :~D
LOL! Actually they could have I guess. Don't they freeze semen these days? Or do they just chill it for shipment?
Has the lady and her daughter showed up to test drive Rocky?
I really don't know a thing about it.... I know some of the registries allow shipped semen, but not all of them do.
The whole deal with stallion management is just amazing to me. I was talking to a man at the horse camp last weekend who stands several stallions and he said that he liked to use AI because you can collect one specimen from the stallion, dilute it, and breed several mares from it. He said it was possible to breed a stallion so much that he would loose all interest in mares. I just couldn't believe it coz most stallions will just about breathe fire when a mare in season is around, but he said it had happened to some high-priced race horses he had heard about. I do know that the guy who owns the stallion that I breed my mares to had some problems with him this spring from breeding so many mares. He said it was jut taking him forever to "get 'er done" and the vet gave him some testosterone shots to give him about once a month. We laughed when he was telling me about the "horsey Viagra", but apparently it did the trick. He said he wouldn't want to do it very much though because it made him so full of himself that he was just about uncontrollable. I'm just glad that I don't have to deal with one. I'll leave that end of it so someone else.
Hmm... how long has she been riding?
Yeah they came. The lady is now buying a horse for her daughter, and the daughter wants something faster then what Rusty is.
Becky
Rose could you send me a link or an address to the web site where you can take the ACE diagnostic test.
Becky
Well darn!
Well yes and no:)
If someone is looking for a horse to really ride hard,,,I'd rather it not be Rusty. His system is working fine now, but I don't know how it would handle alot of stress. I'd really like to just sell him to someone like her mother who just wants to trail ride a few times aweek. I'd feel bad sending him somewhere where the riding would cause his system to shut down again. I don't know that it would, but I would worry.
Becky
And I don't really mind if I have to keep him:) I've always really liked him. It's just in reality I don't need 3 riding horses.
Becky
Yeah, when the deal switched from the horse being for the mother to it being for the daughter, then it wasn't a good match anymore. I was just saying Darn because of that. I'm glad he didn't go to the girl either.
Yes, unless someone wants to pay good money to buy him, he will become one of our studs. His temperment is great so far anyway, and he will always throw color, no matter what he's bred to.
Well, he looks pretty good for a dead horse :) You can see the difference in his graying from one picture to the next. How old was he when he died?
She's been riding about one month :)
Yeah, tell me about it. I've got 5 and nobody else in my family rides!
LOL...well that makes me feel better:)
Becky
I don't know. I didn't even know he was dead until my friend showed me this. I can't read the dates on it...
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