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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
See our "who's who" page! ^

Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

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 MissTargets will now be pinging everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets 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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT

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


TOPICS: Hobbies; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: ofcourseofcourse; saddleclub; thehorseyset
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To: RMDupree
I'm serious! Icelandice Horse people are VERY sensitive about anybody calling their horses {gasp} "PONIES". Like that's a bad thing.
1,421 posted on 03/17/2006 8:27:37 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: RMDupree
You buy from somebody with a good reputation (usually somebody who's a fellow hunt club member or the like is a good bet - if they have to see you regularly they won't stick you too bad.)

The other thing to do is take with you shopping the horsiest person you know -- your trainer or instructor or barn owner. Also be sure you have the horse vetted - it's worth the fee, especially if you intend to ride fairly hard (i.e. we do a lot of jumping so we have to be sure our horses are completely sound).

Another good idea is to get the horse "on approval" - keep it for 2-3 weeks and ride it and see what you think. Our trainer generally buys and sells that way, she's had some keepers and some she's sent back . . . likewise some she's sent out have come back, but most tend to stay. She does try to match horses with riders for a good fit - won't sell a wired-up T'bred to a beginner, or a pokey old horse to somebody who wants to compete. The seller is happy to have the horse stay with her because it's like free training! (I doubt somebody would let their horse go 'on approval' to a total stranger without a training reputation.) It's a good way to figure out if the horse is right for you, instead of just a quick ride around the seller's ring.

1,422 posted on 03/17/2006 8:28:08 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: FrogInABlender

Horses Suck :) BigMack


I was trying to post: "Dam, there is nothing easy with horses" when Mack interrupted:)

Becky


1,423 posted on 03/17/2006 8:28:11 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Oh, if I was in the market now I'd definitely want to check out the mare I posted.

~sigh~ One day.

I remember you were a bit concerned about Cyn's youth, but she did turn out to be quite trustworthy, didn't she?


1,424 posted on 03/17/2006 8:29:09 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
You can tell a horse's age by his teeth pretty accurately up to age 20 . . . then all bets are off because the last of the Galvayne's groove has disappeared.

I was able to age my mare within one year from her teeth -- we checked it later against her papers when we got them, and I was only 4 months off!

The gypsies used to doctor the corner teeth by carving the groove out and filling it with tar . . .

1,425 posted on 03/17/2006 8:30:20 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: RMDupree

Cyn has turned out to be the best rash impulse buy we've ever made.


1,426 posted on 03/17/2006 8:31:16 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: AnAmericanMother

ROFL! What a great mental picture you painted, chica!


1,427 posted on 03/17/2006 8:31:24 AM PST by RMDupree (HHD: Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: HairOfTheDog; RMDupree
As for 'too old' - it really depends on the past use...

You got that right. The same applies for 'too young'. I think I read somewhere that a horse could be considered a "seasoned" horse at about 250 hours. You could have a 20yr old that hasn't seen 250 hours in it's whole life, and a 4yr old that's already seen 500. It's all relative. Experience is the key. Horses should come with an Hour Meter, like a tractor! ;o)

1,428 posted on 03/17/2006 8:33:05 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Sometimes you get lucky on those impulse purchases . . .

My dog has turned out to be the very best snap decision I ever made . . . just because she came prancing over, loved all over my children, and shouldered all the other puppies away. "MINE! MINE!"

1,429 posted on 03/17/2006 8:33:52 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

They lied the other direction on the pony. They said she was 6 at the auction... and the vet said she was six when he floated her teeth three years later.

Course they also said she was gentle and broke, and she was, when she was half-anesthetized :~D

From the best rash impulse buy ever, to the worst :~D


1,430 posted on 03/17/2006 8:35:04 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: AnAmericanMother

< /lurk>

*sigh*

I dreamed last night that I had a chocolate lab that I was takin' with me everywhere.

< lurk>


1,431 posted on 03/17/2006 8:35:14 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: AnAmericanMother
...(hey, he was courting me at the time, it was "love me, love my horse"...

LOL!! Boy can I relate to that. My husband went riding with me once while we were dating, but boy you won't catch him on a horse now. He prefers his horses under the hood of a car, preferably a Mustang!

1,432 posted on 03/17/2006 8:35:56 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: RosieCotton

Glad to see you, I was about to ping you and ask if you still had signal... The monsters dumped your router on the floor a bit ago and I had to put it back up.


1,433 posted on 03/17/2006 8:37:22 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: AnAmericanMother
. . . this tiny little girl up on this Belgian, and my husband on a VERY unhappy Lambchop, with his feet dragging the ground. He could literally point his toes and make two drag marks in the dirt...

LOL! Oh, what I wouldn't have paid to see that! It's a shame you don't have a picture of it, you could have made a lot of money off of it.

1,434 posted on 03/17/2006 8:38:38 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Once in awhile the signal drops for a sec, but it's been really good over all!

Taking off for work now...see ya later!


1,435 posted on 03/17/2006 8:39:27 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: FrogInABlender

Thank you. She IS a beauty - pretty conformation and nice gaits, good looking jumper who never refuses. Her former owner was breeding her to QH stallions and getting Appendix halter champion foals out of her. When I get tired of not doing really well in combined training (we both stink at dressage) I take her to a hunter show and enter her in everything. The last (unrated) show we descended upon she took first place in every class she entered, including 2'6", 3', handy hunter and conformation hunter, and won the championship class as well. (With a saddle on the pronounced dip in her back doesn't show.) She's a little bit pokey ordinarily, but the noise and excitement at a show jazzes her up exactly the right amount. (I ride with longer stirrups at a show so I don't look so strange.)


1,436 posted on 03/17/2006 8:39:54 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: FrogInABlender

Naturally I never have a camera when I need one . . . I was in the upper ring training a green horse, a camera would probably have gotten smashed in the confusion. (That was back when I was in college and 19 and stupid - I rode all sorts of horses that I would never get near now.)


1,437 posted on 03/17/2006 8:41:18 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: HairOfTheDog
Is that why they're big on x-rays?

No, you've got everything you need to figure a proper breakover point right there on the sole of the horse's foot. All you need is a sharpie and a straight edge. My guess as to why they're so big on x-rays is that they might use them to see if the horse has any structural problems in the foot that can't be seen from the outside. If they do, you might set the shoe differently.

1,438 posted on 03/17/2006 8:42:29 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: RosieCotton
Awwwww . . . that might be a sign to get a Chocolate Lab.

Sorry this one's not available . . . I take her with ME everywhere . . .


1,439 posted on 03/17/2006 8:43:22 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: RosieCotton
Once in awhile the signal drops for a sec

That might be the monsters. They sometimes manage to turn it around so it's not pointing well at you, and if I notice it, I fix it. Call if it lasts long.

1,440 posted on 03/17/2006 8:44:28 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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