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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: MissTargets

It was cold and raining this morning.


2,281 posted on 03/23/2006 6:15:24 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: RebaJ

hey, what's pesto? I bought some cheese raviolli at Sam's and a jar of green sauce. How much do you use? Momma never fixed this kind of stuff:') I also bought some meat and other food that looked good and am now home eating rice from Circle K and baked cheetos (rolling eyes)


2,282 posted on 03/23/2006 7:19:04 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

Cold here too, but the sun is shining. Forecasting one more night of freezing temps, then back to 60 highs and 50's lows:) I'd say what little winter we had is over now. uuuhhhh, knocking on wood, tho:)

Becky


2,283 posted on 03/24/2006 5:48:36 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: HairOfTheDog
...Whichever you do... just make them the same on each side...

Well, you can't exactly do that. Western saddles have an "off" billet that's completely different than the one on the near side. The off billet is like a 5 ft strap that's been run through the saddle D half way, so that equal amounts hang down from it and there are matching holes on each side so that the tongue of the girth goes through both pieces. I've got the it hanging in the front saddle D right now.

But as for the knot on the near side, I'm kinda leaning towards the 3rd knot. The way it's tied is the strap goes down from the front D, through the back of the girth ring, back up and through the front of the back D, back down through the back of the girth ring, back up and through the front of the front D, then out and across both straps and in through the back of the rear D, then under itself and down. It seems to lay pretty flat that way, and like you say, it seems to pull the saddle down more evenly. But then, I've not ridden it that way, and I don't know if it'll stay tied that way. I guess I can always try it and see.

2,284 posted on 03/24/2006 6:40:49 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

Well, I just re-thought my last post, and I can make them the same on both sides. I'd just have to use the 1st knot. Either that, or replace the off billet with one like the near side, which I can do, because I have an extra one that I bought some time back when I was borrowing an old dry-rotted saddle from my riding buddy to put on the colts for their first saddling. It turned out I really didn't need to do that, because first saddling was such a non-event that I just started using my regular saddle.

So I don't know which would be better, using the regular off billet and the first knot, or replacing the off billet with a longer strap and tying the 3rd knot on both sides. Decisions, decisions. English saddles are just way easier!


2,285 posted on 03/24/2006 7:03:47 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I think "Extreme Cowboy Race" is a weekly thing, at least for a while. I gather that it's kinda like "The Amazing Race" in that they start out with a lot of teams, and every week, somebody gets eliminated until they have a final winner. The next time it comes on is Friday night and I think the info on it said 3rd heat, or something like that.


2,286 posted on 03/24/2006 7:09:29 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: CindyDawg
...am now home eating rice from Circle K and baked cheetos (rolling eyes)

Mmmmmmmm, Cheetos....drool

2,287 posted on 03/24/2006 7:12:57 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

We are new horse owners. I have a 4 yo QH mare (Chickie) and
my wife's is a 9 yo QH mare (Sugar).

Chickie managed to get tangled in barbed wire and cut herself so she's taking some time off and enjoying her new
digs (Gainesville Tx). I am going to outrage the neighbors
and ride her English style (wife says she doesn't know me;-)

Noones ever seen a cutter work with an English rig before
(should provide lots of amusement for the locals)..


2,288 posted on 03/24/2006 7:16:46 AM PST by rahbert
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To: FrogInABlender
LOL. I'd have to disagree:)

I missed Charlie coming in this morning. I didn't even know they had left for work till Mack called to see if I was up:). The one morning I was sleeping late too.

I don't know if these pictures will help, but this is the way my western works/looks.

The off billet:

I wrap the cinch a few times thru the ring with the latigo, then put the tongue of the cinch in one of the holes,

Then pull the extra up thru the keeper. I don't even tie a knot.

If I was to tie a knot it would look like this, much like your's looked in the first picture.

Nothing in these pictures are pulled tight, hard to do on a saddle rack:). But when the latigo is pulled up and thru the keeper that locks the tongue down so it can't slip out.

Becky

2,289 posted on 03/24/2006 7:35:48 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: rahbert

Welcome to the thread:)

Using English rig, is not usual unless you plan on cutting in it:). What type of riding do you plan on doing, Trails, shows, etc?

Have you done much riding in the past?

Becky


2,290 posted on 03/24/2006 7:38:29 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; CindyDawg; AnAmericanMother; Endeavor; cjshapi; 3catsanadog; Grammy; ...
Good Morning. It's Friday again! My time goes so fast. Personal Holiday for me today...yeah. Pre view weekend for the new release of Guild Wars. Guess what I will be doing all day. ;')

Frog, on your saddle, most would tie on the first ring, then put the excess strap through the second ring. Western saddles have a keeper of sorts for the strap, but show saddles are like yours. Makes for a cleaner look.


2,291 posted on 03/24/2006 7:38:39 AM PST by MissTargets
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To: rahbert

Hello, would you like added to the morning ping list?


2,292 posted on 03/24/2006 7:40:00 AM PST by MissTargets
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To: rahbert

Welcome to the thread, and welcome to new horse ownership :~D

I ride English too... :~D

Sorry your mare got so cut up, barbed wire can be a bad scene. Hope she recovers quickly.

I'm a little sick today up here in Washington.


2,293 posted on 03/24/2006 7:43:12 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Sorry to hear you're sick. Any better or worse since yesterday?

Becky


2,294 posted on 03/24/2006 7:45:36 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

~whine~ - But I think I'm better. I at least don't think I'm gonna be real bad. I'm a little achy and thick, and that congestion, but I've got lots of medicines to drown it in.

I never get sick. ~stomps foot~


2,295 posted on 03/24/2006 7:47:58 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Hobbit Hole knives for soldiers! www.freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: rahbert

Hey, welcome to the thread! A lot of us ride english around here on various types of horses, so you've got lots of company. Feel free to drop in on us any time. I'm usually here on week days. I ride gaited horses and you can check out my little herd on my "about" page. HairOfTheDog and PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain are here in and out most all the time, along with lots of others. We have a link to our "Who's Who" page at the top of the thread where you can see who some of the other regulars are and what their horses look like. We love pictures, so feel free to post some.

I feel for ya with the barbed wire cut. One of my filles did that back last summer, argueing with a jenny through the fence. But it wasn't too terribly bad, she got herself out. One of my other horses cut his right front leg really bad on something, I don't know what, back in September and it took 4 or 5 months to heal well enough that I could ride him again. Horses are accidents waiting to happen, that's for sure.


2,296 posted on 03/24/2006 7:50:58 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I've been riding for about a year. Chickie is a sweet little
horse and wants to get out and run (which led her to getting involved with the wire). I plan to trail ride and
equitate around the locale.. She does have cutting horse
lineage and I may give a try at some calves at some point.

Seriously though, I probably want to do that in a cutting saddle so as to not lose my seat.

Her wounds are healing nicely and once her hooves grow out
enough for a proper trim its time to get her back out under
instruction. There's so much to learn...


2,297 posted on 03/24/2006 7:52:14 AM PST by rahbert
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To: HairOfTheDog

Well maybe it won't be bad or last along time. I've come close a few times this year, thinking I was getting sick, but so far knock on wood a good nights sleep seemed to clear it up. I can't remember the last time I was really sick. I'd like to keep it that way:).

Becky


2,298 posted on 03/24/2006 7:53:43 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: rahbert
There's so much to learn...

LOL, you said a mouthful there. I've been at it for 20 years now, and learn new stuff almost on a daily basis.

You definitly want to use a cutting saddle if you are going to do cutting:). But as far as trail riding in and E. Saddle. People do it all the time. I would be now if the one I bought had fit my horse. I've had trouble the last year finding a saddle to fit the horse I have. I have finally had to break down and have one special made for him. Altho he doesn't appear to be that big of a horse, I guess he is just very wide in his shoulders/withers, not sure where the problem is. My new saddle should be ready in about 2 weeks. I pretty much do nothing other then trail ride, but my new saddle will be a western style.

So are you taking lessons or just flying by the seat of your pants, so to speak:)? Do you board your horses, or keep that at your place?

Becky

2,299 posted on 03/24/2006 8:00:25 AM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Never under estimate the power of stupid people in a large group:)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Bein' sick's a B!tch ain't it! Since last Friday, I've been working on my 3rd cold of the year. Working in a cube farm is almost as bad as being in pre-school as far as catching everybody else's germs goes. I'm about over it now but am still full of the snotts. I hope you get to feeling better soon!


2,300 posted on 03/24/2006 8:15:48 AM PST by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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