The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE

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[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!

[Beaker]

If a person had enough land and could keep breeds separated you could have a horse farm that people could walk or drive thru and visit. It could be very education with inservices and stuff.
You should take a trip to the Kentucky National Horse Park. I went there about 5 or 6 years ago when I went to Nationals. for 4-H.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Interesting story here:

http://www.newpromisefarms.com/pages/non_nav/CIRROCCO.htm

Becky

[CindyDawg]

I've heard of that place. One day I'll check it out. Going to be a busy day today. I have weight watchers at 9:30, a riding lesson at 1, and an Easter egg hunt at 5. House cleaning and cooking in between. Oh and we are setting up a pool. Whew.

[Beaker]

Wow. That is interesting.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I'm wondering if they ever figured out how that happened:)

Becky

[MissTargets]

Good Morning.

Nice to see the trees greening up, Becky. Here too. I am going to have to mow the lawn soon. With the price of gas, it's going to be expensive to mow.

[Beaker]

I'm wondering if that's why she got the mare at a "reasonable price." :-) She was duped.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

It's funny, Celia and I were talking about how things AREN'T greening up like they should. It's still very very dry out there and the leaves look thin and small that are growing:(. We really really need rain.

I'm giving Harley another day off. I'm going to try to stick to riding 2 and giving one off.

The price of gas is going to determine alot of things this summer:(.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

That could very well be:)

He's awful cute tho. Worth the dupe:)

Becky

[squarebarb]

Good morning all! Haven't been here for a while so I scrolled back and looked at the pictures of the Gypsy Vanner. Beautiful! I went on a trail ride with my group in South Texas called Las Caballeras, I will post pics. This was about 8 miles from the Rio Grande. Didn't see any illegals but herard lots of stories. Took a pic of a friend through an old water tank that had been cut up for pieces of metal.

[squarebarb]

Don't know how to do multiple pictures on one post so will just do them as well as I can. This is a bird's nest in cactus, the bird has been using Angora fleece to make its nest (friends have Angora goats angora= morhair)

[squarebarb]

More pictures of trail ride. This was on a ranch that borders George Strait's ranch.

[squarebarb]

It's pretty hard country --- and more so now that it is so dry. This is a friend and more coming behind her. We had a good day.

[Lemondropkid31]

A pastor of my church in California had a couple of those horses. The were black and white like those, but I didn't think they were so small. I don't have any other knowledge of them though.

[MissTargets]

Beautiful Buckskin!

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, I thought the leaves looked like they were just getting started :~D

I do hope you catch up on your rain.

Funny story about the surprise mule :~D

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks for sharing the pics from your trail ride :~D

[CindyDawg]

He's a cute little guy. I liked the way she wrote her story, esp the part of dead silence when he brayed:')

[CindyDawg]

Looks like home:') Thats a cool picture thru the tank. It almost looks like a state silhouette.

[CindyDawg]

I paid 2.99 this morning:'(