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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST 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.
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!
How was the book? You finish it? I'm headed out to the stables in a bit. Gonna practice reverses with voice cues and a lead rope:')
Gas is 2.70 here right now.
Which means you were probably 1,000 miles from George Strait
LOL
Great pictures
A beautiful story - thanks for posting it :) What a surprise but all new babies are gifts to be treasured.
$2.75 for regular here yesterday.
Mine knocks on regular
First horse show of the season. The first two pictures are Class 1, Colts/Gelding Halter and Prez is first in line, Tuffy second. I didn't get the whole class, there were nine horses. Quarter Horse took first, Prez second, Tuffy third.
Second two pictures are of Class 2, Mares, that a friend of ours showed in. My pictures are horrible, I was standing at the gate (in the freezing wind) when the judge called no hats. By the time I took pictures I was also holding four stetsons.
You can't really tell from the pictures, the horses are standing into the wind (look at the tails) but the wind was gusting to 50mph, blowing steady over 20+mph and very cold. Show was called finally about Class 4 or 5. The horses were all spooked, two riders had been thrown, and the weather report was forecasting 80mph winds.
Current weather in Reno :)
Considerable cloudiness with a stray shower; winds gusting to 40 mph High Temperature: 60° F RealFeel®: 51° F Click here for the Hourly Forecast Winds: SSW at 25 mph Wind Gusts: 50 mph Maximum UV: Moderate (5) Thunderstorm Probability: 1% Amount of Precipitation: 0.01 in Amount of Rain: 0.01 in Amount of Snow: 0 in Hours of Precipitation: 1 hrs Hours of Rain: 1 hrs
I do okay on good regular but I have a KIA sportage 4cyl. It likes mid grade better but when gas gets high we both suffer.
I recognized Prez and Tuffy before I got down to where you pointed them out :~D Tuffy's growing up gorgeous.
It looks like a nice sunny day, doesn't look like it's about to be called off for weather at all. :~o
Good for the boys. Hair the saddle club has 2 more ribbons:')
So does our Ranger, we usually buy the middle gas, Supreme once in awhile or when we're going on a trip. Big truck gets Supreme too when it's pulling the trailer... want to give it all the power it can have.
Our gas usage is pretty low these days and not too affected by price. ecurbh's work is close and I rarely go anywhere. As for trailering this summer, it's close and the gas is just part of the cost of havin' fun.
Tuffy did pretty good for only his second show and the horrible weather. As long as he was by his buddy, Prez, all four feet generally stayed on the ground.
We had Prez entered in eight more classes, four Western Pleasure and four Trail, but even he began to get squirrelly. There will be a make up show sometime later this year.
I go about two weeks on a tank if I just go to work and back.
Nothing like you are getting but it was windy here today too
I so want spring to come. This cold weather has gone on way to long. Oh, Farah is starting to bag up. This is a little early for her since she's not due until May 16th, so we are keeping an eye on her.
I just read a thread about nutria's up in you part of the country. Well, just scanned the headlines. Did someone import them?
I got sun burned today. I think we skipped spring. That's a month early? What's ok?
I ready a story about it in the paper too this morning... they're concered about them... have trapped a number of them around Seattle. Don't know how they got here.
She generally baggs up about three weeks early, so I wouldn't have expected it until the end of the month. She always foals 18-24 days early but I took that in to account when figuring her due date.
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