Horseback-Riding Accident Kills Fla. Girl

local6 ^ | 22-march-2007

[woodbutcher]

"syndicate stallions"

Holy Cow - Horses involved with the mob?
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That means that a group has formed to own a horse as a group.

I am not sure how it differs from a corporation or a partnership. AmericanMother can explain that if she has not moved on to other things by now.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Very good post AAM:) and I agree with everything...you more clear and concise then I am:)

Even about arena work I have to agree, I just don't like arena's:)...Every day when I come back from the trails I think "I should go in the arena, lope some circles, work on leads and stops" and then I just ride right by the gate, and say "tomorrow":).

I do practice a all that stuff on trail, all the time, each day I go out with a maneuver in mind that I am going to concentrate on.

Becky

[AnAmericanMother]

Really the ring work is more for me than for my horse. If I put in a good couple of hours a week doing extension/collection, leg yieldings, shoulder-ins, etc. along the fence (I find it difficult to hold an absolutely straight line in the open air, I drift to my strong side) then when we go out I feel like we are in good communication. We don't jump big stuff in the ring, just around 2 feet to practice our pacing and turns.

She's always been a clever jumper, even though she wasn't broke til she was 14 she figured it out quickly. She's also very adjustable, I can take her in for the short spot or stretch her for the big one, and it's like having a very responsive sports car. I just wish she wasn't so OLD - although she's very sound at 24, I take the easy fences and the short cuts with her now.

[AnAmericanMother]

Only horse I know who was involved with the mob was the one that wound up on the guy's bed . . . ugh.

A syndication is like a partnership, a group gets together and buys a stallion, shares in his upkeep and the (hopefully) profits. There are some wrinkles because anytime you're dealing with collateral that EATS . . . < g >

I would shoo the cows out after the AM milking, that was one of my jobs. There was always at least one Holstein that took a shot at me as we went down the lane from the barn, boy did I get tired of that! I started carrying a longe whip with me, made them a little more respectful.