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FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 12

Posted on 08/07/2007 7:33:14 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog

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To: BladeRider; FrogInABlender; HairOfTheDog; All
When we got back from riding Sat. and put Faith & Spec (AKA-Trouble) back in the pasture, the funniest thing happened. Daisy came up to Spec and they both REARED full up facing each other and then they bumped chests before they came down. You could hear the thud and I was in up at the house watching them. They looked like football players when they make touchdowns. My mouth was open and Hal was right in front of the pasture and yelled out, “Did you see that?!” I told him yeah, but I'd never seen anything like it before!

Hair: great pictures as always. I love your scenery.

9,921 posted on 07/28/2008 11:07:00 AM PDT by HaveFaith
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To: HaveFaith

Cool!

I love watching Bob and Goose play like that. It’s usually only when Bob has the muzzle on though, otherwise he’ll bite the snot out of Goose, so Goose takes advantage of it when he can. He’ll get Bob by the muzzle straps and jerk him around. They rear up like that too, then get down on their knees. Bob has the weight advantage though and I’ve seen him knock Goose over flat of his back with a whump. Goose left him alone for a while after that. :-D I think he got the wind knocked out of him. Serves him right, the little booger!


9,922 posted on 07/28/2008 11:23:53 AM PDT by FrogInABlender
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To: FrogInABlender

I thought they were just vying for the #1 spot in the pasture, like she and Soldier do, but they didn’t act mad and just walked off down the pasture. Daisy is almost sweet and stands there and lets you pet and rub her. Weird. I hope that means she’s still pregnant.


9,923 posted on 07/28/2008 11:57:12 AM PDT by HaveFaith
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To: HaveFaith

Hopefully so. She sure has nice babies. Next time you might want to check into breeding her to SpottedInDixie(over on the TVGPHA forum)’s B&W SSH stud. He’s a pretty one, I think he’s homozygous too, and I know they breed for flatshod gait, not BigLick gait.


9,924 posted on 07/28/2008 12:13:36 PM PDT by FrogInABlender
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

OH - I hope you can stay cool there.

We don’t even have AC in our vehicles... so I’d be outside with the hose running on me.


9,925 posted on 07/28/2008 1:22:11 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HaveFaith

Sam is an appaloosa, his sire Sonny is 1/4 Thoroughbred and his dam, Friday is about 1/3 quarter horse but the rest is appaloosa :)


9,926 posted on 07/28/2008 1:30:15 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: mommadooo3

Beautiful babies :)


9,927 posted on 07/28/2008 1:31:55 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Duchess47
I have one of those with an attitude issue:

"HEY - who you lookin' at there?"

How is Labrador Land out your way?

9,928 posted on 07/28/2008 3:05:07 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chase, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: BladeRider

LOL..I need to figure out a real name for the white. Mom’s registered, Mosby A Taz.


9,929 posted on 07/28/2008 3:19:32 PM PDT by mommadooo3 (Old concept in justice. If the law won't take care of it, it's just us.)
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To: HaveFaith
Freckles is adorable!

The babies are QH's. Except Shendeagan is 1/2 Rocky Mountain.

9,930 posted on 07/28/2008 3:24:16 PM PDT by mommadooo3 (Old concept in justice. If the law won't take care of it, it's just us.)
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To: FrogInABlender

Shendeagan is Arabaic, means beautiful star. Daughter Kasee named her, because it’s her horse now.


9,931 posted on 07/28/2008 3:29:06 PM PDT by mommadooo3 (Old concept in justice. If the law won't take care of it, it's just us.)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Labador Land here is great although heat has cut into their exercise time. Two totally different personalities :) Blue is a tongue and tail, Belle is sedate and reserved.


9,932 posted on 07/28/2008 3:33:39 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Duchess47
I have two "night and day" personalities -- Shelley is "soft" almost to a fault and anxious to please, but a little standoffish, while Ruby is tough as nails and very high-drive but at the same time devoted and affectionate, almost clingy.

How is Belle doing? I remember she had a health issue but can't remember what it was.

9,933 posted on 07/28/2008 4:32:17 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chase, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother

Belle is doing great (I really like her personality). She was x-rayed as having mild hip dysplasia at 1yr old. Differing opinions on whether she does or doesn’t so she’ll be x-rayed again at two to see for sure.


9,934 posted on 07/28/2008 7:04:43 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Duchess47
If you are ever in Northern Nevada, you're welcome to stop by and see him.

I'd be delighted to do so. He has a lovely face. Something in his eye and the way he holds his head reminds me of Secretariat as a stallion. It's the nobility, I think.

9,935 posted on 07/28/2008 8:02:05 PM PDT by Wolfstar ("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
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To: freekitty
Also, wasn’t Ruffian somewhere along the line out of Native Dancer.

Ruffian's dam, whose name was Shennanigans, was sired by Native Dancer.

Native Dancer's most famous son, Raise a Native, was a beautiful chestnut and a brilliant 2-year-old, but he raced only 4 times before breaking down. He was undefeated in those 4 races, and he had very fasionable pedigree. So he was sent to stud and founded a very dominant sire line. His most famous son was Mr. Prospector, the world's top stallion during his lifetime. The world's top stallion prior to Mr. Prospector was Northern Dancer, who was out of a mare sired by Native Dancer.

You're right, though. The sire lines that trace directly to Native Dancer produced very fast horses, but many which were too fragile. Mares from that sire line were improved when bred to stayers like Secretariat and Seattle Slew, among others.

9,936 posted on 07/28/2008 8:15:32 PM PDT by Wolfstar ("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Duchess47
Dysplasia under age 2 is often transient.

If she had pain issues or a limp, it may have been something called "panosteitis" or "wandering lameness" which crops up in young Lab puppies and disappears without leaving any problems behind. It seems to be associated with rapid dense bone growth, mostly in the forelegs. Ruby had a touch of it around 9-10 months old.

We're going to have Ruby's hips and elbows Xrayed at age 2 and her eyes checked as well, before we breed her. I also need to send her blood off to U.Minn. to have her checked to see if she's carrying the gene for Exercise Induced Collapse. I tell you, responsible breeding is a lot of work!

9,937 posted on 07/28/2008 8:32:22 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chase, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Wolfstar
Thank you :) He's got the heart. We got him at age 14 and asked him to run endurance. He took to it like he'd been doing it his entire life and really did well, always in the top ten, always finishing and aced his vet checks. He'd still be going if we hadn't lost his rider to divorce.
9,938 posted on 07/28/2008 8:49:47 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: AnAmericanMother

We are hoping that Belle’s is transient also, we’ll see.


9,939 posted on 07/28/2008 8:51:29 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: FrogInABlender; HairOfTheDog; All

So - today is one week into Lace’s training. The same Lace who through a major temper tantrum last week. Today, she walks, trots and canters with a rider, with ease :) Bob took pictures with his cell phone, I’ll be darned if I can get them sent to my email so I can download them though.


9,940 posted on 07/28/2008 8:54:26 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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