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Posted on 09/18/2004 6:56:23 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Free Republic has a lot of horse people that have found each other on other threads…. And since we all like to talk horses, how about a thread where it is not off-topic, but is THE topic?
A few of us thought it would be interesting and informative to have a chat thread where we can 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 last thread we had a great time and were a great help to each other working through lessons and training, horse lamenesses and illnesses, questions and challenges and always just our stories we like to tell.
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 Becky pings everyone most mornings. Let Becky (Paynoattentionmanbehindthecurtain) 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 last thread, 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.
I admire you for your heart, I really do.
Speaking of animals, Miss Cindy's ears sure are better. I don't know if it was the vinegar (in the ketchup bottle:') fungus cream or antibiotics but she's looking good.
One of the above ingredients in the cocktail killed the fungus .... good!
Speaking of fungus, I saw one this evening that glowed in the dark. It was weird. Just a patch on the ground about the size of a pencil eraser that was glowing green when I went back to close the gate after driving through it on my way to feed the mares. I poked around in it with a stick coz I thought it was a lightening bug but it wasn't and it's too late in the year for them anyway. It must've been a mold of some sort coz I could scatter it.
amen Girl, I have a Rocky that is gaited and every now and again,I'll ride a quarterhorse and there is no comparison. What a great ride with a gaited horse.
I've been reading through the posts and I've got to chime in here. What bothers me the most about the QH shows are the english pleasure classes. With the horse moving so slow and the head down so low, the rider looks "perched"on top of the horse. Bugs the heck out of me.
I ride a Paint and he has the smoothest trot you've ever ridden, too smooth to post, even. BUT, any good rider can learn to sit a trot. Watch the dressage programs on tv, those riders bottoms never come out of the saddle. The show jumpers and the dressage riders are the best in the business, IMHO.
I so agree with you on the AQHA shows :)
My app mare and her mother (now gone) have the smoothest extended trot. I can sit that and literally ride it for hours and miles. That's coming from someone with a real bad back and a bum knee. The mother could/would make it as jarring as possible if she had a rider she didn't like, but fortunately, she liked me. I never asked her to do anything she didn't want to :)
Glow in the dark mold? Really! You ought to ask someone about that!
Really, wouldn't you feel silly in a jumping saddle with this horse? Why, he'd smack headlong into the jump before he ever saw it coming!
Good Morning, Hair! Sorry, I got busy last night after I posted my rant and didn't get back to you. That pic you posted of the black horse is exactly what I'm talking about! The rider looks like a passenger, perched up there, and looks like she's very unsecure on his back. I think that is a lovely horse but he looks ridiculous in english tack and the rider is even worse. For the life of me, I don't understand the "english pleasure" class. They are doing the exact same thing as they did in Western Pleasure, but with a different saddle. I think english pleasure should be more of a dressage type competition.
Lovely horses, both, and the appy in english tack doesn't look quite so bad as the black horse in the previous post, but in my opinion, that's not english riding! That's western riding in an english saddle. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with riding western stock type horses english, I just think putting that in competition and not even trying to ride "dressage" is dumb.
Those pictures look nice. The problem in this area is even tho the rules have changed, poll not lower then withers, around here, if there is a horse in the class with a head set lower then the ones like your pictures show, they still win. I went to a show last spring. There were some horses like your pictures, but some that were lower beat them.
Becky
Good morning.
Our ping list has really grown this week:)
ljswise: Welcome, nice art work.
Opening today.
Becky
I couldn't agree more:)
Becky
Good Morning!
I'm glad you agree with me, I thought I was the only one having a problem with the english pleasure stuff. If it's going to be a different class from western pleasure, then they should ride differently, not just wear different clothes and tack.
Good morning all.
That black horse in the picture with his nose dragging the ground is probably being used in multiple events in an AQHA show, including western pleasure, which scores higher for that head position.
Years ago, the judges at AQHA shows started awarding higher points to Quarter Horses with low dragging heads, tall, thin necks, small hooves, big hips, etc. Hence, folks started breeding and training in that direction. For instance, that low head position is accomplished through many hours of round pen training using draw reins.
There are lots of Quarter Horse owners that have decided to go back to the more traditional conformation and training. Several Foundation Quarter Horse associations have sprung up in the past few years. Their rules are towards the more traditional, including grooming (for instance,not clipping the hair from the inside of the ears) and breeding. They must be at least 90% Quarter Horse to qualify for the Foundation registry.
My personal preference is the more traditional foundation style.
We all agree, so how did this fashion come about? ;~D
This little winter schooling show we are going to today will be informative for me, it's been years since I watched one, and it will have lots of different breeds, types and levels of competitor. I'll keep my eye out for trends :~D
Good luck with your shop:')
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