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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
See our who's who page! ^

Posted on 03/21/2005 7:18:04 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

*New* 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 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 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

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!


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KEYWORDS: ponyporn; saddleclub
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I think it's cool to pics that show where everyone is! I'd love to poke around in that old barn!

I hope the lady does alright on the ride Monday... He's a cool looking POA. The palomino is also really pretty. Is this the place where you were concerned about the POAs? I remember that there was a story, but can't remember what the story was.


5,721 posted on 05/28/2005 6:30:08 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah, this is the lady who bought the mare and a weanling, neither broke to do anything, and she had never rode. The barn that sold them to her said they would help her break them. I'm not sure what happened but she is not getting help from them. The mare was breed back, and now has another baby. Her and her baby are in a differnt pen that you can't see from the road. She is spotted like the one in thepicture but her spots are palomino colored. I've been told the baby is just like her.

I'd like to see the inside of that old barn too. The "new" barn, I've been told is 75 years old. I have no idea how old the old one is. I was also told that this place was once a hog farm.

Becky


5,722 posted on 05/28/2005 6:36:01 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Don't be afraid to try: Remember, the ark was built by amateur's, and the Titanic by professionals.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

So has she ridden this new one at all?


5,723 posted on 05/28/2005 6:40:06 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
petraglyphs - the indian drawing/writing on rocks.

Bob is going to ride endurance with my DIL this year, at least he's going to try. I don't know if he's going to try any 50's though.

5,724 posted on 05/28/2005 6:44:30 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Well she has tried. I get my info from Beth. Beth says Stephanie, the owner, has trouble getting the horse to move. Beth got on it once and finally just really whipped him and now he goes good for her, but Stephanie is afraid to get tough. She just doesn't have enough experience to deal with what sounds like a smart stubbon horse.

The mare and the yearling are real brats according to Beth. They bite and kick. Beth said Stephanie won't hardly get in the pen with them. It's really a sad situation, but she refuses to sell and get something more suitable for her. She loves them. I just can't imagine why she thinks she could go on this ride, if everything Beth says is true. Beth does exaggerate sometimes:). It will be interesting.

Becky


5,725 posted on 05/28/2005 6:45:50 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Don't be afraid to try: Remember, the ark was built by amateur's, and the Titanic by professionals.)
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To: Duchess47

Well I think that is really cool. Tell him good luck and that I'll be rooting for him, and keep us posted on his progress:)

Becky


5,726 posted on 05/28/2005 6:47:31 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Don't be afraid to try: Remember, the ark was built by amateur's, and the Titanic by professionals.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

oh dear...


5,727 posted on 05/28/2005 6:48:07 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

In that area, it's like they are on all the rocks just about. I couldn't get very good pictures of them because my camera won't zoom in close enough.


5,728 posted on 05/28/2005 6:48:42 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Oh I like these - your town reminds me of Yerington, an old farming town near here. I love the parking that way (I don't doe paralell very well).

The POA's are nice looking, anxious to hear how the ride goes.

5,729 posted on 05/28/2005 6:53:43 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I look at old building like that and right away imagine all sorts of treasures in them :) I love seeing the pictures so keep posting them.


5,730 posted on 05/28/2005 6:56:37 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Oh I will :) - his first one will be the 11th of June and DIL can't go to that one, she has to work. It's close by though and she will come over the night before and go with him to get the horse vetted in and sign up.


5,731 posted on 05/28/2005 6:59:35 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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That's exactly what Bixby is a farm town. All the signs that welcome people to along the roads say "Bixby, the garden spot of OK"

We have several of the old fashioned vegtable/produce stores in town. They grow most of the stuff around town. It's pretty neat.

Becky


5,732 posted on 05/28/2005 7:06:44 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Don't be afraid to try: Remember, the ark was built by amateur's, and the Titanic by professionals.)
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To: Duchess47

You live in an incredible place.

My parents are traveling right now, they are in route to Las Vegas and just went through Flagstaff. They were at an RV park spending the night when my mother called me then immediately hung up before I could answer. I called her back, no answer. She then called me back about 30 minutes later, really shaken up. When she was calling me, my dad started yelling at her to come outside. There was a crowd of people surrounding a pickup truck, the ambulance and police were on the way. What happened was, 2 pickup trucks loaded with kids in the back were horseplaying, throwing water balloons at each other with the trucks moving. A little girl fell out. The ambulance got there and got the girl inside. A few minutes later, the paramedic gets out and gives the crowd a thumbs down. The little girl was dead. She was in the 8th grade.


5,733 posted on 05/28/2005 7:12:26 PM PDT by tuffydoodle
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I love your town. Nothing like small town living.


5,734 posted on 05/28/2005 7:13:12 PM PDT by tuffydoodle
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To: Duchess47

Oh, June 11 we'll be at our clinic in TX, busy weekend.

How many miles will he go?

Becky


5,735 posted on 05/28/2005 7:13:40 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain (Don't be afraid to try: Remember, the ark was built by amateur's, and the Titanic by professionals.)
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To: tuffydoodle

Oh Lord, how awful. People just don't stop to think sometimes. What a tragedy for everyone.


5,736 posted on 05/28/2005 7:14:44 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Duchess47

People take chances with their kids lives that never ceases to amaze me. My mom and dad were really shaken up. That girl must have had one heck of a head injury to be pronouced dead so quickly.


5,737 posted on 05/28/2005 7:17:00 PM PDT by tuffydoodle
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To: tuffydoodle

How sad.


5,738 posted on 05/28/2005 7:18:16 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

It looks like a really neat place to live.


5,739 posted on 05/28/2005 7:19:08 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

The 11th will be a 25mile ride. Boy :) our thread is going to be full of pictures that weekend won't it? I'll be looking forward to them.


5,740 posted on 05/28/2005 7:20:33 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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