Do You Ride Horses? V.4

[Petlover552]

Andalusians are GORGEOUS!!

[Mustangs]

My sister spend like 30 minutes to get her coat gleaming even if its just to take a simple ride around. Andalusians must look good at all times. XD

[Petlover552]

Very True XD
They are WAY out of mah price range though XD
I have always preffered Mustangs anyway

[Mustangs]

My sister saved her mother from a breeding farm and what do you know a month later she came out. She is almost 3 now. And she rides her mother. My sis shares that mare with my trainer/owner or stable. She takes care of her and rides her while the trainer can use her for lessons. She owns the filly and is training her to lunge now.

[June Bug]

Andalusians~<3
My boy is part Andalusian, but unfortunately is one of those grays that can't go an hour without plastering himself in mud. He still manages to look gorgeous though. xD One of the few horses in my barn that still gets compliments despite being brown in the winter.
-shameless Andie love-<3

The best way I know of getting used to a new horse is just to spend time with him/her and learn the little quirks both in and out of the saddle. The better you know them, the more comfortable you'll be with them. :)

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So, my friend's 3-year-old and the other friend that's been training her had quite a bit of excitement today. And not the good kind. :(
J took Baby out for a ride and everything was going great until Baby spooked. Normally, this isn't a problem, J has always had high-strung horses and spooking usually isn't a huge deal for her, but unfortunately, Baby is quite round right now. The saddle slipped around to her side/belly, which scared her even more and she bolted, dumping J pretty hard in the dirt.
Baby ran a few laps around the ring, but then decided to jump the 4' fence and head for the trees. She would have made it too if the saddle hadn't been on her belly. It caught the fence and poor Baby flipped, landing on her side/hip, breaking the girth (and possibly the saddle). She was really shaken up after that and wouldn't let the girl chasing her catch her so I went to go help (Baby trusts very few people) and she did let me catch her.
Baby has a pretty large, nasty abrasion on her left foreleg and will probably be very sore for a while. J has a concussion and messed up her hip. She's glad she was wearing her helmet. It'll have to be replaced now, but with how hard she hit, she would have been much worse off without it.

On a lighter note, one of my friends finally got the chance to try Granix today. She's been wanting to since I bought him, but she hasn't had the time (she lives 45 minutes away and normally rides at a different barn). Apparently, she wants to steal him from me now. xD He was a little sassy, but she rides a super sassy little mare, so she just laughed whenever the sass came out, haha.

[.Scarlet.]

@june- oh my goodness! Is Baby and your friend alright? That sounds awful!

@gifts
I haven't gotten it yet, but I am getting a Charles Owen show helmet and I'm so very excited! I need a show helmet really bad! I always use our school's show helmet but it doesn't fit me right and is starting to bother me, safety and not fitting me right. And as soon as they open the Dover store near me, my mom and I are going to find me new show clothes! Being super tall, it's very hard to find breeches sometimes. And I outgrew my show coat so I need to find stuff asap! Other than that, nothing really for horses. Since I don't long term lease or have my own.

@Mustangs- well, with ihsa, I get on a horse every show that I have never ridden before. Noo practice, nothing. I can watch him when being ridden in other classes, but that's it. So I understand. It's a little scary, but ask your friend about the horse, give you pointers or things she likes or doesn't like. Be relaxed! Horses can sense when you're scared. Just be focused and calm. I was very scared my first show ihsa, I was stiff as a board! But once I did it, it wasn't so bad after all! Just ask your friend about her, who owns her, can you practice before your class? If you can, that's a huge help! I hope I've helped you some! Good luck!

[Kecko]

Hey! I haven't posted in a while but have a question. I am a Western rider and love to try new things with my horse, Scooby. We used to jump on the trails (yes, I jumped in a Western Saddle but it was small and would not hurt him), cow herd a bit, and now learning how to barrel race, rope, and do some reining. He has a few saddles, two Western (ones too big for him and the other is his Roper), a makeshift Endurance saddle, an Aussie, and a Dressage Saddle. Here is my question, can you jump in a Dressage saddle? Not like a huge jump but just a small jump? He loves to jump and actually can jump a barrel when it's on its side and clear fairly well, but I'm not on him when he does that. Honestly I miss jumping too, but I want to continue riding Western and not have to buy another saddle. Thank you and hopefully this made some sense!

[Mustangs]

Thanks! I just got home from riding her. My sister is a coach in training and I rode her horse. I relaxed and she was so good! I managed a canter ten minutes into that lesson! Practicing the course tomorrow with her before the show! Of course I freaked out because she was taller than my own horse, but all is well.

In conclusion, my sisters Andalusian Tiffany feels slightly better than my mustang x Arabian! I'd say her name, but it's in Chinese. It sound like this:Niou Niou, it seems weird in English. Her Taiwanese name is 妞妞. If anyone speeds Chinese.

[Henry is Bae]

Me and my bug willy

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These horses are great


I'm going to another show yas!!

[Mustangs]

What breed is he?