Do You Ride Horses? V.4

[June Bug]

@ June Bug: poor Baby Granix....no fun when your horse is hurt, great that the friend was at the stable and could help you! im not sure if you have this but betaisodona
betadine( providone iodine) or later zinc ointment but to keep it save from mud you could put on a thick layer of Vaseline?

Great that Hope does so well and you could ride her, hope that you can rub this the other Girl one day in the face when you ride her in front of her. Do you think that you can ride her sometimes in a Show in the future? It sounds as if you work well together^^

Awww i so like Midas, do you want to send him over...i love good horses who are
bitches to handle^^ with time when you ride such horses you learn tricks to get them softer and easy to handle.... but i understand for all the time i also would not like to have such a horse, but maybe two times a year or so^^ to learn new tricks for the own horse....
may i ask what you mean with heavy, head heavy or does he only pull a lot or does he bite on the bit and does keep you from giving him direction?
Horses who know how to bite the bit are sometimes clever as hell and did learn how to get out of to hard work with tricks like this and only do so much as absolutely needed.
Maybe they did not kick him out because of his nice movements? or something else, hey maybe he was an old champion^^
But the ride did not Sound like fun for you, hope you feel bether now, and then i hope for you that you dont have to rid him again :)

please tell how Granix is, hope he is well soon!

I've been using Biozide on it which worked really well when he had that nasty gash on his shoulder last year. I used a betadine scrub to clean it out initially though.

My barn is holding a dressage show this weekend and I had originally entered to compete with Granix, but when he hurt himself, I requested to simply switch to her. Sadly though, we had more people send in entry forms than we have time for, so since I sent mine in a bit late, I didn't get in. I definitely want to show her some time this year though!

I'm sure my barn would sell him to you cheap, haha.
I do like riding horses that exorcise those skills, but not quite to that extent. I'd ride him again if I had to, but I wouldn't be happy about it.
All of the above. The type of heavy we usually deal with at my barn is the type that leans on the bit, but Midas is a weird combination of all of it. He leans, pulls, and takes the bit and runs. Fortunately, he does listen to leg somewhat decently, so steering and transitions are doable.
I think right now, the only reason he's there is because one of our trainers really likes him even though she only has one or two students she can put on him. He came from auction so we have no knowledge of his past.

[Nocte Luna]

Well, I finally got my act together! I got some clips of me riding together and finally made a little video. If you'd like to watch it, I would appreciate some critique on my riding. Here is where to go watch it. And these are all clips from various lessons, some are as old as a year although the majority have been filmed in the past month.

[Tsar]

@Tanka:
It was really hot today, so I didn't ride him a whole lot. But when I cantered him, he didn't buck. Maybe Tanka has finally been cured of his obsession for bucking.

[Hime]

@Luzien: I did play with World Fengur indeed(it's super addicting lol), though I'm pretty good at figuring out possible foal colors based on the parents' and grandparents' colors myself. Chestnut+chestnut unfortunately always gives you chestnut, but I'm secretly hoping Heta or the sire has 'hidden' splash white and just maybe I get some loud white marks. c;
In hand breedings as the stallion is a competition horse as well, so it's to minimize risks. Though based on what the owner said he'd be smart enough not to even try breeding with the mare unless the mare was ready. He can also tell by sound of the hooves hitting the stable floor, if the mare has shoes on the hind feet or not, and only shows interest to those who don't have the shoes. XD So he's seriously a super smart guy. He's 9 years old at the moment. ^^

Tý's sire most likely is owned by the new person, but the paper work is not done, which may or may not be because the person hasn't paid him fully yet... Not sure though, but it would seem at least the new owner handles all the decision concerning the stallion.

The leg wrap is brilliant idea, since I have set of black and blue wraps. We actually have a mirror on the long side, but we usually go past it so fast I have hard time checking how the legs go. Like I'd have to figure it out in one-two strides and that I can't do. Then on the other side it's kinda far so can't see... >_< But maybe if I wrapped the legs it'd be easier to spot...

Urgh, I know, especially with the older horses they sometimes get papers only when they are exported and then I highly doubt all breeders remember the parents and lines correctly. I know one pair of mares had their papers mixed up when arriving from Iceland, and it took year or two for the people to actually notice that... I'm not sure how that was even possible, considering microchips and I think the mares were different color too. >_<

@June: Oh no, hopefully Granix heals up quick. Really nice of the guy to offer patch it up a little, it should definetly help the cut heal faster. ^^
But yay, you got to ride baby Hope. I recently got to see one boarder get on their young horse for the very first time, even though it was just walking. First she was super nervous, but then little later all smiles. c:
Midas kinda sounds like he might need his mouth and bit checked, and large amount of re-training. XD Has anyone been brave enough to try him out on bitless? Though with Heta, bitless is not the best option as she just leans on the noseband. : P
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I ended up doing little detective work on Heta's mystery sire after all. I checked other stallions used on the same area and year Heta was born in(I seriously love World Fengur sometimes), luckily it seems there are only 4 possible candidates, with 2 being only used for one mare each so they are less likely options. Sucky part: they are all dead and I think only one had DNA taken. >_< If we get lucky the one with DNA sample is the one, if not... Well, not sure, maybe it'll remain as a mystery and I'll end up with nearly pedigree-less horse. There are also couple other stallions used on the neighbor area, so might have been one of those too...

Heta got bred the first time today, so it was definetly good idea to take her there yesterday already. I'll probably get to pick her up on the weekend or Monday, if everything goes as usual. Then ultra-sound would be the end of the month/first days of July. ^^

[kathwren]

howdy! I've chatted here but never stayed lol
i have a thoroughbred mare who is coming to my barn on the 17th, i'm super exvited.
she's my first horse, but ive leased and stuff before.
i've never done hunters before, but she'll make a lovely 2'6 hunter with work!
i'm showing her in wtc classes this year and then next year 2'-2'3.

[ξƞçɧαƞtєđ]

June Bug: Horses are able to hurt themselves in a room filled with bubble wrap. Do you know how he might have cut his leg or was he just being stupid in the pasture? I'm glad the cut wasn't as serious as it could have been by the way you made it sound and it's hardly a coincidence that a surgeon happened to be at the barn at that exact moment- you are very lucky! As for little miss Baby Hope, she sounds like a love and her personality makes me want to meet her so! I would love to see pictures- of all three of the horses you mentioned as this Midas character interests me as he reminds me of a gelding I used to ride who just refused to believe your ideas of where to go were better than his ideas of where to go. XD He was a good horse though, but gosh he gave me headaches!

Hime: I am so happy to hear about baby number two! Out of interest, does Heta and Ty have show names and if they do, what are they? I am awfully curious.

thoroughbred,: Congrats on the new four-legged family member! I miss working with the thoroughbreds I helped rehabilitate in NY. Pictures are requested!

Luzien: I've had two good days at work and got my paycheck too, so in the last two days, I've made well over $120, though $48 of that went towards two bags of grain and five bags of shavings (two of which are already used X'D- I have such sloppy stall babies) lol.

Oh no- I am far from able to afford to travel to the Belmont track. XD If I had gone- I would have flooded this topic with pictures by now. lol I only watched it through my TV screen, but I was cheering as loudly as if I was there. But I agree with you that racehorses now are nothing near of what they used to be back then. What I wouldn't give to meet some of those famous faces!

I do have baby oil- I'll definitely try that. But no, no scars and no blood, she just has random patches of missing hair parallel on both sides of her chest, lower neck, and rump- which leads me to believe Mr. Willy is the culprit. It's starting to grow back, but I'll definitely try the baby oil and hopefully she'll look like her usual curly gorgeous princess donkey self again. XD

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Heading for work now- so updates will need to come later. XD

[BlingBling]

guess which two babes I saw romping around on my way to the barn? They were having the grandest ol' time running along the fence x3



If you know who they are and where they're at stud, you get brownie points! c;

AND IN OTHER NEWS...

Anyone want a two-time derby winner? She's a stallion!! Great deal I'd say c;

[ξƞçɧαƞtєđ]

AnkhaCrossing: You saw American Pharaoh and his Daddy! Extremely jealous. XD

Haha, I just love those adds. I once saw a llama for sale on craigslist advertised as a 14hh riding pony...it makes you wonder about some people. But that add could seriously get the poster in trouble for false advertising and scamming. But that's not really good selling tactics to begin with- "am willing to negotiate if buyer is attractive"...XD I am disheartened that that craigslist add is centered in a city in my state- I feel as if I just lost a few IQ points reading that add. lol

[BlingBling]

AnkhaCrossing: You saw American Pharaoh and his Daddy! Extremely jealous. XD

Not quite! Pharoah is still at Churchill (sadly, I want my pics :U) and Pioneer doesn't have the socks c; (I think he has a star too? Don't remember). Did see Pioneer though a few days ago just chillin' at Winstar <3

Craigslist is great for a good few laughs but around here I see a lot of big lick and want to rescue em' ;n;

[ξƞçɧαƞtєđ]

AnkhaCrossing: *facepalm*...you're right. XD My bad. lol

I know what you mean- there's a bunch of people with adds all over the place that clearly don't know how to properly train or care for a horse. My next horse is definitely going to be either a slaughterhouse rescue or a foal born to one of those PMU )I think that's the abbreviation for it...?) mares- basically the mares who are bred over and over again in factories just so their rich urine can be collected for make-up products- which is sick in my opinion. Most of those foals are sold to slaughter, so that is definitely on my bucket list.