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[Sadie~Bronson~252]

No, actually, the lead mare decided that she didn't want to be caught, so she took off, taking the whole herd with her. Sam just wanted to follow.

[Kickin' up dirt]

No, actually, the lead mare decided that she didn't want to be caught, so she took off, taking the whole herd with her. Sam just wanted to follow.

Oh I see ^^

I'm going to give Storm a few days before I ride him again,to make sure he's fine.

[Verdana]

Had a very interesting ride today. I was on Mr. Cool, and I could see from the start that he was fresh. He kept grabbing my jersey (it's a game he plays; I'm always quite reluctant to scold him because he's not doing it out of malice and he never actually hurts me) and smacking his head into things. I knew that, ideally, he needed a lunge. Problem was, I had an obstacle in my way. We have two little circular lunging/training rings, surrounded by a wide oval fence. In one of the inner rings was a percheron mare (800 kilos, give or take) and in the outer ring were the other two. And they want to escape and see the world. So I decided to ride Mr. Cool through the freshness.

Bad move.

I got on, walked towards the dressage ring. He saw something, leapt into the air (I'm talking all four feet off the ground - weirdest sensation ever), landed, reared and tried to run. Much scolding from my instructor ensued. She made me get off and fight the percherons off of the gate to lunge him herself. (Note to the like-minded: While it is advisable to stand still when horses are bolting in a field, when those two horses are 800 kilo percheron babies with limited moving space, you get out of there fast)

Anyway, when that was done we had a very nice lesson. He's learning to strike off correctly in the canter, his canter and trot are much more balanced, I can give him sorta-proper aids now, and he's coming along beautifully. My guess is that in six months or so he'll be the pony that every kid wants to ride.

[MustangKnight]

Rode Merrylegs Tuesday,Whenever he gets lazy and needs a tap,He does a kick out! I think he forgot Im over 5ft and not a begginer!

my old horse did that!! it was funnn

i wish i had him back

[Erille]

School starts next week. I'm going to be so sad when I can't ask my mom to take me riding in the middle of the week because I have homework. I am looking forward to lessons, though. I'm taking them when it cools down which might take a month or two.

Sort of off topic, I love Texas but the heat kills me. I really love Colorado so I would love to live their one day. The mountains would be awesome for trail rides. I took a trail ride in Montana and it was really fun. But there was this one lady who I''m sure had never touched a horse in her life. She made it go like two miles an hour and slowed down the group. Then when it trotted to keep up with the others she screamed like it had starting galloping.
Then half-way up a mountain with a two foot wide trail she kept on whining how she wanted to go back. All the while her daughter's trying to pretend like she doesn't know her.

[ariel.]

So I'm very sick, and I haven't been able to go outside to visit my horses in their stalls/paddocks. Although some day I have no choice but to go outside and see them. Well actually just one of my horses; Summit. A six year old, dark bay, TB - QH cross.

We saved him from slaughter a few years ago. I'm the one who helped get his health back up, rehabilitated him, re-trained him, got him to trust people and so on. He's been attached to me at the hip ever since. My brother was saying that the days I don't go out and see Summit, that he gets very anxious and restless.

It's cute, but I feel so bad for him cause some days I can barely get out of bed. I don't know what I'm going to do when I go off the island for University/College. Last year when we went on a vacation for a couple weeks to Florida, we had my cousins go feed turn in/out the horses, and exercise them. Although within that time, Summit got too anxious and restless. He broke a fence, and started going back to his old shy and un-trusting self. Like when we first got him.

He's just so sweet, loyal, understanding, and nice to everyone, I hate seeing him distressed. I love him so much, he's gotten me through everything. But I'm scared that he's getting too attached to me. Is that even possible?

I've been around horses since I was five, so that makes thirteen years. I've been showing for ten years, and training for three. We have nine horses, and we've had more in the past, but I've never been around a horse that's been like him. Except for my first horse, Texas. But even he wasn't that bad.

Is there any way to get a horse "less attached"? I'm just very scared for his safety.

[Hanoverian]

Erille: Silly trail lady. You do realize that a lot of the people that go on trail rides have never ridden before, right? :p

Heart: Awesome that you saved him! I'm not really sure how to get him less attached, though. Is is possible to take him to the college if they have a barn, or board him somewhere near there so you can visit? You could also try getting him a "pet" burro, goat, or mini.

[Erille]

Yeah. Half of those people on trail rides haven't ridden before. The place we went to wasn't very good though. Their horses were really restless and whenever I loosened my grip a little on the reins, my horse started to eat and it took me forever to get his head up.

[simply,]

Taking this week off from riding since I am having to dive head first into school. I am getting a lot of homework and everything and have not had time to plan a lesson. Hopefully I can ride next week. I need to ride! My muscles feel stiff and I know after a good riding lesson they with be screaming in pain. Me and my friends are planning a hack! Squeal! It is going to be our last hack at our old barn and a chance to say good bye to our favorite horses. It is going to be a bareback hack so I am going to ride Replay. I would ride Midnight but he has a withers and a bouncy trot, really bouncy. Where Replay on the other hand does not have a huge withers and has a trot that feels like your sitting on a freakin' cloud. The only trouble with her is that she has a hard mouth and likes to go bellow the bit. She is a chubby girl too so her fat and rough downwards transitions make you feel like you are going to bounce off. Other then that she is an angel! Excluding her bratty mareness that gets in the way a lot of the time. My friend will ride the Paint Horse, Saddlebred cross who she has been riding for like the past two years. They know each other inside and out. My other friend, if she comes, will ride a forward Hanoverian cross with raw talent and fire running though his veins. He is a great horse, but a tad crazy. You could seroiusly lunge him for two hours straight and he would still want to gallop like he was fresh. He never tiers and it is quite annoying. He also likes to bash his head up against everything. I could go on about every horse in the barn for hours and I am kind of sad that I am leaving them. I wonder what will happen to them next.

[itsdemonnxoxo]

Went to my new riding class today.The teachers are so nice and awesome.The person who was gonna teach me got on his pretty Show Hack Midnight and he jumped him.He looked so pretty out there.He has some long long legs on that horse.