by landofmakebelieve » Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:53 am
Username: --- I just saved the day
Stallion's Name: --- Challenger
His back-story: --- Challenger is an ex calf roper. He was born at Three Creeks Farms, then sold to a teenage girl who devoted her spare time to training him. He won small town shows, county shows, state shows and eventually was going to go to The Calgary Stampede, when his owner got into a car accident and wasn't able to ride. He was then retired to stud, but spent most of his days grazing in the feilds, gaining weight. One day the girl's father couldn't afford to keep him, as he was making no money, so he decided to sell him. He was then sold to a breeding farm where he sired many beautiful and sucessful colts and fillies. From there, he was sold to a riding stable to give lessons for small children, and also to compete with a 13 year old girl who leased him in the summer. At one of their competitions, Challenger ticked every jump, as he was not a jumper, but a barrel raceer. That night after the show, the girl beat him. She whipped him until there was blood gushing from his wounds, then left him in an abandoned barn and told her parents he ran away. And so, GL found him, and took him in.
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hello, bonjour
please call me believe
herro der mes amis, i am believe. proud canadian, ottb loving, colt breaking, nfr dreaming. pictured on the left is my racetrack reject, landofmakebelieve, aka molly, moo, shmoo, whatever name comes to mind x] molly is a 10 year old canadian bred thoroughbred mare, and standing at about 16.2hh, we look a little wonky when we chase cans, but la dee da that's alright. molly and i tried several disciplines. i tried desperately to get her to catch on to dressage, but unfortunately, she still has the race bred mind and is all go. however, together we found a discipline which we could both enjoy; western gaming. this summer we started travelling to barrel races locally. our current record on a standard size pattern is 17.314 and we are improving with every run. and to all the low budget barrel racers out there such as myself, a word of advise; chin up darling. you may not have a million dollar mount under your butt, but you and your crossbred, rejected, hard headed, rescue baby can do it. you know why? cause those girls sitting in their custom circle y's, upon shiny, top of the line mounts are full of themselves. they think there's no way they can lose. they get cocky. stay humble, believe in yourself, in your horse, and most importantly ride your little heart out.