Getting Educated--Western Riding List Serves?
Eileen Morgan
place to expand my knowledge. Just finished my "and these are my QH's
posts." Gosh, I've had quite a few, haven't I?
Madam, Doc, Delilah, Moonlight; one with full papers, one appendix, two
non-papered but very obviously QH.
Then I have the two QH x's, Belles and Moonlight.
I've also had TB's--Rolliflex, Calliope, and Dancer.
Anyhow. Anyone have suggestions for other more Western based
discussions? Improve my education a bit?
Eileen Morgan
The Mare's Nest (PA)
http://www.themaresnest.com
LandShark
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> Anyhow. Anyone have suggestions for other more Western based
> discussions? Improve my education a bit?
>
> Eileen Morgan
> The Mare's Nest (PA)http://www.themaresnest.com
Sorry. I'm no help here.
Ruth W.
JC Dill
> OK, so I just joined a QH list serve, figuring that would be a good
> place to expand my knowledge. Just finished my "and these are my QH's
> posts." Gosh, I've had quite a few, haven't I?
>
> Madam, Doc, Delilah, Moonlight; one with full papers, one appendix, two
> non-papered but very obviously QH.
>
> Then I have the two QH x's, Belles and Moonlight.
You mean Belles and Rain, right?
> Anyhow. Anyone have suggestions for other more Western based
> discussions? Improve my education a bit?
The Western Horseman magazine has a forum - it may be similar to CotH:
http://forums.westernhorseman.com/
Also, look around on Yahoo Groups for a forum on reining or cutting or
working cow horses.
In my time as an equine photographer I've found that most horse owners
who don't "do email" or "have internet access" also happen to ride
western[1], so there may not be as many western theme forums (or they
may not be as busy) as english themed forums.
jc
[1] Western riders seem to be slower to take on new technologies and
trends. They usually prefer "older" style music (e.g. country/western
or classic rock, not rap or hip-hop), prefer older technology (phone
over email), etc. Of course, there are exceptions, and sometimes they
are on the cutting edge (bling). At the last Horse Expo I attended (a
few years ago) I was struck that they were still selling western themed
video tapes (sometimes with DVDs as well) when the non-western themed
tapes had all moved on to DVD and were no longer offered on video.
Joyce Reynolds-Ward
wrote:
>OK, so I just joined a QH list serve, figuring that would be a good
>place to expand my knowledge. Just finished my "and these are my QH's
>posts." Gosh, I've had quite a few, haven't I?
>
>Madam, Doc, Delilah, Moonlight; one with full papers, one appendix, two
>non-papered but very obviously QH.
>
>Then I have the two QH x's, Belles and Moonlight.
>
>I've also had TB's--Rolliflex, Calliope, and Dancer.
>
>Anyhow. Anyone have suggestions for other more Western based
>discussions? Improve my education a bit?
All of my suggestions are web sites.
Mugwump Chronicles. Web-based, but she's very good. Not sure
of the exact address, and she's a former reined-cowhorse trainer who's
questioning the world of competition. You'd like Mugwump. I
recommend the Sonita stories for you--a true picture of a challenging
red QH mare in action!
Brown-Eyed Cowgirls--another web site. Heavier on some of the
gadgets, but they do breeding and barrel racing, very much a ranch
perspective--you can drool over this year's baby. Lots of interesting
links on the side. Interesting discussions at times about bloodlines,
especially old time ranch bloodlines, and nuances of barrel horse
training.
Mr. Rottens Neighborhood--another web site, trainer, knows what he's
talking about.
Life in the Rough String--this lady is doing the five year program
with Mike Bridges, works with wild horses, and is out on a ranch about
300-400 miles from where I live. Genuine buckaroo or should I say
buckarina/buckarette?
That's the best of the lot that I've found so far.
jrw
Joyce Reynolds-Ward
wrote:
>Eileen Morgan wrote:
>> OK, so I just joined a QH list serve, figuring that would be a good
>> place to expand my knowledge. Just finished my "and these are my QH's
>> posts." Gosh, I've had quite a few, haven't I?
>>
>> Madam, Doc, Delilah, Moonlight; one with full papers, one appendix, two
>> non-papered but very obviously QH.
>>
>> Then I have the two QH x's, Belles and Moonlight.
>
>You mean Belles and Rain, right?
>
>> Anyhow. Anyone have suggestions for other more Western based
>> discussions? Improve my education a bit?
>
>The Western Horseman magazine has a forum - it may be similar to CotH:
>
>http://forums.westernhorseman.com/
Just a note of caution--IMO, WH has been going downhill. For
magazines, it's well worth checking out Juli Thorson's Horse
Talk--you'll get some Horse and Rider discussion as well.
jrw
Dawn J-L
> On Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:48:00 -0400, Eileen Morgan <eg...@ptd.net>
> wrote:
>
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> >Anyhow. Anyone have suggestions for other more Western based
> >discussions? Improve my education a bit?
>
> All of my suggestions are web sites.
> Brown-Eyed Cowgirls (snip)
>
> Mr. Rottens Neighborhood--another web site, trainer, knows what he's
> talking about.
>
> Life in the Rough String--this lady is doing the five year program
> with Mike Bridges,
Oh, Mike Bridges. I've encountered articles about him in various
places. Cool to be reminded.
>
> That's the best of the lot that I've found so far.
>
> jrw
Hey Joyce,
Thanks for these. Mugwump I read from time to time, but these others
look great, too
*This* is one of the reasons why I still like the wreck.
--Dawn JL
betsey
www.delphiforums.com has some...but i warn you....it can be rough!
cindi
> Life in the Rough String--this lady is doing the five year program
> with Mike Bridges, works with wild horses, and is out on a ranch about
> 300-400 miles from where I live. Genuine buckaroo or should I say
> buckarina/buckarette?
Thanks for that! The sole person who came to look at Scarlett was a
gal doing that five year project with Mike Bridges whose horse had
come up lame. She liked her but I did not hear back. I was totally
bummed - she was a super nice lady and that would have been a great
home. I was surprised that she wasn't more put off by the training
she was in but she told Dylan he was a very good trainer and that she
was very impressed with the work he'd done on her. I watched some
Martin Black stuff last night - it's not that different, the bridle
horse world and the show cowhorse world for the first couple months at
least. But then suddenly the show horse world has them in curb bits
doing rollbacks and spins as fast as they possibly can, whereas in the
bridle horse world they are still taking their time and doing more
real life work and still in the snaffle.
cindi
Ponai Mahone
> Anyhow. Anyone have suggestions for other more Western based discussions?
> Improve my education a bit?
When I was looking for my saddle, and subsequently seeking information on
Western saddles, I found the Eclectic Horseman to be an interesting source
of information.
http://www.eclectic-horseman.com/content/section/4/33/
They have quite a good selection of on line articles. There is a forum, but
it is beyond my experience.
Cheers, Deb