Your horses!
BC
hope it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
1) How many horses do you own?
One
2)What are their names?
Jacko aka Strawberry Jack
3)Breed?
Welsh D
4)Colour?
Strawberry roan, flaxen mane and tail(when clean!)
5)Height?
14.1HH
6)Age?
16yrs
7)Horses sex?
Gelding
8)how long have you owned them?
5yrs but been riding him since he was 5.
9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Hacking, pub rides!!! local show and fun ride.
10)Best moment with your horse?
Doing a 14 mile fun ride last September in 1hr 35mins without my legs
touching his sides and faster than anyone else!
11)Worst moment?
waiting for the vet to arrive after visiting my horse one morning to
find he was so lame he couldn't walk and had gone into shock.
12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Rearing and leaping at the same time when napping
13)Favourite thing?
Bum scratches!
14)what age did you start riding?
12
15)Your horsey goal in life?
To have a house with land so I can look out of my bedroom window every
morning and see my pony!! (always dreampt of this since reading the
'Jinny' books.)
16)Favourite horsey item?
My stubbs long handled poop scooper. Boring but really useful.
17)Where do you keep you horse?
At a small DIY livery 3miles(10mins) from my house.
18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Lives out all year
19)Why do you love horses?
Because they trust us so much and the feeling when galloping is amazing!
20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Winter £90max Summer £65ish (not including insurance, vacinations or
equine dentist)
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Catkins
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> Thought I would start one of those daft surveys that go round, in the
> hope it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
>
> 1) How many horses do you own?
> One
>
> 2)What are their names?
> 3)Breed?
TBx Irish>
> 4)Colour?
Rose grey in summer
> 5)Height?
guesstimate at 16.3>
> 6)Age?
4 this time>
> 7)Horses sex?
filly>
> 8)how long have you owned them?
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
> Hacking, pub rides!!! local show and fun ride.
> will be doing the above and pretending to be a dressige queen :-))
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
Hacking her out for a friend this winter as a 3 yo and finding out what a
naturally, beautifully balanced, and comfy ride she was, even though she is
not that 'pretty'
> 11)Worst moment?
Withdrawing the money from my account to pay for her, like BC's horse, I
went into shock :-0
>
> 12)Worst habit
Jury still out>
> 13)Favourite thing?
scratches in girth area, brings on a' mutual grooming 'response
> 14)what age did you start riding?
> 8
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
> To have a house with land so I can look out of my bedroom window every
> morning and see my pony!! (always dreampt of this since reading the
> 'Jinny' books.)
Ditto!
>
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
My new trailer, HB510 (smug grin:-)
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
ATM with friend that I bought her off.
>
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
lived out most of winter, rugged.
> > 19)Why do you love horses?
That feeling when your on top and everything is going well
>
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Can't answer this as hubby may see <_ 0
<
>
Jill.
>> 8)how long have you owned them?
> about 4 days :-)))>
WOAH !!!!
Congratulations
piccies??
sounds lovely
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Sue K
> hope it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
>
> 1) How many horses do you own?
Personally, 5. With the Charity pones, 16 1/2!!
> 2)What are their names?
Harry, Lacey, Beka, Tilly, Bertie, and too many to list!
> 3)Breed?
4 New Forests and a Shetland
>
> 4)Colour?
3 x bay, 1 x dark brown and a cream dun.
> 5)Height?
36" - 14hh mixed.
>
> 6)Age?
2 x rising 6, 3 x rising 3.
>
> 7)Horses sex?
1 mare, 2 fillies and 2 geldings.
> 8)how long have you owned them?
Had the older ones since they were 4-6 months in 1999, the fillies were home
bred in 2002 and the Shet came 18 months ago.
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Carrot chasing and poo picking!! (They are wicked with a wheelbarrow!!!)
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
Watching Tilly being born.
> 11)Worst moment?
Finding out Tilly was Dysmature and nearly losing her and Lacey as a result
of shite vets when she was born....
>
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Not a habit, but they are bolshy, stubborn buggers sometimes.
>
> 13)Favourite thing?
Anything resembling food
> 14)what age did you start riding?
8
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
It's gotta be the house with land and horses at home thing (Isnt that what
all horse owners want??!!)
>
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
My saddles, but only cos they are still new and clean and shiny and dont
smell of manky pone! :-)
.
>
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
At the Charity fields.
>
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Out 24/7, rugged if required.
> 19)Why do you love horses?
I love my horses because they are all related to my very first pony, Burley.
We found them whilst tracing his registration papers a few years back, and
the fillies sire was a relative too, so they are all my little family.
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Too darn much, but I luv 'em!
Sue
Caroline
<B...@fake.com> writes
>Thought I would start one of those daft surveys that go round, in the
>hope it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
>
>1) How many horses do you own?
>
>2)What are their names?
Virtuoso, normally shortened to Oso.
>
>3)Breed?
Danish Warmblood
>
>4)Colour?
Very dark brown, looks black unless he's been in the sun!
>
>5)Height?
Just under 17hh at a guess.
>
>6)Age?
3 years 11 months (exactly!)
>
>7)Horses sex?
Gelding
>
>8)how long have you owned them?
>
>9)What activities do you do with your horse?
flatwork with Theresa and jumping and hacking with Sam, though Theresa's
given Sam a few flatwork lessons on him and they're doing a prelim test
together next weekend.
>
>10)Best moment with your horse?
before and had a huge grin on my face.
>
>11)Worst moment?
Falling off him 30 seconds later and dislocating my sacro-iliac joint.
>
>12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Chewing his reins, though we've nearly persuaded him that's not a good
idea now.
>
>13)Favourite thing?
Being scratched behind his ears - if he's in the mood, he'll drop his
head lower and lower and wiggle forward so you work your way up the
crest of his neck under his mane, it's very sweet.
>
>14)what age did you start riding?
>
>15)Your horsey goal in life?
>
>16)Favourite horsey item?
The cheap stable rug I bought off eBay - £27 and it's proved virtually
indestructible!
>
>17)Where do you keep you horse?
>
>18)Is your horse stabled or out?
>
>19)Why do you love horses?
>
>20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
--
Caroline
"Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive." - Josephine Hart.
http://www.arpeggio.demon.co.uk
Pamela Cook
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>
> "BC" <B...@fake.com> wrote in message
> news:xiB2e.24939$ME3....@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
> > Thought I would start one of those daft surveys that go round, in the
> > hope it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
> >
> > 1) How many horses do you own?
> > One
> >
> > 2)What are their names?
> > 3)Breed?
> TBx Irish>
> > 4)Colour?
> dark bay> >
5)Height?
> g16.2 >
6)Age?
10> >
7)Horses sex?
> mare
> > 8)how long have you owned them?
> > 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
>
> > > 10)Best moment with your horse?
forward at the same time!!!!
> > > 11)Worst moment?
When she got azatoria (?)
>> > 12)Worst habit
> thinking she can't do what we're asking, or pretending she doesn't know
what we're asking !!
> > 13)Favourite thing?
>Scratching round head when shes all hot and sweaty> > 14)what age did you
start riding?
> > 7
> > 15)Your horsey goal in life?
> >
> > 16)Favourite horsey item?
my new (ish) clippers
> > > 17)Where do you keep you horse?
> > 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
stays out .
> > > 19)Why do you love horses?
> > 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
>
Hard food £20
> lessons £60
make own hay and have a livery to off-set cost.... he pays £60 per 4
weeks also vaccinations etc and entry fees, fuel, equipment OH GOSH
will have to stop...scary
<
> >
>
>
Ally Clelland
> 1) How many horses do you own?
>
> 2)What are their names?
Bree & Dasc
>
> 3)Breed?
Appaloosa & arab
>
> 4)Colour?
Bay near leopard, grey
>
> 5)Height?
16.1 & 15hh
>
> 6)Age?
rising 3 and 12
>
> 7)Horses sex?
filly & gelding
>
> 8)how long have you owned them?
>
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
>
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
>
> 11)Worst moment?
lets not go there.... There have been too many...
>
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Bree - attacking the vet.
Dasc - refusing to load & spooking
>
> 13)Favourite thing?
cuddles! both of them!
>
> 14)what age did you start riding?
>
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
on one of my own.
>
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
Dasc's kieffer bridle.
>
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
>
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
>
> 19)Why do you love horses?
>
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Esther Young
> 1) How many horses do you own?
Between us, we own 4 and loan 2.
> 2)What are their names?
Harry, Lulu, Toby, Oliver, Joe and Spider
> 3)Breed?
2 arabs, 2 TBs, and 2 pones of shetland origin.
> 4)Colour?
One bright bay, one dark bay, one chestnut, one skewbald and 2 greys.
> 5)Height?
1x16hand, 3x15.2 and 2x10.2
> 6)Age?
1xAncient, 2x19, 1x14, 1x8 & 1x4.
> 7)Horses sex?
5xGelding and one mare.
> 8)how long have you owned them?
I've know Harry since he was 4 and owned him since he was 8 - he's now 19.
Oliver and Spider we've had a year. Kezza's had Joe about 6 years. Toby
we've had 2 years.
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Long distance riding, competitive endurance, long distance trails, general
hacking. That's as well as flatwork and schooling.
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
I wouldn't be able to pick one. There have been so many.
> 11)Worst moment?
Losing my last mare.
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
None of them are particularly good at being stabled - that's why we've got
them.
> 13)Favourite thing?
Just watching them in the field. Or climbing to the top of a huge hill and
being able to see for miles from the back of my horse.
> 14)what age did you start riding?
15, properly.
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
To keep the neds happy and healthy. If money was no object we'd like to live
somewhere in the middle of nowhere with the neds.
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
My new trailer.
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
2 on my own land, 4 on rented grazing down the road.
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
They all live out all year
> 19)Why do you love horses?
They're so wise. And they make me laugh. You couldn't ask for better
companions.
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
I don't add it up very often cos it scares me.
Cheers
Esther
Nikki Overton
>>
>> 2)What are their names?
>> Mikey aka Young Dabber and Darcy aka Just Doo It (Doo for short)
>> 3)Breed?
American Thoroughbred and TB x Welsh D
>> 4)Colour?
Red Chestnut and Dark Brown
>> 5)Height?
15.1hh and 16 hands respectively
>> 6)Age?
Mookie is 9 this time and Doo is approximately 14 this time.
>> 7)Horses sex?
Both Geldings
>> 8)how long have you owned them?
I have owned Mikey three years and my fiance Richard has owned
Darcy for four years and had ridden him for three years before that.
>> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
>> Hacking, pub rides!!! local show and fun rides, XC, Dressage,
Sponsored Rides and showing, basic western (would like to learn more)
and dabbling in Natural Horsemanship.
>> 10)Best moment with your horse?
It was a scorching hot evening and Richard and I were using a hose
to fill the boys water trough, they stood together in front of us and
let us mist the water over them like a shower. It was the best...
>> 11)Worst moment?
Getting a five bar gate dragged over me when Mike had a tantrum last
summer.
>>
>> 12)Worst habit
My horse sometimes has bouts of serious 'gelding PMT'
>> 13)Favourite thing?
Mikey picks his feed bucket up to ask me to place a treat in the
bucket... (Aww, bless)
>> 14)what age did you start riding?
>> 6
>> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
>> To try hard to never take my horses' feelings for granted whilst
trying to achieve my goals, and to always remember that I am fortunate
to have such brilliant horses.
>>
>> 16)Favourite horsey item?
My Wintec VSD saddle!!
>> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
Both in DIY livery five minutes from home.
>>
>> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
lived out most of winter, rugged.
>>> > 19)Why do you love horses?
Because in some of the darkest times in my life, I could always
rely on my horses to get me through, no matter what.
>>
>> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
£375 per month for the two.
Nikki :)
Min
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>Lacey,
As a lurker - do you mind if I ask you why this name?
Min
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And the method HAS born fruit, not matter what the barnacles say
Janej55uk
> Thought I would start one of those daft surveys that go round, in the
> hope it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
>
> 1) How many horses do you own?
8 between us
>
> 2)What are their names?
Snowy, Tinkerbell, Chessy, Rocky, Mushy, Midnight, Tina & Jupiter
> 3)Breed?
Sac A, AxShet, Shetland, 3/4 TB 1/4 fjord, 4*TB
> 4)Colour?
Grey, chestnut *2, Dun, Dark bay*2, another chestnut and mid bay
> 5)Height?
11,2 foal, 38" 15,3 16,1*2 15,2 16,2
> 6)Age?
? 3 weeks 6 26 7 26 6 & 9
> 7)Horses sex?
6 mares 1 gelding and chessy entire and hes proud of it
> 8)how long have you owned them?
Between Rockie 16 years and Snowy 3 years + tinkerbell
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
from Child pets through to point to pointing exculding compeating at
stresarge
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
hmm most reeacently coming 2nd when I had missed the lead horse speading
up on the last turn she always finished like a train!
> 11)Worst moment?
the times I've had to say good bye to dear friends now departed (even if
it was there time)
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Jupiter Cribbing and Rockie weaving if he thinks your watching!
> 13)Favourite thing?
hmm have to say polos for all I think
> 14)what age did you start riding?
2
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
To do right by all the horses that come my way
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
dont have just one but newest fav is a purple fleece rug!
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
At home
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Out in the summer in Winter with yard turn out
> 19)Why do you love horses?
hmm hard question but because when they decide to trust you they give
there all
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Don't know don't want to think about it!
ttfn
Jane
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Sue K
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> In article <QcKdne7QtLk...@brightview.com>, Sue K <admin@equi-
> net.co.uk> writes
> >Lacey,
> As a lurker - do you mind if I ask you why this name?
> Min
> --
Her full name is Longmead Legacy, and Lace came as a sort of shortened form.
It was also cos a friend once had a horse called Chantilly Lace, and I liked
the name (and that's also how Laceys foal got called Tilly)
Sue :-)
Claudia Closmann
BC wrote:
> Thought I would start one of those daft surveys that go round, in the
> hope it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
>
> 1) How many horses do you own?
One
> 2)What are their names?
Hello
>
> 3)Breed?
Hungarian Warmblood (Trakehner x Furioso)
>
> 4)Colour?
Dark Bay, Black in winter
>
> 5)Height?
16.2 hh
>
> 6)Age?
Just turned 10 Easter Sunday!
>
> 7)Horses sex?
Gelding
>
> 8)how long have you owned them?
4 years now
>
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Eventing, Showjumping, Dressage, fun hacks, fox hunts
>
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
One of the great moments was last Sunday when we put in a clear cross
country round during a training. Any time I feel the horse is with me
and even helps me is a great momen.
> 11)Worst moment?
When I fell off and broke my lumbar vertebra and when I fell off and
cracked my rib.
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Likes to veer to the left sometimes when jumping but only when daft
rider does not want to go across the fence 100%.
> 13)Favourite thing?
Loves having his face scratched. Loves cats. Hates carrots and apples
in his oats. Thinks he is most beautiful when covered in mud.
>
> 14)what age did you start riding?
I started as a child but never REALLY learned then had a 20 year break
and picked it up again at 34. Never looked back since.
>
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
To be a good rider that does the horse justice.
>
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
I have a beautiful red Jeffries XC whip. I love it.
>
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
At a yard ca. 40 kms from the city
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Stabled
>
> 19)Why do you love horses?
I just do. I love the feeling of freedom and their kindness
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Including training ca. 350 Euros per month, more during competition
season
Claudia & Hello
Sue Rogers
Choccy: 16.1 11yr old hunter gelding, skewbald, owned 3 years.
Poppy: old laminitic Shetland mare, piebald, loaned 3 years from Wood
Green Animal Shelters.
Choccy and me do hacking, pub rides, holidays, short-distance endurance,
trec, gymkhanas, jumping, schooling and maybe one showing show a year.
Poppy does the showing show, gives godchildren ponyrides round field and
gets towed alongside Choccy on very short hacks.
Best moment. Ooh, loads. can't pick one. Just love spending time with
them, riding them, watching them in field.
Worst moment. Poppy being badly laminitic the first August we had her.
Worst habit. Poppy has taught Choccy not to respect electric fencing.
Favourite things. Bum scratches for Poppy, shoulder scratches for Choccy.
I first rode at 14, one or two lessons per year until 23 when could
afford weekly lessons.
Horsey goal is just to carry on enjoying what I've got.
Fave horsey item: my long-handled poop scooper which saved my back, and
my Performance Equestrian plastic/foam endurance stirrups which save my
legs/feet.
My horses live out all year in a field at home.
I love them because well I dunno, I've always wanted one ever since I
was about 7. Always been horsemad.
Average expenditure on 2 works out to 100 pounds for both.
Alison Blake-Reed
> > 1) How many horses do you own?
One
> > 2)What are their names?
> >
> > 3)Breed?
> Old English Arab
> > 4)Colour?
> Sort of a cross between fleabitten (chestnut spots) and dapple grey;
waiting to see just what we get this summer!
> >
> > 5)Height?
15.1 1/2 but about to be re-measured as we think she has grown...
> >
> > 6)Age?
>Just turned 8
> > 7)Horses sex?
Mare
> >
> > 8)how long have you owned them?
> 4 years
> >
> > 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Schooling, hacking, general poncing about...
> >
> > 10)Best moment with your horse?
Too many to mention really; first best was when my old horse galloped across
the field to me and my friend then veered off at the last moment to come
directly to me instead of saying hello to friend first;
>
> > 11)Worst moment?
Losing our foal; having my old mare put down even though we had know it was
coming for years (she had cancer); falling off Amelia and she ran off in
terror at having her rider fly past her shoulder;
>
> > 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Amelia bites her reins when being out to be mounted.
Also when she is annoyed she 'humps' which is a sort of '4 feet in the air'
buck
>
> > 13)Favourite thing?
LOVES being scratched. And cuddled. And eating dates. And having my husband
stick his fingers right down inside her ears to be scratched, yuk!
> >
> > 14)what age did you start riding?
Sort of started at 12, started again at 18, never stopped since...
> >
> > 15)Your horsey goal in life?
At the moment to be able to ride Amelia out on her own on the roads; to get
it together enough to start galloping with her; and to get to Castle Combe
this summer in a group ride.
> > 16)Favourite horsey item?
I think it might be my neckstrap... But I also love my Sprenger stirrups and
my Coolmaster boots. And my Libby's scawbrig bridle.
> >
> > 17)Where do you keep your horse?
At a friend's farm 2 1/5 miles from our house
>
> > 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Out 24/7
> >
> > 19)Why do you love horses?
They live in the now, don't whine or worry, they just get on with life.
Today is a new day. And they are so beautiful.
>
> > 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
According to the budget sheet for this year: £158.75 including insurance,
BHS membership, vets, livery, farrier, wormers etc
Alison & Amelia
>
Tixi
> > 2)What are their names?
Special, Frankie, Piglet, Minnie, Moet and Kailif
> > 3)Breed?
All event bred TB and TBX
> > 4)Colour?
2 grey, 4 bay
> > 5)Height?
14.2 - 16.2
> > 6)Age?
1-30!
> > 7)Horses sex?
2 Mares, 4 geldings
> > 8)how long have you owned them?
Bred one, the rest 6 months - 20 years!
> > 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
2 event, 1 should be eventing, one SJ, one semi retired and yearling
just eats!
> > 10)Best moment with your horse?
Cuddles when they are tucked up in bed last thing at night
> > 11)Worst moment?
Any time they are injured.
> > 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Frank bites when you do his girth or rugs!
> > 13)Favourite thing?
Polos and hugs
> > 14)what age did you start riding?
7
> > 15)Your horsey goal in life?
To compete at advanced level eventing, preferably well!!
> > 16)Favourite horsey item?
Plastic future fork, quiksilver shampoo, canter mane and tail, rugs
with neck covers
> > 17)Where do you keep your horse?
Rent a yard
> > 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Some out with field shelters, some in at night
> > 19)Why do you love horses?
They love you unconditionally and they teach you so much
> > 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
way way too much!!
~E
> 3)Breed?
Dutch Warmblood
> 4)Colour?
Reddish bay in winter, yellowish bay in summer.
> 5)Height?
16hh? Roughl 160cm anyway.
> 6)Age?
6 in June.
> 7)Horses sex?
Gelding
> 8)how long have you owned them?
3 Years now. I bought him as a 2 3/4 year old colt.
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
As much as possible. Hacking, dressidging, jumping...
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
I have one of those every day :-] I love the feeling when you finally "click"
when trying to achieve things. Very proud on the competition dressage level
we've reached now as well. We're starting in a higher class than I have ever
been allowed to, and that's pretty nifty stuff.
> 11)Worst moment?
Suffering severe concussion while jumping, taking a nasty fall in which I
damaged my hip while hacking and taking a nasty fall with lots of blood coming
from everywhere while dressidging in the period of 3 months. I lost so much
trust I almost ended up selling him.
Also being called at 7 am to be told he had suffered a severe accident
overnight and finding the horse colicking, in shock and sweating from head to
toe, cripple and with a very smashed up leg. Thankfully he's 100% now.
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
At the moment... running out of his stable when the door is open :-] And he's
got a really nasty buck in him.
> 13)Favourite thing?
Easy. Food. Attention is a good second.
> 14)what age did you start riding?
Can't remember... 8 or 9. And I still suck at it too :-]
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
To have much fun as possible with the boy and just enjoy him and keep him
healthy.
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
The trailer I bought a month ago! And I totally adore my Prestige saddle. The
best (secondhand) buy I ever did.
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
DIY yard somewhere between work and home.
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Both :-] He has a walkout stable... he tends to be out more than in.
> 19)Why do you love horses?
No idea. I'm an animal kind of person, I guess. Their emotions and reactions
are so much more easy to deal with than other people's.
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
I SO don't want to know. By far too much :-]
~E and Solon
andy-k
> 2)What are their names?
Murphy
> 3)Breed?
Appaloosa
> 4)Colour?
Spotted blanket, Rhone and white.
> 5)Height?
5.2hh
> 6)Age?
8
> 7)Horses sex?
Gelding
> 8)how long have you owned them?
I haven't owned Murphy for four years now.
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Hacking and prelim dressage.
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
It just keeps getting better all the time.
> 11)Worst moment?
Hacking on a village road, a much younger Murphy went bananas at a goat
behind the hedge. Whilst he was having a fit, rearing and spinning on the
road, the damned car drivers were still trying to squeeze by. When he calmed
down, the short way home meant going by the goat again, but he wasn't having
any of that so we had to go home the long way round with me in a state of
high anxiety all the way.
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
No vices.
> 13)Favourite thing?
Pears.
> 14)what age did you start riding?
40
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
Just enjoy spending time with horses.
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
Murphy.
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
Owner's stable.
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Out.
> 19)Why do you love horses?
Tactical deception is a human trait (chimps too, and maybe dolphins). Dogs
and horses may often behave in a manner that the handler doesn't want, but
they can't be duplicitous (though it might seem that they can at times, but
I contend that this is a result of what B.F. Skinner called Operant
Conditioning, and we habitually anthropomorphise their behaviour.)
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Nothing but the fuel to get to and from the stable, and replacement jods,
boots, half-chaps, etc.
Louise Hetherington
1) How many horses do you own?
birth any day now.
2) What are their names?
Amy, Ellie & Treena
3) Breed?
Amy - ISH, Ellie - ISH x Warmblood, Treena - mini Shetland.
4) Colour?
Amy & Ellie are both bay, Treena is a cream dun.
5) Height?
Amy & Ellie - 16.2hh, Treena - small :-))
6) Age?
Amy - 10, Ellie - 3, Treena - 6.
7) Horses sex?
All female, what's the betting the foals a colt!!
8) How long have you owned them?
Amy - 5 yrs, Ellie - since birth (Amy's first foal), Treena - since
she was 4 months old.
9) What activities do you do with your horse?
Breed off Amy, will be backing Ellie this year with a SJ future in
mind, Treena is just a pet.
10) Best moment with your horse?
Ellie's birth.
11) Worst moment?
Having my 14.2 pony PTS after owning her for 21 yrs also getting
kicked by Amy, severely
smashing my left arm/elbow which has left me with only 50% movement
in it.
12) Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Ellie's very bolshy. (spoilt brat)
13) Favourite thing?
When they all whinny at me in a morning.
14) what age did you start riding?
Got my first pony at 18 months old but started riding at 5 yrs.
15) Your horsey goal in life?
Fantasy would be to win an olympic SJ gold.
Realistically I'd love to compete Ellie successfully in SJ.
16) Favourite horsey item?
Pressure halter - I know some folk don't like them but Ellie's gone
from being dangerous to lead
to being a little angel (almost).
17) Where do you keep you horse?
Parents farm
18) Is your horse stabled or out?
Out 24/7 in summer. In at night during winter.
19) Why do you love horses?
Don't know, just always had them.
20) How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Approx. £200 in winter, slightly less in summer.
Andrea S
Two
2)What are their names?
Oliver & Tegan
3)Breed?
Oliver is a 15hh Irish Cob, Tegan is a Welsh Section Dx
4)Colour?
Oliver is Pibald, Tegan Dark Bay.
5)Height?
Oliver 15hh Tegan 13hh and growing.
6)Age?
Oliver rising 5, Tegan 18 months.
7)Horses sex?
Oliver Gelding, Tegan Filly.
8)how long have you owned them?
Oliver almost 1yr, Tegan 8 months.
9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Oliver I hack out, Tegan I play with.
10)Best moment with your horse?
Connecting.
11)Worst moment?
Losing my nerve.
12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Scratching his head on me after a ride ( He has a big head ok!)
13)Favourite thing?
Food.
14)what age did you start riding?
Did a bit of riding on friends ponies as a kid, but didn't start real riding
until 6 yrs ago.
15)Your horsey goal in life?
To improve and develop our bond.
16)Favourite horsey item?
My horse?
17)Where do you keep you horse?
Near my home.
18) Is your horse stabled or out?
They live out but have a stable with the doodr open and a field shelter.
19)Why do you love horses?
Because I can be me, and have time in the country. I feel it an honour to
have them.
20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Too much!
Abi
> 1) How many horses do you own?
One
>
> 2) What are their names?
Elska - which means Love or Darling in Icelandic
>
>3) Breed?
Icelandic Horse
>4) Colour?
Chestnut with Flaxen mane and tail.
> 5) Height?
Average / medium or 13.1hh approx.
>6) Age?
Rising 8 - but a late starter :-)
>7) Horses sex?
Mare
>8) How long have you owned them?
Feels like forever, but only since August 2004.
>9) What activities do you do with your horse?
Anything we can, hacking mainly but have been know to darken the
school, will be learning to jump, and a far off dream would be to
swim. but most importantly we will be learing to Tölt !
>10) Best moment with your horse?
So many to choose from! tonight she was all cuddly when I went to say
goodnight, I love it when she's like that.
>11) Worst moment?
Worst moment with Elska was trying out a very expensive saddle that
slipped and she took off with saddle on her side, I jumped off, fell
over the trailing stirrup and skinned my arm. This happened at a
rather public event.
Worst other horse moments, losing two previous mares to colic and
grass sickness.
>
>12) Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Refusing to eat hay thats been in the haynet / on the floor once
already.
>13) Favourite thing?
Carrots, my friends Anglo Arab mare.
>
>14) what age did you start riding?
8 and that was too long ago, and still naff.
>
>15) Your horsey goal in life?
On Elska, to Tölt, but also do everything you can do with a good all
round riding horse, and more if possible.
I would like to be able to own her till she passes away at the grand
old age of 30 something or more, and know that I gave her the best
life I could.
>16) Favourite horsey item?
My bridle it was a hand made pressie! :-)
>17) Where do you keep you horse?
At a livery yard 10 minutes drive from home, in a village I know well.
>18) Is your horse stabled or out?
Out 24/7 for as long as possible. We started bringing them in on new
years day for the nights, they will be going back out 24/7 in the next
few days.
Elska only comes in as she would be out on her own otherwise :-( she
has never been stabled previously. However on cold wet nights she
loves her stable :-)
>
>19) Why do you love horses?
Not sure why, I just do, I am addicted.
>20) How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Enough to not want to think about it that hard.
Sarah Box
> it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
Lol worked on me!
>
> 1) How many horses do you own?
Own 6 and have 6 on loan
>
> 2)What are their names?
>
The ones we own are Kya, Megan, Lola, Charlie, Joey and Aramis - and we loan
Eclipse, Kossette. Bambi , Ballerina, Kitkat & Sparta
>
> 3)Breed?
> 1 Polish WBx, 1 TB, 1 TBxCob, 3 Trakehner x's, 2 Polish WBs, & 4
> Trakehners
> 4)Colour?
2 coloureds, 1 pally, 2 chestnuts, 7 blacks
>
> 5)Height?
14.3 - 16.3hh of the adults - smallest is about 11hh at a week old! ;o)
> 6)Age?
1 week - 16 years!
>
> 7)Horses sex?
9 mares, 3 colts
> 8)how long have you owned them?
Longest 2 years, shortest 1 week
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Hacking, local shows and breeding
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
Backing my baby girl last year
>
> 11)Worst moment?
Selling my first horse due to lack of funds
>
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Using me as a scratching post!
>
> 13)Favourite thing?
Scritchies or carrots
> 14)what age did you start riding?
9yrs
>
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
To breed myself a coloured to compete and have some fun on
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
Unigroom
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
At home
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Most live out 24/7 - although the babies come in at night when it's wet
>
> 19)Why do you love horses?
I love the relationships you can build with them - esp. with babies!
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Depends - thousands in April/May on stud fees and very little the rest of
the year!
--
Cheers,
Sarah
www.rollestone-farm.com
www.sarahbox.co.uk
www.southwest-equestrian.co.uk
BC
> 1) How many horses do you own?
> Three, very nearly four. One in foal to Chairman and due to give
> birth any day now.
We will expect photos!!! ;-)
--
Badger Badger Badger
Min
net.co.uk> writes
>
>"Min" <M...@Min.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:J4SbkcBG...@mygaff0.demon.co.uk...
>> In article <QcKdne7QtLk...@brightview.com>, Sue K <admin@equi-
>> net.co.uk> writes
>> >Lacey,
>> As a lurker - do you mind if I ask you why this name?
>> Min
>> --
>
>Her full name is Longmead Legacy, and Lace came as a sort of shortened form.
>It was also cos a friend once had a horse called Chantilly Lace, and I liked
>the name (and that's also how Laceys foal got called Tilly)
>
>Sue :-)
Judy
> Thought I would start one of those daft surveys that go round, in the hope
> it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
>
> 1) How many horses do you own?
Sadly non. My horse companion passed away 2 years ago. :c(
> 2)What are their names?
His name was Fred
> 3)Breed?
Heinz 57 :c)
> 4)Colour?
Chestnut
> 5)Height?
17 hands
> 6)Age?
Was about to turn 29
> 7)Horses sex?
Gelding
>
> 8)how long have you owned them?
He was with me for almost 28 years.
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Hacking
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
Can't say as there were so many fantastic moments over the years.
> 11)Worst moment?
Having no choice but to end his life. :c(
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
At times his hearing was selective.
> 13)Favourite thing?
Belly scratching. He used to stick out a hind leg over this.
> 14)what age did you start riding?
16
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
It was to spend many years with my horse, and I accomplished that.
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
The oil painting I had done back in 1978 that hangs on the wall over my
computer monitor.
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
He was always stabled out at small stables.
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Mind was mostly out. In for feeding and in when the weather was extremely
hot or cold.
> 19)Why do you love horses?
Can't say as I love all horse, but I did love and appreciate mine for his
honesty, respect and trustworthiness.
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
> Winter £90max Summer £65ish (not including insurance, vacinations or
> equine dentist)
I paid about 100 pounds year round ($230 Cdn) which was a very good rate for
the services provided.
Judy in Canada.
Louise Hetherington
> Louise Hetherington wrote:
>> 1) How many horses do you own?
>> Three, very nearly four. One in foal to Chairman and due to give
>> birth any day now.
>
> We will expect photos!!! ;-)
No problem, once it decides to arrive - due date is 7th April
Susan Barlow
since November 2000.
Favourite moments, all my lessons, fussing over him and putting him to bed
after he's worked hard.
His favourite things - Mud, haylage, mud, being scratched under his eyes and
chin and mud.
I'd like to add a new horse thing,
What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
Kofi's would say, "Yes, actually, the whole world does revolve around me"
Sue B
SiK
"Susan Barlow" <su...@man.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:d2osnr$n8u$1...@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
<snip>>
> I'd like to add a new horse thing,
> What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
> Kofi's would say, "Yes, actually, the whole world does revolve around me"
> Sue B
oh thats easy for all of them
"yes, I really am full of sh*t"
Si
I'll get my coat
Sue K
"Louise Hetherington" <mayh...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:d2oo8i$3ce$1...@sparta.btinternet.com...
The race is on then! Popcorn is due to foal anytime between now and mid/late
April......
watch these spaces! :-)
Sue
Abi
wrote:
Hi Sue
Elska's T-shirt would say ' who you calling blonde, hand over the
carrots!'
Abi
Caroline
<abi....@yealands.fsnet.co.uk> writes
I think Oso would be a Tolkein one - "What has it got in its
pocketsesss?"
His dressage debut this weekend was cancelled - yesterday's competition
was called off and today's was oversubscribed, so they couldn't slip him
into today's test instead. Next weekend instead, hopefully. He is,
however, shedding like crazy - I went down for a quick cuddle yesterday
and after ten minutes was *covered* in hair!
--
Caroline
"Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive." - Josephine Hart.
http://www.arpeggio.demon.co.uk
Louise Hetherington
"Sue K" <ad...@equi-net.co.uk> wrote in message
news:d4SdnVAtQbA...@brightview.com...
Good luck with the foaling Sue. Would you prefer a filly or a colt. I'd
prefer a filly but not too bothered either way.
Louise
Ally Clelland
> I'd like to add a new horse thing,
> What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
> Kofi's would say, "Yes, actually, the whole world does revolve around me"
Dasc's would say "I'll decide whether you may love me or not..."
Bree's would say "Teenage Hormonal Bitch - and your point is?"
Sue K
>
>
> Good luck with the foaling Sue. Would you prefer a filly or a colt. I'd
> prefer a filly but not too bothered either way.
>
> Louise
>
>
Really not bothered. It's already got a home lined up (loan home, as it's
technically one of the charity ponies). It's going to the same lady who took
it's sister, who was last years foal, on loan.
There'll be no more though. She was got on her foal heat last year, but the
stallion she runs with was cut last week!
What are your plans for your new arrival?
Sue
Lynn
> "Susan Barlow" <su...@man.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:d2osnr$n8u$1...@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
> <snip>>
>
>>I'd like to add a new horse thing,
>>What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
>>Kofi's would say, "Yes, actually, the whole world does revolve around me"
>>Sue B
>
Mine would say.
"NO Im NOT a Chesnut Mare", cause shes really a Silver Bay and sweet
with it.
Lynn
Abi
wrote:
Admission, I'm a colour anorak, want Piccie, pleeeassseee! :-)
Abi
Nikki Overton
Mikey's would say "Uh god- there's NEVER anything to eat" aka Kevin the
teenager :)
Darcy's would say "I work only in exchange for food-non negotiable"
Ha ha ha :)
Nik xx
Sue Rogers
BC
> Lynn wrote:
>
>> SiK wrote:
>>
>>> "Susan Barlow" <su...@man.ac.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:d2osnr$n8u$1...@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
>>> <snip>>
>>>
>>>> I'd like to add a new horse thing,
>>>> What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
>>>> Kofi's would say, "Yes, actually, the whole world does revolve
>>>> around me"
>>>> Sue B
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Mine would say.
>> "NO Im NOT a Chesnut Mare", cause shes really a Silver Bay and sweet
>> with it.
>> Lynn
So what colourings does a silver bay have? Never heard of it before!!
Or alternatively a piccy?
>
>
> Mikey's would say "Uh god- there's NEVER anything to eat" aka Kevin the
> teenager :)
>
> Darcy's would say "I work only in exchange for food-non negotiable"
>
> Ha ha ha :)
>
> Nik xx
Jacko's would say: HELP ME! I see MONSTERS! :-)
--
Badger Badger Badger
Crendon Saddlery
> >>>> I'd like to add a new horse thing,
> >>>> What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
> >>>> Kofi's would say, "Yes, actually, the whole world does revolve
> >>>> around me"
> >>>> Sue B
> >>>
Toastie's would say 'Mi casa, mi casa - now bloody get out!' (although the
last bit would be in Spanish too, I suspect...)
Bless......mind you, he was being very sweet yesterday when I was hedging in
his field, he was supervising.....:-)
Ad
Avril IJsselmuiden
"I think, therefore I am"
Pride's would say:
"Which way to the restaurant?"
--
email to: SADDLEm...@gmx.de
******Unsaddle mairinger to mail me*****
------------------------------------------------------------
Crendon Saddlery
regulars who haven;t replied....but in reality I figure everyone has heard
more than enough about my boys (also I dont; class myself as a regular, more
an occassional (g))
> 1) How many horses do you own?
> 4
>
> 2)What are their names?
> Hubs (Lloroso II); Brumble (Perdigon); Toastie (Jaleo) and Plank
(Bordador)
>
> 3)Breed?
> Spanish all of 'em
>
> 4)Colour?
> 3 greys, one chestnut (Toastie)
>
> 5)Height?
> 16hh to 15.1hh
>
> 6)Age?
> 14-rising 6 years
>
> 7)Horses sex?
> They would all say 'yes please' (g) - all stallions
>
> 8)how long have you owned them?
> 5 years or less
>
> 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
> Dressidge.
>
> 10)Best moment with your horse?
>Probably watching Brumble in the prize giving at the Winter Championships
>
> 11)Worst moment?
>Not knowing if Hubs would survive the pleural pneumonia that he contracted
on the journey from Spain to UK & if I would ever get to ride him again
>
> 12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
> Hubs - letting you catch him & then pissing off (I think he's pretty much
cured of this now but its blooming annoying).
Brumble - wanting to stand at the top of the lorry ramp, surveying the
location. People laugh a lot when your horse doesn;t want to come OFF the
lorry & he only seems to do it if we are running late.
Toastie - going into Spanish walk when he doesn;t understand something in a
schooling session or is getting a little tired. ever tried to get out of
spanish walk? Put your leg on to ride out of it & yes you get a bigger
Spanish walk...........gggggggrrrrrrrrr. spanish walk in shoulder in, in a
walk pirouette - you name it, Toast can do it........
Plank doesn;t have habits - i think he lacks imagination (g)
>
> 13)Favourite thing?
Food
>
> 14)what age did you start riding?
10 I think
>
> 15)Your horsey goal in life?
For one of my neds to win a class at the Nationals.
>
> 16)Favourite horsey item?
Rubber matting in my stables - couldn;t live without it.
>
> 17)Where do you keep you horse?
Someitmes at home, sometimes not.
>
> 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
> Stabled with regular turnout.
>
> 19)Why do you love horses?
>I really don;t know the answer to that.........
>
> 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
> Haven;t the foggiest............& would rather not do the sums.
Ad
~E
Sue K
"Crendon Saddlery" <in...@crendonsaddlery.com> wrote in message
news:d2rhe8$4bg$1...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > 7)Horses sex?
> > They would all say 'yes please' (g) - all stallions
> >
LOL! There's always one who says that! :-))
Sue
Alison Blake-Reed
Amelia's would say "I'm A Desert Horse - I Don't Do Rain Or Wet"
Alison & Amelia
Or else it would be "Look At Me Everyone!"
Lynn
> Nikki Overton wrote:
>
>> Lynn wrote:
>>
>>> SiK wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Susan Barlow" <su...@man.ac.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:d2osnr$n8u$1...@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
>>>> <snip>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to add a new horse thing,
>>>>> What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
>>>>> Kofi's would say, "Yes, actually, the whole world does revolve
>>>>> around me"
>>>>> Sue B
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Mine would say.
>>> "NO Im NOT a Chesnut Mare", cause shes really a Silver Bay and sweet
>>> with it.
>>> Lynn
>
>
> So what colourings does a silver bay have? Never heard of it before!!
> Or alternatively a piccy?
>
Hi, I think this is the right link to my girl
http://groups.msn.com/PaparorePleasureHorses/heartofgold.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=59
Her mum is a silver dapple and her dad a grey Arab.
There is also some pics on the site of another silver bay, one of the
latest foals.
Lynn
BC
most definatly has a grey tail-WOW!!! What a beautifully coloured mare!
--
Badger Badger Badger
Abi
wrote:
>
>Hi, I think this is the right link to my girl
>
>http://groups.msn.com/PaparorePleasureHorses/heartofgold.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=59
>
>Her mum is a silver dapple and her dad a grey Arab.
>There is also some pics on the site of another silver bay, one of the
>latest foals.
>Lynn
Wow she is gorgeous! :-) Thanks for posting the piccies!
I love silver dapple, if I am ever rich enough to have another Icy it
may well be a silver dapple or bay.
Thanks
Abi
Alison Coote
> >
> > 2)What are their names?
> Ben, Penwisg Silvester (Sly), Liberty Belle (Sophie) and Sweet Charity
(Melody's Sweet Charity with BD) (Cherry)
> >
> > 3)Breed?
> Welsh Type, Welsh A, probably Welsh x Arab, probably Welsh (small) x Dales
x TB
> > 4)Colour?
> 3 palominos and a black
> >
> > 5)Height?
> 12 hh, 11.2 hh, 14.1 hh, 14 hh
> >
> > 6)Age?
> 22, 18, 16, 13
> >
> > 7)Horses sex?
> 2 geldings 2 mares
> >
> > 8)how long have you owned them?
> >
> > 9)What activities do you do with your horse?
some jumping
> > 10)Best moment with your horse?
collected light balanced canter with Sophie 2 hrs into an Endurance Ride
> > 11)Worst moment?
Too many of them... usually when one of them gets sick as you feel so
helpless..............
12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Sly - very spooky about his backside & hates lorries & being caught;
Ben - inclined to be lazy, also barges stable door;
Sophie - spooking;
Cherry - fidgeting when tied up
13)Favourite thing?
Ben - resting
Sly - food, probably
Cherry - food & being worked!
Sophie - having a good gallop with her friends
14)what age did you start riding?
> 10
> >
> > 15)Your horsey goal in life?
To take Cherry as far as she can go in Dressage, and to keep Sophie sound
and healthy and enjoy lots of rides with her but above all to have fun with
them and enjoy them
> >
> > 16)Favourite horsey item?
Loads - would need a separate thread for this...
> >
> > 17)Where do you keep you horse?
At home - outside my bedroom window!!
> >
> > 18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Mine live out 24/7 all year; Boyd's (the little geldings) come in at night
> >
> > 19)Why do you love horses?
Their beauty, honesty, and what I can enjoy doing with them
> >
> > 20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
FAR too much - let's not go there.
>
>
Alison.
Alison Coote
> I'd like to add a new horse thing,
> What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
Cherry: "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here" (for wearing in the stable,
which she hates being in) or (with one of those sideways arrows): "I'm with
the idiot"
Sophie: "Blonde Bimbo" or "Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean
they're not out to get you"
Alison.
Louise Hetherington
Well when it finally decides at arrive I'll be keeping it, hopefully to
showjump in the future.
Louise
Rach
<s...@merlion-consultants.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> I'd like to add a new horse thing,
>> What your horses T-shirt would say, if he could wear one:
>> Kofi's would say, "Yes, actually, the whole world does revolve around me"
>> Sue B
Easy - "I'm gorgeous, adore me"
ra...@gold.ac.uk
>Thought I would start one of those daft surveys that go round, in the
>hope it might encourage all the regulars and lurkers to join in!
Ah well here's a lurker :)
>
>1) How many horses do you own?
Three
>2)What are their names?
Quinito, Tigre and Megan
>
>3)Breed?
Lusitano, Lusitano, TBx Welsh (best guess)
>4)Colour?
Grey, grey, purest orange
>5)Height?
15.3hh, 16.1hh and 15hh
>6)Age?
8, 6 and somewhere between 25-30
>7)Horses sex?
2 stallions and a mare
>8)how long have you owned them?
2.5 years, 18 months and 9 years
>9)What activities do you do with your horse?
Primary interest classical dressage, also work in hand and liberty
work
>10)Best moment with your horse?
It's difficult to single out a specific moment! Perhaps the first
clinic we did together in howling wind and driving rain, an he was
such a good boy. That or riding my own stallion for the first time at
Golega - that was pretty special
>
>11)Worst moment?
The worry when he had a mystery lameness and we didn't know what was
wrong.
>12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Nappy tendencies
>13)Favourite thing?
The whole flirting/scritchie thing. The boy is one big erogenous zone
and utterly fusstastic.
>14)what age did you start riding?
Mid twenties
>15)Your horsey goal in life?
To have the boys at home where they each run with a couple of mares
and enjoy life to the full according to their nature.
>16)Favourite horsey item?
My Portuguese cavesson
>17)Where do you keep you horse?
In livery a few miles from home
>18)Is your horse stabled or out?
Out all the time
>19)Why do you love horses?
There's no quick answer to this is there? Because they are the most
spiritual and exquisite creatures on earth?
>20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
Far Too Much :)
Rach
Vermintrude
> Ah well here's a lurker :)
And here's another one. I don't *mean* to lurk.....but despite being in
the Old Fart category, I'm very aware that most of you guys are FAR
more knowledgable than me. Still, you're never too old to learn, so
here we go.
1) How many horses do you own?
One horse, one outgrown evil Little Welsh Git pony who is on loan to
the local riding school until it's time for him to retire
2)What are their names?
Pringle and Ben
3)Breed?
Connemara X (possibly TB x, possibly donkey x) and Welsh B
4)Colour?
Dapple grey with dark points and light grey
5)Height?
15.1 & 13.1
6)Age?
7 & 16
7)Horses sex?
Geldings
8)how long have you owned them?
3 yrs & 7 years
9)What activities do you do with your horse?
I'm just the person who pays for everything and does all the crappy
jobs - 15yr old daughter is the rider. I bought him as a bringing-on
project for her when she was 12 to see if she was good enough to see it
through. They've both done me proud - it's been very slow, but he's now
a super all-rounder at PC/RC level. Still need to do a bit more work at
the SJ though - he doesn't have much respect for coloured poles.
10)Best moment with your horse?
Just finding him was a miracle - it took me 6 months to find the right
one. But then I'm picky.
11)Worst moment?
Getting a phone call from daughter to say he'd somehow managed to get a
big lump of wood impaled in his fetlock whilst out hacking on a muddy
bridle path. It was touch and go whether it had gone in to the joint,
which would have been curtains for him. But thanks to the people from
the yard where he was kept at the time and the local Horsepital, he
made a complete recovery and he doesn't even have a scar
12)Worst habit?(horse not human!)
Poking his nose in handbags/pockets
13)Favourite thing?
Varies - swedes at the moment
14)what age did you start riding?
I was a late starter at 9. Had a few years out of it to do the Mummy
thing, but made sure my daughter started at 4
15)Your horsey goal in life?
Oh - just to keep rumbling along. But I do have this awful urge for one
of those Spanish jobbies.
16)Favourite horsey item?
Fal rugs. And I have a lovely squishy Calcutt dressage saddle which
sadly doesn't fit Pringle any more, but I love it so much I'm hoping to
find a horse to fit it some time. No - ignore that.
17)Where do you keep you horse?
At the most wonderful DIY yard in Berkshire. Lovely place, lovely
people who run it.
18)Is your horse stabled or out?
In at night, out all day.
19)Why do you love horses?
Because......Oh there's no answer to that one.
20)How much roughly do you spend on your horse each month?
£150 livery inc turnout on schooldays plus feed, bedding, lessons etc.
Worth every penny.
Susanne
andy-k
> And here's another one. I don't *mean* to lurk.....but despite being in
> the Old Fart category, I'm very aware that most of you guys are FAR
> more knowledgable than me.
We shouldn't let that put us old farts off -- you're FAR more knowledgeable
than I am.
> Still, you're never too old to learn, so here we go.
That's the ticket!