Today's Ride or a Victim's Tale
Tamara in TN
and Sandy and I go out...me on Ben's mare Nita...they on their mares
who are not fond of Nita anyway...so we are about 1/4 mile out
tooling along riding drag on the buckle when Nita throws here face in
the air in the "owww owwww" posture and starts backing up...
hard and fast ( and we have been practicing this anyway so
she is pretty good at it w/o any undue pain....<g>) folks, we are
FLYING backward about as fast a horse can move and it takes about 4
seconds for me to figure out that the genius has her tongue over the
bit....sigh...
now she has never managed this before and has never
even tried it just happened...and the laws of nature say that if your
nose is higher than the poll of your head....the bit under your tongue
is gonna stay there....so I get to step off and while still holding
the reins in my hand she flies past me and the bit rights itself and
she stops dead...looking rather perplexed and annoyed at me....
I pick it up about one inch on one side remount and off we
go for a fairly uneventful next hour over hill and dale and past mowing
machines and spooks,haints and goblins that commonly occur in summer
fields....other than taking a swat at one of the Labs and getting in
trouble for that....the untimely reverse was the only inglorious moment
and Bill will have pics emailed in a bit and I'll have them
posted tonite
Tamara in TN
Susan
"Tamara in TN" <CDHO...@HIGHLAND.NET> wrote in message
news:1149451500.2...@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
I wonder if it's a phase of the moon? Today, I put Tico on the lunge line
for a few minutes - it having been a couple of rainy days with them being
kept in, I figured he might need to get a couple of ya-yas out. The lunge
line was just attached to the bottom of the halter - I don't put the chain
over or under his nose (thank goodness, in hindsight).
He was acting pretty lazy, going along at a walk, then a trot... I asked him
to do a canter, and he went into it and (true to form) threw in a few crow
hops and bucks. Well, on one of those bucks he decided to also try for the
door, which I was kind of expecting so somewhat braced.
He does a spectacular buck, comes to the end of the lunge line, goes a bit
off balance and ends up sprawling on the ground with his feet waving in the
air. I still can't figure out how he managed it - especially since his feet
were facing me, not to the outside. (Yes, I know I contributed by not
yielding a bit when I saw him do this).
When he got up, the lunge line was wrapped tightly around his right fore
pastern. I was horrified, but luckily he's a pretty sensible horse and stood
still. I'd been told he'd been hobble-trained, maybe this was why... anyway,
I walked him a bit, and then trotted him... he was a bit reluctant, but
didn't seem off.
I asked the people at the barn to give him some bute tonight and tomorrow
just in case. It certainly could have been a lot worse, I'm thanking my
lucky stars this evening.
Susan
Tamara in TN
Tamara in TN wrote:
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> and Bill will have pics emailed in a bit and I'll have them
> posted tonite
the naughty thing herself
http://www.productionacres.com/nita%20and%20tamara%2006.htm
Tamara in TN
J. Z. M.
>
> the naughty thing herself
>
> http://www.productionacres.com/nita%20and%20tamara%2006.htm
:))) She appears quite deadly. Quick get the ace. They all can be
'difficult', and I mean the horse! :))))
Jody
Bill Kambic
wrote:
OK, where are the good pictures?!?!?!?!?!
Tamara in TN
ok...they are up now....I changed your captions :P
Tamara in TN
wka...@vic.com
wrote:
> ok...they are up now....I changed your captions :P
An outrage! A travesty! A dastardly attack by philistines!
I just hope I can keep the "grape juice thieves" at bay.
Bill Kambic
Haras Lucero, Kingston, TN
Mangalarga Marchador: Uma Raça, Uma Paixão
Ben Turner
>"Tamara in TN" wrote:
>> ok...they are up now....I changed your captions :P
>An outrage! A travesty! A dastardly attack by philistines!
"Whoever controls the press owns history." [Gutenberg? apocryphal?]
In any case, thanks to you both. I've missed having Nita around
and I appreciate the pictures. If scheduling works out, I may be
down at the end of June/first of July to get checked out on Nita's
new talents (maybe excluding the cantering backwards part) by the
Tennessee Alps flight instructor and then to return Nita to the
Mare's Reach herd.
Catching up on farm chores ate up most of this weekend, but we spent
a bit of time checking to see if Ana cared about bicycles before Tara
will let me take Ana out on the C&O Canal towpath. Due at least in part
to Tamara's earlier work with Ana, that turned out to be a complete
yawner.
--
Best,
Ben Turner, Mare's Reach
Susan
"Tamara in TN" <CDHO...@HIGHLAND.NET> wrote in message
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Okay, I've gotta ask: what brand jeans do you wear? I can't even wear the
jeans I have riding western (and boy do I look silly sitting in a big
beautiful western saddle wearing my kerrits, but the inside of my legs are
very happy I do)... If I were to get on an english saddle wearing jeans,
well - let's just say, been there, done that, won't ever do THAT again. :)
Susan
Tamara in TN
Susan wrote:
> Okay, I've gotta ask: what brand jeans do you wear?I were to get on an english saddle wearing jeans,
> well - let's just say, been there, done that, won't ever do THAT again. :)
>
that pair is a 7/34long wrangler mwz (which I think is their way
of saying "cowboy cut) there is very little seam up the leg and at the
crotch...Calvin says I should wear the "bareback" jeans....but I think
that is more of a visual for his side of the fence then my riding
comfort <g>
normally in that Passier I will use half chaps
and some little heeled things but Maria Thersa used them last and so
that rode was sneakers and off we went <g> and those jeans are about
two days dirty so are pretty baggy by that time....
Tamara in TN
Tamara in TN
Ben Turner wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 23:48:30 -0400, Bill Kambic wrote:
> >"Tamara in TN" wrote:
>
> >> ok...they are up now....I changed your captions :P
>
> >An outrage! A travesty! A dastardly attack by philistines!
>
> "Whoever controls the press owns history." [Gutenberg? apocryphal?]
thank you Ben...it is as it should be <neeener Billlll>
>
> In any case, thanks to you both. I've missed having Nita around
> and I appreciate the pictures. If scheduling works out, I may be
> down at the end of June/first of July
hey hay....party over here,party over here <G>
to get checked out on Nita's
> new talents (maybe excluding the cantering backwards part) by the
> Tennessee Alps flight instructor and then to return Nita to the
> Mare's Reach herd.
that's _some_ of the Mountain Dressageey I been working on...including
the Canter rearward we have Freezing and Flushing turkey and Labrador
Dog Swatting ((w/o breaking our working trot tempo/cadence)) and the
Pasture Depart which is Canter to Sliding Stop before the Gate at mid
morning to avoid flies....
>
> Catching up on farm chores ate up most of this weekend, but we spent
> a bit of time checking to see if Ana cared about bicycles before Tara
> will let me take Ana out on the C&O Canal towpath. Due at least in part
> to Tamara's earlier work with Ana, that turned out to be a complete
> yawner.
good to hear it....haivng three kids w/bikes and a busy
trampoline required for passage to the fields tends to make ones pony a
bit braver in the outside world !!
Tamara in TN
Susan
>
> Susan wrote:
>
>> Okay, I've gotta ask: what brand jeans do you wear?I were to get on an
>> english saddle wearing jeans,
>> well - let's just say, been there, done that, won't ever do THAT again.
>> :)
>>
>
> that pair is a 7/34long wrangler mwz (which I think is their way
> of saying "cowboy cut) there is very little seam up the leg and at the
> crotch...Calvin says I should wear the "bareback" jeans....but I think
> that is more of a visual for his side of the fence then my riding
> comfort <g>
<G>
Thanks. I've gotta get me some wranglers, I think. Levis are NOT made for
riding, that's for sure.
>
> normally in that Passier I will use half chaps
> and some little heeled things but Maria Thersa used them last and so
> that rode was sneakers and off we went <g> and those jeans are about
> two days dirty so are pretty baggy by that time....
>
I hear ya. :)
Thanks again!
Susan
Tamara in TN
ahhhhhhhhh you HAVE met her <G>
Tamara in TN
tankg...@lycos.com
tankg...@lycos.com
Tamara in TN wrote:normally in that Passier I will use half chaps
and some little heeled things but Maria Thersa used them last and so
that rode was sneakers and off we went <g> and those jeans are about
two days dirty so are pretty baggy by that time....
Hey, I've got a pair of practically new Ariat paddock boots you can
use, pookie. Maybe later we can discuss a little "mountain girl
tradeage"?
tankg...@lycos.com
Tamara in TN wrote:normally in that Passier I will use half chaps
and some little heeled things but Maria Thersa used them last and so
that rode was sneakers and off we went <g> and those jeans are about
two days dirty so are pretty baggy by that time....
Hey, I've got a pair of practically new Ariat paddock boots you can
use, pookie. Maybe later we can discuss a little "mountain girl
tradeage"?
> Susan wrote:
Joyce Reynolds-Ward
>
>"Tamara in TN" <CDHO...@HIGHLAND.NET> wrote in message
>news:1149510081.3...@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Susan wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, I've gotta ask: what brand jeans do you wear?I were to get on an
>>> english saddle wearing jeans,
>>> well - let's just say, been there, done that, won't ever do THAT again.
>>> :)
>>>
>>
>> that pair is a 7/34long wrangler mwz (which I think is their way
>> of saying "cowboy cut) there is very little seam up the leg and at the
>> crotch...Calvin says I should wear the "bareback" jeans....but I think
>> that is more of a visual for his side of the fence then my riding
>> comfort <g>
>
><G>
>
>Thanks. I've gotta get me some wranglers, I think. Levis are NOT made for
>riding, that's for sure.
I ride in my Valerie Stevens cords, my Rafaela green khakis, and my
Rafaela jeans--those are Macy-store brands (Meier and Frank here, soon
to go away). I find that a snugger fit in the crotch is much more
comfy...but I ride in my all-occasion pants in both English and
Western (mind you, I also have a pair of beater tall boots for
English). Additionally, I've been known to ride in my capris after
work as well--most of my non-dressy work slacks have hit the saddle at
least once.
jrw