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Pictures of Celeste

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Celeste is a 21-year-old Hanoverian mare who has been at one of the barns where I ride for about 8 months now. She can actually be a bit high-strung; you would never guess that she is 21 years old! We have been working on developing her topline recently. She wasn't ridden for 10 years before my riding instructor bought her so she had a lot of relearning to do! She has been really great and is such a sweetheart. (There is also a picture of Ruby, the Quarter Horse mare I ride, and Raspberry, the POA gelding I learned to ride on :D)
...Celeste...








...Ruby...

...Raspberry...

Sorry there are so many- my mom and dad took some new ones recently and I am just sooo proud of Celeste! She's amazing to ride, with a huge float-y trot and a super huge canter. She's really responsive, too- if you lean back even half an inch she'll slow down.
 
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Haha I'm bored so I'm posting more pictures of them :). The first two are of Raspberry and me about 5 or 6 years ago. (I hope they work)


Yeah I know I'm too big for him but this was taken just before I switched over to riding Ruby. That's how his mane usually looks- about three inches thick and almost 2 feet long!


Okay this is kind of turning out to be more photos of ALL of the horses, not just Celeste lol.
So here's Cashalle (sp?). He is a retired Anglo-Arab gelding- a total sweetheart.



Cashalle and Voltaire, a semi-retired (rarely ridden) Thoroughbred gelding. His racing name was Tommy Tom Tom. His favorite past-time is dunking his head in his water.
 
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I honestly have never asked. I apologize if this is a stupid question, but what negative effect does riding horses with side reins on have? I understand that they are usually used for lunging a horse with a rider or not, but do they have a negative effect on the horse if used when adjusted loosely and used when riding?
 
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Okay, that would make sense, it's just that they are never tight to the point that they are bringing the horse's head into a false headset, I don't think, because if you look in the pictures the side reins are not taut. I'm just a little confused about this. I understand it if they are adjusted so that they keep the horse's head down, though.
 
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