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Show your older horses! 25 years plus+

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Here is picture thread for the old (but still so young:lol:) horses! SHOW EM'!

This is Nifty.
26 year old Quarter horse.
Even though i'm not in ownership of him anymore, he will ALWAYS be my baby:D

 
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This is Delriah, our Quarter Horse mare. She's just three months shy of turning 50 years old, and still going strong!

(three years ago at age 46)




(two weeks ago, age 49)




Delriah's had quite the life. She was started as a two year old, won two world titles in Cutting as both a three and five year old- was retrained to rein as an 9 year old- was 'retired' from competing and sent to be a lesson horse- was far too much for even some of the advanced riders - started calf roping again in her teens, was sent to barn where western eventing is taught and stayed there for quite a few years, had a few years that we can't track down; ended up at yet another cutting facility- worked there teaching teenagers and young adults to cut until her late twenties; was sold AGAIN as a lesson horse, and then donated to us because she had too much 'spunk' for the lesson program. She was given to us as a supposive 'mid twenties' QH who had too much fire for her own good and who'd 'been a lesson horse her entire life.' Then, one day a vet commented to us that her teeth didn't look like any 'twenty year old he'd ever seen' and we got curiouse. Researched her a bit, located her registration papers; and we find that she's not 23-24; she's in her late 30's! We've now had her for 11-12 years and, even at this age, she is still ridden as a lesson horse with only very minor artheritis, barefoot- twice a week; and lives outdoors 24-7. A testimony that a horse doesn't need a plush life to be healthy, I'd say!
 
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Delriah isn't technically my horse, she belongs to Halter Inc- where I work. I'm simply her care taker...or rather, her servant; if you ask her ^^ I can ask the BO on Saturday about pulling them up some way or another though, if you're interested =]

ETS. She was born in 1962...I'm not sure if AQHA would have her pedigree up online, but thats something I could probably access pretty easily if they have them back that far, right? I really don't have a clue about that whole process. :lol:
 
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Delriah isn't technically my horse, she belongs to Halter Inc- where I work. I'm simply her care taker...or rather, her servant; if you ask her ^^ I can ask the BO on Saturday about pulling them up some way or another though, if you're interested =]
Yes, I'd also like to see that paperwork, along with any documentation of her wins. If she's really a coming 50 y/o, you should call the Guinness World Record people. I know some ponies can live into their 40s, but I've never seen a full grown horse get much past 35.

She definitely deserves to be in the World Record if she's really that old and still looks that good. :D
 
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This is Banjo. He is not far off 27 (no 50 yr old!!!). Ive had him for coming on 7 years. He is fit as a fiddle and tough as nails. Dont know anything about his history, only that a lady owned him for a trail horse for a year before i got him. He is practically bomb proof and you can do anything with him. He is very wise... no fooling him:lol: I love my old man:-p
 

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I've actually spoken to the BO about having her submitted to the World Records but he said that there have been quite a few who have lived as long as she has; including Copper (I believe he died at 54? or is he still alive? o.o) And there was a little shetland up in Conroe (very near where we live) who died at... 58? Just last year. It was somewhere up there in the late fifties. ofcourse, those little guys tend to live longer anyways...

I tried to get him to call the local TV station for her 50th birthday too. He atleast said 'maybe' to that. I think it'd be quite fun for her to have her own little clip for her 50th!

Forgive my ignorance, but isn't there any way to get the registration online from her ID? I'm sure I could atleast get that.

As for documentations of the wins. How do I go about getting those? I'm pretty sure that the BO has a newspaper article of atleast one of those big wins (I'm thinking it was her three year old win?) that I could copy if I get the chance. The 'occupation' changes are all from word-of mouth though, so she could of won quite a few other things that we haven't seen, or we could have been given untrue information. I mean, really. We were told she was 25ish! :roll:
 
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This is my old guy Blue, we got him about 13 years ago when I was 12, he was sold to us(along with a mare named Tiffany who passed away about 8 years ago) as a 15/16 year old, when the vet came out they put them at 20-25 years old. So Blue is between 33 and 38 years old. Aside from having no teeth and being hard to keep weight on he is in great health. He is retired because I think he's too thin to be ridden, but he would still be completely sound to go for a ride and would probably enjoy it lol.
this is him about 9 or so years ago with a girl I used to let ride him.


June 2007


Last July


august 15th



and September 22



He's out 24/7 and the few times he's ever been locked in a stall he weaves constantly, he doesn't if he's out tho.
 
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Blue is beautiful! I completely understand...it's so tough to keep the weight on our oldies! Our 27 year old; Pudding- has terrible teeth also. She cribbed back in her younger days and completely ruined them. They're just nubs now :3 what do you feed him? We have to make a mash for Pudding in order to keep her weight even half-way decent. ._.
 
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Thank you, He is one special horse! About a month ago we thought we were going to loose him, he got a cut on the inside of his hock and I didn't notice(it was pretty small and hidden) until he was dead lame(first time he was ever seriously lame since I've had him) The cut had gotten infected and the vet was pretty sure the joint was infected, luckily we got x-rays and there was no damage to the joint, Then he developed celulitis in that leg, on his stomach, sheath and even down in his front leg. As of about 2 weeks ago he is 100% better, I have never cried so much waiting for the vet to get there while he was standing in the pasture not baring any weight on his hind leg.

I feed him a mash of triple crown senior, alfalfa pellets,beetpulp, soybean meal, and smartflex senior, he also normally gets hardkeeper solution but I ran out recently and can't afford it right now.
 
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This is my 26 yr old boy Trewerney Bay (bracken) I got him he was 12 and i was 14 he had worm damage when i got him so have always had huge battles with his weight management :) he was show jumping competitively from 3 and won BSJA junior open championships by 4 so surprise surprise he broke down at 16 with bilateral bog spavins (note the straight hocks) but after 3 years rest the old ****** was sound :) and has never looked back!! he lead a charity event last weekend and was the naughtiest there lol !! he's 27 in a couple of months :) and so cheeky xx

 
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This is my 26 yr old boy Trewerney Bay (bracken) I got him he was 12 and i was 14 he had worm damage when i got him so have always had huge battles with his weight management :) he was show jumping competitively from 3 and won BSJA junior open championships by 4 so surprise surprise he broke down at 16 with bilateral bog spavins (note the straight hocks) but after 3 years rest the old ****** was sound :) and has never looked back!! he lead a charity event last weekend and was the naughtiest there lol !! he's 27 in a couple of months :) and so cheeky xx




What a pretty thing!
 
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Endiku, just supply us with her registered name. It just sounds odd that someone with a horse that old would not be interested in some publicity. Even if others have lived longer, she may be the oldest living horse.

BTW, if I'm not mistaken, AQHA will show a horse as deceased beyond a certain age (I seem to think it's 25) unless they know otherwise.
 
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AQHA does declare deceased at 25 unless owners update them.

Here's a few I currently own or have had the pleasure of knowing.

This is the old man, Hondo. 26 in photo. He will be 30 next year.
Horse Mammal Vertebrate Mane Stallion


This is Hondo's sire, Doc. He was in his early 30s in this photo, he passed at 36.
Horse Mammal Vertebrate Stallion Mare


This is me with my first heart horse, Bunny. She was around 25 in this photo.
Horse Mammal Vertebrate Mare Pack animal
 
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There's a couple of older horses at the barn I board at (Skeeter, the BO's first horse, is 30 and Hopi, a boarder's horse, is 31).

The only old horse I have a photo of, though, is Candy, 27yo QH (well, she's 28 now lol). Ex-broodmare (had something like 13 foals o_O), polo pony and erstwhile Girl Scout horse camp pony.
 
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Do they really? :/ Would we still be able to find her though, even if she was marked deceased?

With as much as she's moved around, I'm almost positive that she wouldn't of been updated every year. I guess it's possible; but considering that her owners prior to us (the lesson facility) weren't even aware that she was registered, and as far as we know were also under the impression that she was in her twenties- I highly doubt it. Still, I know that we do have her papers because I've seen them; and I guess that means that theres a chance she's been updated...

I'm definately going to ask the BO about that. Now I'm curious. As for her registered name, it has a couple of letters in front of it that I can never remember (we all just know her as Delriah, or Del) but I'll ask tomorrow and write it down.

I'm assuming that you couldn't just send in a picture of her after all of these years, stating 'oh, this is _ _ _ Delriah. By the way, she's not dead and she's turning 50 in January' right? Is there any way to...recover- her? Not that there'd really be any reason, unless she lives to be the oldest, second oldest horse- etc; right?

I don't think its that they dont want publicity...we had the local newspaper out once to interview us (about our therapy work) and he pointed out Delriah. If I remember right, she's the one pictured with our autistic kids in the photograph. I think its just that he really doesnt think theres much significant about her age if she's not the oldest. Or atleast that's what I'm assuming.

Anyways, back on subject.

DraftyAiresMom- somehow I dont have a hard time believing that she had 13 foals...:lol:
 
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DraftyAiresMom- somehow I dont have a hard time believing that she had 13 foals...:lol:
Really? What would give you the idea she's had that many? I mean, she's obviously in prime physical condition. *rolls eyes* :lol: Candy, by far, was in the worst shape of the mares we used...unless you count fat little Sassy who felt like riding a big ol' beer barrel with short little legs (but she was only 15, so she can't be pictured here :wink:).
 
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xDD well she definately looks loved. I guess that's all that counts, right? hehe. She's pretty though, under that fat and sway back. I'll bet she was quite a looker in her day. I just love her face.
 
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