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Horse talk for mature people over 40

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#1 ·
I thought I would start a new thread for people over 40
who love horses.
This thread is open to owners leasers an people who
love horses

I will start I am 48 years old and I never yet owned a horse
mainly because of finances.
I have been around horses most of my life. I have ridden
all kinds of horses first ponies then horses
I have ridden Arab, Quarter Horses, Morgans, Appendix Quarter horses.
Thoroughbreds, Appaloosas, American Saddlebreds and Paints and lots of mixed breeds too and all sizes 14hh-17hh
I have ridden both English and western
here is are pictures of me riding my friends Pinto 14hh
and my friends Half Arab

My husband knows how much I would love my own horse so in the spring we are looking in to leasing a horse
 

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#81 ·
You might be "maturing" if you--

Realize that those grannies had something when they told you there's a lot more deep down soul satisfaction to be had from walking your horse down the trail and looking for the lady slippers in the spring than tearing at breakneck speed over every log and gulley for an hour straight. :wink:
 
#82 ·
I realized I had matured when I changed disciplines from two week pack trips in the wilderness to standing dressage in a clearing 100 yards from my house...when the weather was warm...after waking up from my nap...after doing stretching exercises so I could get my foot up to the stirrup without splitting my scrotum...
 
#83 ·
We Spawnees are invading to gain some of your wisdom and knowledge...lol Please enlighten us on how to learn the ways of the "old people". :wink: I have to think being very mature could be a problem for Face, you're welcome in the kiddie thread.
 
#85 ·
We Spawnees are invading to gain some of your wisdom and knowledge...lol Please enlighten us on how to learn the ways of the "old people". :wink: I have to think being very mature could be a problem for Face, you're welcome in the kiddie thread.
Have you gotten to the point where you realized that your parents weren't so dumb after all and were right about may of the things they told you, if so your probably maturing. One of the bigger things is to realize your 40+ body can't take all that your 20 year old brain wants to do pain hurts now, slow down life goes by too fast as it is, learn to stop and smell the flowers along the way.
 
#86 ·
Have you gotten to the point where you realized that your parents weren't so dumb after all and were right about may of the things they told you, if so your probably maturing. One of the bigger things is to realize your 40+ body can't take all that your 20 year old brain wants to do pain hurts now, slow down life goes by too fast as it is, learn to stop and smell the flowers along the way.
lol I've definitely gotten to that point with my Dad, but it's still hard to ADMIT he was right all along..Darn pride, I thought I knew everything..The pain and ground is starting to get a little harder but I'm still not completely there on that one..lol I'm too busy to stop and smell the flowers just yet..Let me finish school and I'll have a picnic in a meadow and enjoy the WHOLE day smelling the flowers. :wink:
 
#89 ·
You might be "maturing" if...

Every year you notice the hay bales and water buckets are getting much heavier. To which you used to be able to explain away as it being.. 'eh just the extra 20 lbs you put on the **** that year which is making things more difficult.
But now you realize things really and truely are getting heavier!
(Plus all that extra **** weight is stuck like glue!)

or, you mistakenly click the other "mature" thread and think your brain's gone wobbly because you can't figure out what they are saying all of a sudden.....
(Huh?....Oh, thank goodness I just clicked the wrong thread... thought I was having a twighlight zone episode or something... everything was the same, yet different:shock:)
 
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CW - I'd start out with a good pair of paddock boots and half chaps before investing in any "horsey" items. A good pair of paddock boots are going to get much more use if you are going to start taking lessons or leasing. The boots you posted wouldnt be allowed for safety reasons at the barn I'm at.



Another "getting old" realization...
You realize you are getting old when you no longer care about barn drama, in fact, you didnt even realize there was barn drama going on!
 
#96 ·
CW - I'd start out with a good pair of paddock boots and half chaps before investing in any "horsey" items. A good pair of paddock boots are going to get much more use if you are going to start taking lessons or leasing. The boots you posted wouldnt be allowed for safety reasons at the barn I'm at.



Another "getting old" realization...
You realize you are getting old when you no longer care about barn drama, in fact, you didnt even realize there was barn drama going on!
Thanks for the advice
you have to spend money to get good boots
 
#98 ·
Thanks for the advice
you have to spend money to get good boots
Scour online and ebay for deals...

Some of my best purchases have come from ebay..head to a store, try on what you like, note the size and style, then hunt on ebay...I've purchased some high end items there for pennies on the dollar!
 
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Thats why I ride a Fell Pony lol 13.2 is not far to fall at all :lol:
I must be a glutton for punishment..anything under 16 hh is just too small for me, I like em tall! Grace is 16.1...a friend of mine offered to let me ride her 15 hh AQHA, I declined knowing that if I did the next time I climbed up Grace, the ground would look awfully far away!
 
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