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Horse talk for mature people over 40

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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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#14,001 ·
talking about heart warming stories

Spent ten minutes working Bugs.
He did not run away when he saw the halter and rope. He settled down fearly well giving consideration to the strong wind that is blowing at the moment. No pawing the ground and no flicking of his head, a little spooky but not to bad
A good few moments were had so a little more tomorrow and i'll present him to the float again.

Noticed his droppings after 24 hours are fill of fungas threads which to me means he has indegested fungas spores, so perhaps the mico toxin absorber is working. Hope so, cause if he stays as he is Ill take a chance and go to the trek on Friday. He won't be fit but, one day is better than no day. And all i'll have to do is hang on for 30 minutes and he will be spent:shock: I hope.
 
#14,004 ·
Read all the stories, but too many to respond to them all.


Happy birthday Stan and glad things are looking up with Bugs.

Cold is cold is cold is cold. Doesn't matter much to me if it is 32* or -40*. lol


We moved stuff til 10:30 Friday night, til 11pm Sat night and til 8pm last night. I lave one more trip to get our material items other than the shed and horses to be done with moving. I will not move furniture again. I'll pile it out by the road and post a curb alert on CL then buy all new/used stuff for the new place.

I am thankful we are buying this house and will sell my limbs to pay for it just to not move again.


Sounds like everyone seems to be doing well and glad to hear it.
 
#14,005 ·
Yes, moving is tough! I'm not doing it again-we are here to stay. Was in my last house for 35 years-don't think I have another 35 years in me-haha. DH has worn out the recliner he got from his Dad, so we have to replace that soon, & I have my eye on a small cabinet for my sewing room, but that will be it for furniture for awhile. May want to get a bigger dining table down the road, but we're ok w/the little one we have for now. It's trash pick-up day, so have to go open those double gates soon, but it's pretty cold out there right now-to me, I don't do well in the cold-which is anything below 60 degrees!

Glad the move is almost done-when are you going to move the horses?
 
#14,007 ·
Stan: I like your sense of humour. That elephant story, still laughing as I was teary eyes expecting of fairy tale ending... not! You totally deserve Bugs, all cute and naughty as he is.

Roadyy, nice to hear you survived the crazy moving marathon.

Corgi, congratulations on the new trailer.
NM, weren't you planning to buy-share a trailer with your mom?

OK, I win: -20C (minus 20, yes, you read right) this morning when I walked to the barn. Since DH's surgery, I've been up very early to clean the stable before work. I love the morning chores: horses happily munching on their hay, freely walking in and out their stall while I clean it. It's work, but it's also relaxing, like a meditative state. Do I make any sense?:wink:
 
#14,008 ·
Looking good Hunter! Scotty is a handsome boy.

Rick, good luck with the move tomorrow. I know moving can be a real hassle but it is also exciting!

I had a very interesting day. One of my responsibilities with my job is to act as the Social Studies Curriculum Specialist. The 7th grade at one of our middle schools took their students to the Marine Corp Museum at Quantico today and I went as an extra chaperone. I was given a group of three boys, all very well behaved and fun to be around.

The museum is amazing. Very informative and interactive. The actual flag flown at Iwo Jima is there. While we were looking at it, a volunteer came up and starting talking about when he fought at Iwo Jima. He is a 88 year old former marine named Frank Matthews. He landed at Iwo Jima on the first wave. He was 18 years old. The boys listened to him talk about his experiences so respectfully. And when he was finished, they all shook his hand. I did too. There are not many WWII veterans left alive and it was a gift to be able to hear him give a first hand account. I am truly honored to have had that chance. It was worth the 1.5 hour ride on a school bus!!
What a great experience for your students and you! There definately are not many WWII vets around. They are so interesting to speak with. Glad you got that oportunity.
 
#14,009 ·
I had exactly 30 minutes of day light at the barn after work. It was 18 F. Brrrr. I was happy that the girls kept their blankets on. After tomorrow, I have 5 days off, Yippee! Surely I will get a ride in longer than 1/2 hour.

DH got a deer yesterday so tonight I get to process it. I'm jsut cutting up some steaks then the rest will get ground for burgers. I've got about 3 hours of work ahead of me and right now I am only procrastinating! Good night all!
 
#14,010 ·
Happy Place, my hubby got a deer last weekend but I won't touch it so he ends up having to send it out to be processed. LOL. I guess I am not a very supportive wife. ;)

Stan, glad Bugs seems to be settling down a bit.

Rick, happy the move went ok. We are facing moving my Mom up to Maryland by the first of the year and I am sooooo not looking forward to it. I want her to be closer to family and out of the town she is living in, i know she is lonely since Dad died, but gosh, I wish I could snap my fingers and everything would be moved.

We picked up the trailer today. I went to the bank earlier and got some money from our home equity line to pay for it. (That's how I bought my horse two years ago). The trailer hooked right up to hubby's trailer hitch. The lights all worked. I followed him home in case the lights went out or something else bad happened but he said it towed like a dream and the lights shone brightly the whole way home.

We may be getting some winter weather in the morning . If it isn't too bad, we will take it to get inspected. I have the title and need to find some time to go to the DMV and stand in line for hours to get it registered in my name and get new plates and tags.

I am so excited about being able to take Izzy and Scuffy off property whenever we want. There is a local farm that does team penning every Friday night Spring-Fall. (Actually, it is Tom Seay's farm. He hosts "Best of America on Horseback" on RFTV if you have ever seen it). I look forward to being able to see what Lady Isabella does when she sees a cow.

Oh, i just realized that I have some pictures that a photographer took when hubby and I did the judged trail ride last month. I will post them and hope they dont show up sideways. LOL. In all of the pics, Izzy's ears are forward and happy. She loves being in new places and being beside her best friend, Scuffy.

One more day of work and then five days off. i think i can, I think i can, I think i can.
 
#14,014 · (Edited)
Evening all,

Not much happening here.

Eole, yes, mom made the call about the trailer. They know we want one, and at the price they quoted at congress......but they have to find a way to ship it from out west to us in the east at that cost!:shock: so we are waiting to hear.

Oh yes Eole...you win!! Yikes! C O L D !!!!!

Cut my twos tails tonight, packaging it up to ship out to make a bracelet!!:D. Merry Christmas!!

Half day for me tomorrow, speaking at a local college, then home to bake. We work wed and zoom off to the state park for thanksgiving. Getting all our ducks in a row for animal baby sitting!!:lol:

Looks like a big storm heading our way tomorrow. We never really got much last storm. We will see.....

Corgi, congrats on the trailer!!:D. Those trail rodes look so fun. I want to find those around here!! How high was that berm?

Have a good night all.
 
#14,015 ·
Nicker, I just asked hubby and he said his best guess it 2.5 or 3 feet.
This was the 2nd judged trail ride i have done and i didnt enjoy this one as much a the last one.

This one was held at an equestrian center that is known for their cross country course and the planners used a lot of the obstacles they already had in place. Which meant a lot of hign stepping and Isabella just isnt physically capable of doing that.

The one i did last year was much more enjoyable. It was at Tom Seay's farm and all of the obstacles were more practical and realistic.

Don't get me wrong..we still had fun at this last one. But not because of the obstacles, just because of riding in a new place and being able to explore the trails when we were done.
 
#14,016 ·
Went to work with Bugs this evening and it started well. It did not last. No halter in my hand only a rope. He was following, stopping, left, right, and would follow when I made a big change in direction. He is still playing up and tried to kick out. Not directly at me but lack of respect type behavour.

So around and around the paddock he had to run and I made him change directions as well. A good ten minutes of galloping with no stopping as soon as he reached the gate I turned him around and ran him the other way. After a while the kicking out stopped and he was just galloping. So I have a respect issue going on as well as new grass.

Tomorrow is another day, he has the night to think about it and if required Ill make him run some more. But tomorrow will be untill he is spent if he tries it on again. In his condition 30 minutes of galloping will take it out of him while I stand there with beer in my hand.

I've got to admit he looks great at a gallop. However I'm a little long in the tooth to have to hang on at that speed.

Cheers all
 
#14,017 ·
Got the last of my stuff that was around the shed and fence posts laying out in the pasture that I had planned on making a round pen out of. Now I have to decide if I want to let them come get the storage shed and let it go back, since it is a rent to own and wouldn't affect my credit, vs me trying to roll it across some poles to a point where it wouldn't catch any low hanging limbs to lift it on to a trailer to haul to new house myself. Not practical to do that as it will be very time consuming and I need all the time I can get to putting a fence up.
 
#14,018 ·
Stan, sounds like Bugs definitely needed to be forced to run a bit for kicking out. Totally unacceptable. Good for you for not letting him get away with it.

Rick, definitely leave the shed. Sounds like too much trouble to move it.

We had our horse trailer inspected today. I was holding my breath. We got such a good deal on it that i just knew there had to be something wrong with it.

Turns out that even though the lights worked just fine, everything was wired incorrectly and it needed totally rewired. The brakes were not even hooked up!!
It also needed a battery for the breakaway brakes. We had a brake box installed in hubby's truck so that he can adjust the amount of breaking on the trailer.

Hubby was there for over 4 hours and walked away $541 poorer.

Oh well. We paid $800 under the asking price so we are still ahead and now we have safe brakes and wiring. I went and took care of the title transfer, registration, and tags today. Got a permanent tag for the trailer so paid a little bit more but won't have to pay a fee every year. That little trip cost me $190. Ok...still haven't met the asking price but OUCH!

Guess i know what my Christmas present is. LOL

Now it just needs cleaned up a bit and then we can decide where we are hauling first!

Won't be going anywhere for a few days. The weather is nasty. It is a cold rain...the temp has been holding steady at 34 degrees and it has poured all day long. We had crab soup for dinner and it hit the spot on such a dreary day.

I am off work until Monday. Really looking forward to some days off, even though i promised hubby we could go to Richmond and go to Bass Pro Shops tomorrow. Ummmmmmmm.....yuck. But he did spend 4 hours getting the trailer inspected today so I guess i owe him. :)
 
#14,019 ·
Just a quick peek......got the call already....two hour delay tomorrow morning!! YEEHAA. That's the way to start a vacation! :lol: it's snowing pretty steady. It's a think heavy wet snow, the kind that makes the trees hang. It's really beautiful and not that cold.:D

Ok, gotta go pack for our 24 hour thanksgiving outing! :wink:
 
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#14,020 ·
Ladona still sounds like a good deal on the horse trailer. No matter how new they are there is always something to do on them.

I have installed a 80 litre water container with a pressure washer on it just to clean the horses after a ride. $600 just so we dont have to wash them down when we get home. Its not a bad unit called a water boy.
 
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