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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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#17,002 ·
Celeste: You may try to reprimand ol' Stan, but to no avail, obviously-he's just miffed @ not having a go as a stand up comedian in his youth! haha
* My DH does a lot of hunting, and we fish- a lot of wild game eaten at our table,

Roadyy: So glad many in your family and region made it through the storms and floods!! I can't even imagine. Best of luck with your boy's eye, and hope it heals soon! * You sided w/Stan, btw, but I've forgiven you. MR as well... you guys are a couple of dweebs! :)


What's this ol' Stan I will have you know since the invention of that heart pill ol' is a word of the past. And i never wanted to be a stand up comedian in my youth. To busy wearing out my heart. It was when I arrived on this thread and found it was 99.99% women, that was when I found my nitch and developed a sense of humour.

As for having to darn his own socks if DH came home with a rabbit. Tell him its not that hard. All one does is buy 7 pars of the same design and colour and as a hole appears just throw it away. They last for years.

What is a dweeb.

Bugs Every one wants an up date I have been swamped with requests so I thought I had better post,
Horse Mammal Pasture Mane Mare


Bugs is in love I had a talk to the trainer tonight she said he is a screem he has behaved no dirt or bucking Not bad for several months of inactivity he throws the plastic buckets over the fence and is putting his nose into every thing. I could have brought him home today but decided Tory can take him out for another 4 rides over the farm. That will get him out on his own out of sight of the other horses.

He is at the bottom of the pecking order with the other four horses but it has not bothered him, she said he seems happy to just be in the bunch.

How do I know he is in love well I whistled him He was a couple of hundred yards away. He looked up and stared at me, but did not move. Tory arrived and suddenly he had movement, towards Tory. :evil:

I pick him up on Tuesday. I am chuffed he has behaved, confirms my confidence in him, all he needs is mileage. TJ horse is ready.

Large rabbits: Turn out well on the BBQ rotating slowly on medium heat. One has to baste it with a coconut oil, garlic, American mustard and dark beer mix. finger lickin good.

Cheers all.
 
#17,003 ·
Got rained out at 7:30 yesterday morning and spent the rest of the morning moving stuff out of the horse shed and into the shop. I still had some of my jeep parts and tools stored in there. I have the 4' deep freeze and some fencing materials left to move out then it will be empty.

Hung out with the girls until 4:30 then co-worker/horseman picked me up to head out to the barn. Showed him around and fed the horses then walked a bit of the trails while the horses were eating. He is now hoping we do shut down at noon today and begging me to go ride. His 3 horses are still in Ga. until he finds a place to rent with room for them. He is wanting to go with me to the S&R thing on Saturday if we can still go and ride one of my horses.

Stan, glad Bugs is ready to ride. When are you planning to climb aboard?

When dd and dw had all three rabbits, I named them Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. They called them Peanut Butter, Jam and Biscuit. How ironic.
 
#17,004 ·
MN17, I am glad M has agreed to go with you and hope things start improving with her towards you so that you can maybe have a more consistent riding buddy.


Terry, looking forward to hearing your doing better on the new hourly schedule and happy you are able to keep horse Monday.

Looks like we will be working all day today and possibly tomorrow too. I need to work if they let me instead of doing the S&R, but will manage if I have to go try and enjoy the S&R day instead of working.......did that sound convincing at all?lol
 
#17,005 ·
Rick I'll give bugs a work out next weekend weather permitting. And just to make you all happy in the USA. Its gotten cold here in NZ I even have a small fire going. Now that should put a spring back in your step. The up side in my area is its all year round riding and not to hot but I think we are in for a good amount of rain this winter. The weather pattern seems to be dumping on my place at present. I'm not complaining, the water table is still very low and will take some to come up.
its 1-17 am Saturday so time to get some sleep

Good night or good morning which ever fits.
 
#17,006 ·
Morning All:
I went to the campgrounds and surrounding water crossings yesterday.
Camping area a little slick but drying quick, horses will not be in mud on the high-line.:D
River crossing impossible yesterday, today the water should be low enough.
Packing up and getting ready to drive out by noon.

When I return I'll post some pics of the raging river and the overall trip.
Riding season is here it is just starting a little slow.
Spring almost looks like summer after this rain.
Already somewhat of a canopy exists in the trees, heavy on the green.

Question::For anyone that may know.
How many megabytes of picture space are we allowed here???
Occasionally I delete pictures that I put in very old posts that really don't matter.
I leave what I feel are the good pics alone.

Stan: I don't understand the dweeb thing.
I've ate rabbit since I was a young one, best in stew.
German recipes are awesome, Hasenpfeffer.
 
#17,007 ·
Roadyy, sounds like you might also have found a riding buddy, likely experienced since he has horses. Nice!

Stan, I believe it's raining everywhere on the planet this week. Your spring-our fall: I find it's the best time of year to ride, cooler and in our regions, no bugs after 1st frost (no offense to Bugs). How cold does your winter get?

I received new boots (Vipers from Renegade) for my boy Eole. I'm going to do some fitting today. Working evening shifts this week end, have a nice one all of you!

For our Morgan loving friends, NS and Hunter, I'll add a precision. The sir was known for sure, the mare was of unknown origin, only speculations. But history, region, conformation and now genetics has all confirmed the Canadian horse as being THE one! :wink:
Here, to make my point (I LOVE horse/history, can you tell?), pictures of both a Canadian and a Morgan Stallion. Hard to tell which is which?
 

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#17,008 ·
Roadyy, sounds like you might also have found a riding buddy, likely experienced since he has horses. Nice!

Stan, I believe it's raining everywhere on the planet this week. Your spring-our fall: I find it's the best time of year to ride, cooler and in our regions, no bugs after 1st frost (no offense to Bugs). How cold does your winter get?

I received new boots (Vipers from Renegade) for my boy Eole. I'm going to do some fitting today. Working evening shifts this week end, have a nice one all of you!

For our Morgan loving friends, NS and Hunter, I'll add a precision. The sir was known for sure, the mare was of unknown origin, only speculations. But history, region, conformation and now genetics has all confirmed the Canadian horse as being THE one! :wink:
Here, to make my point (I LOVE horse/history, can you tell?), pictures of both a Canadian and a Morgan Stallion. Hard to tell which is which?
Where I live in winter it gets down to 10 deg in the mornings Central North island and the south island get snow. We do have some great skiing in the central Nth Island and South Island. Here where I live the weather is bordering on tropical so it really is a good climate to live in all year round. However we have had droughts over the past three years which have curtailed riding a bit. Too hot
 
#17,009 ·
Roadyy, sounds like you might also have found a riding buddy, likely experienced since he has horses. Nice!

Stan, I believe it's raining everywhere on the planet this week. Your spring-our fall: I find it's the best time of year to ride, cooler and in our regions, no bugs after 1st frost (no offense to Bugs). How cold does your winter get?

I received new boots (Vipers from Renegade) for my boy Eole. I'm going to do some fitting today. Working evening shifts this week end, have a nice one all of you!

For our Morgan loving friends, NS and Hunter, I'll add a precision. The sir was known for sure, the mare was of unknown origin, only speculations. But history, region, conformation and now genetics has all confirmed the Canadian horse as being THE one! :wink:
Here, to make my point (I LOVE horse/history, can you tell?), pictures of both a Canadian and a Morgan Stallion. Hard to tell which is which?

Morgan on the left??
 
#17,010 ·
Hello all! Quick peek in.

Had a WONDERFUL field trip yesterday. Pics later. All went smooth, kids were spectacular, and I would go again. Phew!:D

yes, Roaddy, I would like our friendship to work out. I am seeing more of M lately. Ever since I asked her to join me on that ride in May she's been friendlier. We sat and talked 'shop' (that would be school and horses) until 5:00 Tuesday night. We will see how long this lasts...she's very hot and cold. I think it depends on what is happening in her 'life'....she closes herself off many times...and I don't know why b/c she doesn't share at that point. Most friends I know need to share with someone...I'm apparently not that someone. :wink: Oh well, will enjoy the moment. At least she isn't caddy or backstabbing.

Have fun MR!!

Hoping to get some riding in myself tomorrow....if the rain holds off. Very soggy here.

I get to leave early today, so off I go to the tack shop GRAND OPENING!! They are in a new 15,000 sq. ft. building! How big is that? I thought I heard they took over an old Walmart. Would that be about the size? Really excited about going....I love the tack store more than the mall! (that says something. hahahah)

OK, gotta run. Have a happy Friday!!:D
 
#17,013 ·
Roadyy, sounds like you might also have found a riding buddy, likely experienced since he has horses. Nice!

Stan, I believe it's raining everywhere on the planet this week. Your spring-our fall: I find it's the best time of year to ride, cooler and in our regions, no bugs after 1st frost (no offense to Bugs). How cold does your winter get?

I received new boots (Vipers from Renegade) for my boy Eole. I'm going to do some fitting today. Working evening shifts this week end, have a nice one all of you!

For our Morgan loving friends, NS and Hunter, I'll add a precision. The sir was known for sure, the mare was of unknown origin, only speculations. But history, region, conformation and now genetics has all confirmed the Canadian horse as being THE one! :wink:
Here, to make my point (I LOVE horse/history, can you tell?), pictures of both a Canadian and a Morgan Stallion. Hard to tell which is which?
Both are stunning! Without cheating, I have to say the one on the left looks like a photo I was given of Chaslee Superman, (Morgan) but on the right, that horse looks like Courage of Equinox! (Morgan) both are related to Laney's sire.... I'll just randomly say the one on the right?
 
#17,014 ·
Celeste: You may try to reprimand ol' Stan, but to no avail, obviously-he's just miffed @ not having a go as a stand up comedian in his youth! haha
* My DH does a lot of hunting, and we fish- a lot of wild game eaten at our table,

Roadyy: So glad many in your family and region made it through the storms and floods!! I can't even imagine. Best of luck with your boy's eye, and hope it heals soon! * You sided w/Stan, btw, but I've forgiven you. MR as well... you guys are a couple of dweebs! :)


What's this ol' Stan I will have you know since the invention of that heart pill ol' is a word of the past. And i never wanted to be a stand up comedian in my youth. To busy wearing out my heart. It was when I arrived on this thread and found it was 99.99% women, that was when I found my nitch and developed a sense of humour.

As for having to darn his own socks if DH came home with a rabbit. Tell him its not that hard. All one does is buy 7 pars of the same design and colour and as a hole appears just throw it away. They last for years.

What is a dweeb.

Bugs Every one wants an up date I have been swamped with requests so I thought I had better post,
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Bugs is in love I had a talk to the trainer tonight she said he is a screem he has behaved no dirt or bucking Not bad for several months of inactivity he throws the plastic buckets over the fence and is putting his nose into every thing. I could have brought him home today but decided Tory can take him out for another 4 rides over the farm. That will get him out on his own out of sight of the other horses.

He is at the bottom of the pecking order with the other four horses but it has not bothered him, she said he seems happy to just be in the bunch.

How do I know he is in love well I whistled him He was a couple of hundred yards away. He looked up and stared at me, but did not move. Tory arrived and suddenly he had movement, towards Tory. :evil:

I pick him up on Tuesday. I am chuffed he has behaved, confirms my confidence in him, all he needs is mileage. TJ horse is ready.

Large rabbits: Turn out well on the BBQ rotating slowly on medium heat. One has to baste it with a coconut oil, garlic, American mustard and dark beer mix. finger lickin good.

Cheers all.
I clicked 'Like' because of the beautiful photo of Bugs- not your BBQ recipe.
 
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Heading out back soon for the night feed- Sorry to invade this thread, but only have a few minutes! :)

NM17: Glad to hear the field trip went well! Did you notice any wide-eyed future ornithologists among your class? :)

Stan: Bugs looks like he's doing very well with his trainer, and he's quite a handsome horse! Also, I did put the aforementioned leather halter on lay-away last week-now, if someone would pass by they'd see a bit less leather halter with rope reins attached, rather than nylon! It never mattered to me anyway, but is a small luxury :)

Now... Definition of a Dweeb-
"Any grown man willing to pick on a gal and her darling rabbit".......
HaHa

Actually, a Dweeb is a fun '90's term still used today- here's a simple example:

"DW, I can't find my keys! Have you seen them? I've looked everywhere!"
"DH, You Dweeb! They're right in your hand!"
Then both DW & DH have a laugh, then kiss and say,
"Have a great day! Love you!"

See! You guys had nothing to fear! :)
 
#17,017 ·
I know nothing of Morgans except "oooh! pretty!", but will choose the one on the right, because of the trees in the background. Now, that sounds very silly, but the reasoning is: the trees on the left look, well, Canadian; the trees on the right look like those in the South that get all that Spanish moss hanging from them.

That's my dweeb guess (yes, dweebs come in both sexes).
 
#17,019 ·
Since on here all by myself tonight, will post again, while trying to wind down after work..

I realized I wasn't clear in my dweebish choice: I vote the Morgan is on the right.

Stan, I didn't miss your comment that Bugs is ready for me. Since he's being so well behaved & seems to have a penchant for the ladies, I think I'm ready for him. Just have to come up w/the million$ to come to NZ; will see what I can do after I come up w/my car payment, lol!

Hope Ms Nicker had a wonderful time at the new tack shop opening. Was thinking of you today, girlfriend, wanted to go with you, I bet you're fun to go shopping with! Especially at tack stores, I'm not so hot w/malls...you'll find me in the bookstore!

Rick, hope Little Man's eye is better, & the other 2 boys are ok too. Are the rains/floods subsiding?

Thinking of all of you but wearing out now. One more day to my week. Hope all are having a good weekend.

Later..
 
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