[RedDunPaint]

Thought this would be a fun thread to start. I know this is going to be really hard, but the goal is to choose just one picture of you & your horse or just your horse. And then explain why you chose the photo.

I'll start. I chose this picture of Tessa and I because it took a lot of work to get her to trot beside me by me jogging and then keeping her at my side. And here she is doing exactly what I wanted, picked it up right away, and all in a pretty stranger environment. The previous time I had taken her down to this part of the stable, she was crazy spooky and not in any mind to work. In this picture though, she is alert but listening well. And this isn't fenced in (still safe though don't worry haha). It was just such an amazing feeling to have her running beside me and wanting to be there!

 

[kiltsrhott]

Goregous photo and gorgeous horse! I love the story behind it too! It's moments like these that remind us why we love our horses so much.

My favorite picture isn't impressive as far as photos go. It's a quick shot I took on my cell phone of both of my horses coming to greet me in the paddock. It just warms me on the inside when my horses show me that they're happy to see me too, even if it is just to check me for food sometimes. My absolute favorite part of my barn time is just hanging out with my horses in their paddock, grooming them, and talking to them. This picture reminds me of that. Good feels. I don't have a lot of photos of both of my horses together either, which is strange because they've been pastured together for 7+ years, and I like that both of them are in the shot.

 

[ApuetsoT]

From last winter. Edited a little, but I still really like the overall photo. I like the composition of it. Even if it was bitterly cold out.

 

[k9kenai]

Here's a picture of Conor, about two years before I sold him. It was our first winter together. He was just starting to get in his winter coat. I love the pictures I have of him looking straight at the camera because I think his marking looks a bit like a heart.

 

[JoBlueQuarter]

Beautiful pictures, everybody!

Here are my favourite pictures of my three horses (I couldn't pick just one!).

First one is cute Heidi, wearing her western saddle. Second one is Blue and me. You can't see them, but we're herding our cattle. In the attached images, the first one is a cute face shot of Heidi, and the last one is a pic of me and Paso, quite a long time ago. I love looking at old pictures; brings back fond memories!

 

[MyFillyAspen]

This is my new mare (I sold Aspen almost two years ago now.. just got back into horses last month)... which reminds me, I havent introduced her to you guys yet!

This is "Elective" aka Lecci (was Elsa, but I hated that name), my 4yo OTTB mare (Choisir x Moon Glitter).

My fave photo of her is this one in tack.. compared to the other photo, the day I bought her home - shes come so far in a month healthwise!

 

[JCnGrace]

TJ's baby picture always reminds me of what cute little booger he was.

 

[TribalHorse21]

Here is a pic of my mare, Grace, and I. I taught her to give kisses lol! I have a lot of favorite pics of her, so it was really hard to choose. But I think this is one of my top favorites. She's a sassy quirky mare and I love how in this picture she really reaches for the kiss haha. I love her so much. Btw, that dappled grey, Lecci, is gorgeous!

 

[Triple E]

Love this idea! This is my all time favorite picture of my colt from this year "Newton". This picture was taken in the early morning after his birth. I just love the way the shadows play with the light and the look he is giving the camera. The amount of innocence and raw potential his gaze holds gives me goosebumps.

 

[GMA100]

One year ago today I got this picture taken of Asher/Ajax. It was my birthday and 10 months since I got him as a wild mustang. I love it because I feel it shows the bond we had and cause Asher was just so stinking cute

 

[buggy]

This was a horse I bought out of a meat pen at an auction. There was just something special about him, nothing that I can put into words or describe. He passed away 2 years ago and he is missed. This is one of my favorite pictures of him.

 

[Tazzie]

I truly have a billion pictures I've classified as my favorite over the 6 and a half years I've owned my girl, but this one has always stayed my true favorite. My daughter I believe was two at the time, and was leading Izzie because she wanted to. It was a quiet moment between my two favorite girls.

 

[Rainaisabelle]

This one would have to be in my top 10 of Roy. I love this horse he’s one of a kind, he is extremely sweet, patient, loving and forgiving. I am extremely lucky to own him and even though he’s a bit useless (lol) I still wouldn’t change him for the world.

 

[egrogan]

I usually ride alone so most of the pictures I have of Isabel are "between the ears" shots. But the rare times when I've had someone along have given me some of my favorite pictures of her. I think this is probably my favorite because she's so into what we're doing.

My new horse Fizz has only been here a month. So far, I like this one the best of her. Though if anyone who's good at Photoshop can take out the shadows from the fence on her face and legs, that would be awesome! :grin:

 

[SketchyHorse]

This is my current favorite picture. Everything about this picture & that day just made me so unbelievably happy. We finally made it to our first show & Jameson was just such a rockstar. All the goals we set, we hit. Then winning the mini medal at the end of the day was just the icing on the cake. I thought we did surprisingly well for eventers at the hunter show LOL.

Plus - doesn't he look ridiculously smug? LOL. Like yeah... I'm a good pony

 

[mmshiro]

Let's see if this works... This is Dita:

EDIT: Inserting images doesn't seem to work with a public Dropbox link. Here is the link.

 

[Knave]

I wish I could ‘like’ posts on here, but alas I am almost always on my phone and rarely the computer.
@Triple E and @ApuetsoT those are both spectacular pictures.
@RedDunPaint Great picture and also great post idea! @kiltsrhott That is such a beautiful place! @Tazzie that’s adorable! @JoBlueQuarter I like your pictures. @GMA100 I’m sure you miss him.

To everyone I missed I liked all of the pictures.

So, this is my favorite picture so far of Bones. Not because it’s the best picture of him, but because it was from such a crazy day.

It started as one of those days that I didn’t think was going to be super difficult. Bones was cranky with me to start out as can be kind of a grudge holder, and he was mad he got in trouble the prior day. So when we started off by having to lope a long distance up the side of a canyon to get around some cattle I didn’t have much empathy for him.

The day ended up being so much harder than I anticipated though. My mom and I took that group of cattle down a different canyon than the others took, and they were fighting us every step of the way. A ways down the canyon she lost a couple of cows over the top of her side, and she went over the skyline after them.

Bones was very young, and we still had creek crossing issues, so it was hard enough getting him over the creek to continue the rest of the cattle on that side, but every time I’d cross to fix that group the other side would try their side of the mountain. I was getting super nervous because my mother hadn’t come back, and she doesn’t really care to ride alone.

After an hour or so my dad came trotting into sight. I waved my arms to get him to come over and when he got to me I told him my worries as he helped me move that stubborn group of cows. When we got to the bottom my husband and daughters were there with the main group. I was really worried at this point when I saw my mother wasn’t there, so without saying anything Dad took off one way and I took off the other.

Bones is super ambitious, and at that point I was also beginning to feel a lot more empathy for him. He wasn’t tired, but he should have been, however with Mom out there somewhere I still pushed him up this mountain to see if I was high enough to spot her.

When I looked around I had a good view of a couple valleys, but I didn’t see her anywhere, and my oldest girl came trotting up to where I was. I hadn’t realized she was following me when I left and her poor fat gelding wasn’t going to stand up to the hard riding I intended to do. I could see my husband and little daughter had taken a different canyon and were just skylining, so I realized at that point I was going to have to take it easier and my daughter let her horse step on his bit right then. He threw back and tore that bridle apart. I looked at it and it was not something I could manage any way to Mickey Mouse together. I waved my arms to get my husband’s attention as I saw he stopped on the top of his canyon to glass.

He and my little girl started their way over and I realized my only option was to give my oldest girl my bridle because she couldn’t get down the mountain without one. I took the cotton reins from her bridle and tied a makeshift war bridle on my colt.

In a much slower fashion we began to hunt for my missing mother. Eventually we saw that she and my father were together headed down the range back to where the pickup was. My husband took this photo of Bones and me then. I was so proud of him for putting the kind of day that he did in and managing so well.

 

[JoBlueQuarter]

Dita is gorgeous, mmshiro!

 

[gingerscout]

I have a few favorites but this one is a more recent favorite because I get to share it with my daughter, and ren has his typical flare for photos..LOL

 

[Lilah]

So many favourites...but this one is special <3