Re: Beth: about my horses

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Labtrek - Your horses sound absolutely beautiful. Thoroughbreds are so gorgeous - and hot under saddle. I have 2 thoroughbreds myself...one we bought at a horse auction and he was skinny and had lash marks all over his back...but he was so gentle. My husband got on him and he was bucked off. It's so weird cause he's the gentlest thing otherwise...you can kiss him...go under his stomach, pick up feet, etc....but just don't ride him. Obviously he was mistreated and we've had him now 4 years and he is just a pet now...I'm sure he'd let me ride him now that he knows us...but I'm scared - and too old to fall. He's about 161/2 hands, a bay. Our other thoroughbred is a HUGE thing...about 17 plus hands...his name is Big Boy. He almost looks part clydesdale cause he's got huge feet, big head...He's rideable, but accident prone like yours. He's also a bay. Then I have a quarter horse registered Paint...mare, will foal in June. She's pretty but we don't ride her...just breeding. Buck, our most expensive horse, is a cutting horse and he is quick. He is a push button horse...if you are cantering and you put the slightest rein to his neck...you will come off if you're not careful, because he turns SO sharp. I trust him so much...I ride him out on the country roads, cotton fields, and woods...He is the kind of horse that will take care of you. I trust him totally. He is a bay about 15 hands. Pal, a small 14 hand bay, is great to ride...he's just a plain old horse...sweet, easy...good manners and a smooth gait. My favorite horse is Coltie...he's small too...about 14 something hands...he's a sorrell...I bought him when he was 6 months old

for $125. at a horse auction...and I have raised him - he's now 4. I am the only one that has ridden him...and when I first got on him...he just let me...he was proud...no bucking, no bad manners...I can't explain it..but he was proud...and likes me on him. He keeps his eye on me constantly...and I trust him....he's got good sense...doesn't panic in tight situations...just a real good horse. Smart...smart. He has a lot of Arabian in him. And my last horse is Smokey...who must be 30 years old and has lost so much weight in the last 2 years...people tell us we should have him put down...he does look bad...but I just can't...we buy special senior feed for him...he still has his mind...and he's a sweet horse...naturally we can't ride him. Quarter Horse Is that 7? I rode English when I was younger...and occasionally still do...but mostly I ride

western and just trails...although my husband built me an arena...I seldom ride in it. I like to ride out..on the land...in the woods, like you. They say horses are a cross between a cat and a dog...and I kinda have to agree... Wish we could ride together! Beth labtrek1941 wrote: Beth, Since I can't (yet) snip, I just started a new topic to answer your question. We have two horses, both Thoroughbred geldings. My daughter rode them in hunt seat equitation and hunter classes in high school and college. Now one is leased to a college student who shows him, and

the other is ridden by my granddaughter. She used to show him, now just hacks around in the woods on him. The leased one is a 17 hand dark bay, off the track, and very beautiful but goofy and accident prone. Most of the time my daughter rode he was laid up with one injury or another including a fractured pelvis and a ruptured tendon sheath, all self inflicted in pasture accidents in level, rail fenced pastures. The second horse (a 16 hand chestnut) which my granddaughter rides, never was raced and really looks more like a quarter horse, and acts like one. He is sensible and reliable, extremely well trained, will work almost entirely off your leg . He was high point in his division in the Louisiana Hunter/Jumper Association the year before we got him, and I could never have afforded him except the former owner was looking for a really good home over the best price, and the people we board with have a great

reputation in this area. I have always loved Thoroughbreds, but grew up riding western, mostly quarter horses, and still have a really soft spot for the real, old fashioned ones, not the modern ones with big muscular bodies on tiny feet. I spend a lot of time online studying Thoroughbred pedigrees, and research bloodlines for friends. My daughter does not ride much now. We spend most of our stable time grooming, bathing, trimming and babying them, and watching the two girls ride and show them. Now, your turn. Would love to hear about your horses.

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