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| No Bit, No Bridle, No Reins, No Saddle; Good seat, great horsemanship | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 6 2008, 01:09 PM (158 Views) | |
| George K | Mar 6 2008, 01:09 PM Post #1 |
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Stacy Westfall. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Frank_W | Mar 6 2008, 01:15 PM Post #2 |
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Incredible horsemanship!!
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Renauda | Mar 6 2008, 01:32 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It's worth noticing that she was riding a highly trained and bomb proof peanut roller (reigning quarter horse) rather than some skittish, eye rolling Arab, Saddlebred or Thoroughbred. Good ride, she worked with the horse to bring out its best. |
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| sarah_blueparrot | Mar 6 2008, 01:34 PM Post #4 |
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Cool! I don't know very much about horses but that one must be quite dizzy. |
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Death is simply a shedding of the physical body like the butterfly shedding its cocoon. It is a transition to a higher state of consciousness where you continue to perceive, to understand, to laugh, and to be able to grow. - Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross | |
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| George K | Mar 6 2008, 02:27 PM Post #5 |
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"Peanut Roller" indeed. Though, that's not always a bad thing. However, it's my understanding that reiners, though frequently are quarter horses have their share of arabs as well. The crowd loves a "spirited" horse. Give me something that an IED won't startle, and I'll be content. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Renauda | Mar 6 2008, 03:04 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Of course there are Arab stockhorses- I owned one named Renauda. She was great in the practice ring but when it came to competition time she'd was just too hot- wouldn't transition, she'd always be working on the previous routine or anticipating the next pattern. The previous owner had used her for gymkhana and I think that combined with her bloodline predisposed her towards balking under pressure. Her behaviour was also very unpredictable (or predictably unreliable) in large groups of horses such as organized trail rides. The crowd loves a spirited Arabian when it's either just halter broke for show or in an English Pleasure class in a double bridle and under the control of an experienced equestrian. |
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| jodi | Mar 6 2008, 03:56 PM Post #7 |
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Fulla-Carp
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My horse reared today when he was asked to go back into the arena.
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| Renauda | Mar 6 2008, 04:22 PM Post #8 |
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Renauda did that once with me: I immediately jumped off the back of the saddle and pulled her head so that she fell backwards. On the ground the wrangler and I pinned her neck down and with let her thrash about for a minute or so. Never reared again, she was too damn scared. |
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| George K | Mar 6 2008, 04:28 PM Post #9 |
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I had an off the track thoroughhbred for a couple of years; his name was Gulliver. He was the supreme idiot. Spooked at everything, and nipped at you when you walked by in the aisle. I read an article about biting horses (John Lyons), and he suggested that you have to make the horse think that biting you was two things: 1) A horrible, horrible mistake 2) The last thing he'd ever do. YOu were to go at that horse with whatever instrument was nearby, be it shovel, two by four, whatever. But....there were two rules 1) You could only do it for 3 seconds. Retaliation had to be swift and immediate. 2) You can't strike the horse. You want the horse to THINK that you're going to hit him. After 3 seconds of that - all's forgotten. It worked well with Gulliver. He never went after me again. It's all about attitude, not force. If you can convince the beast that you're in charge, that you're the leader, he'll follow your lead and let you take over. I've never struck a horse. Never saw the need for it, but, I've yelled and waved my arms at several. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Renauda | Mar 6 2008, 04:34 PM Post #10 |
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That's been my overall experience, if the horse comes to think it will hurt itself or get hurt as a consequence of doing something it generally won't do it. I have however seen some exceptions- usually from Arab Saddlebred crosses. |
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| George K | Mar 6 2008, 06:16 PM Post #11 |
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My wife's first horse, Charlie Brown, was a thoroughbred/saddlebred cross. OMFG! The barn that she boarded him at (pardon the dangling preposition) was near the Santa Fe Railroad tracks, about 25 miles west of the Chicago yards. By the time the trains reached that point they were going at a pretty good clip. On day, with my wife on his back, Charlie decided that he'd race the freight train. That was the day that my wife learned two things: 1) Engineers have no common sense (waving at her, blasting the horn). 2) Charlie knew how to jump fences at speed. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| jodi | Mar 6 2008, 08:15 PM Post #12 |
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Hey! My first horse's name was Charlie Brown! He was a TB QH cross. He was just a youngster and he thought I was his mom. He followed me everwhere. He bucked big time once while we were galloping in the pasture, sent me flying, and then freaked out because I wasn't on his back anymore telling him what to do. Slammed on the brakes, stood stock still staring at me and shaking. I had to crawl over to him gasping for breath (knocked the wind out of me), and then he breathed a big sigh of relief when I wrapped my arms around his front leg. Seriously. (the only horse I've ever ridden that did that) All the rest of them ran gleefully back to the barn after they tossed me. Jodi
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