Regarding the Horses in our lives...

[Cearbhael]

Ok, I misspelled his name. it is Khasper. I ran into a website on Arabian colours and now they are saying that it was not the Sabino gene that produced him but a spontaneous mutation that produced a "Dominate White" gene. Well, whatever, he is a Medicine Hat.

 

[Cearbhael]

Yes, I finally found him! His name is R Khasper and he lives at Fern Valley Farm. She still calls him a Max Sabino as well as "Dominate White" the Arabian Horse Association has accepted Dominate White as a new and extremely rare Arab colour. They believe Khasper was the first (accepting that there may have been others.) I know there have been. Saw photos of 2 fillies born of the same bay mare in Australia. One was a chestnut Medicine Hat and the other was a bay. Both passed without offspring. I am sure there have been others in the past, but were not recognized. Especially before DNA Testing any "weird" colour pattern or too much white was suspect. If it happened they may have been registered grey. Some grey horses were registered as white way back when, the Registry admits that it is possible that some of those "whites" may have been Dominate White. Oh Dominate white is not related to Lethal white and always has a dark eye. Anyway, if you want to see some eye candy google R Khasper or Fern Valley Farm.

 

[perchie.girl]

I like those Butterflies.

My riding buddy gf keeps telling me that Pelhams are far more painful than snaffles. I'm tired of trying to get her to think about it being the person using it. She uses alot of pull to stop her horse. I don't ride like that. I had a Myler curb . I love the mouthpiece, but the bits are too expensive . I sold it because I didn't need the 7 inch shanks. I have a 5 inch shank Pelham. I'd like to find a shorter one. If they come shorter.

yep stopping a horse is a matter of seat... You can ride with a full on Spanish spade bit and not hurt your horse with good seat and hands and a well very well trained horse.

When your friend says the snaffle is nicer .... take a snaffle bit and lay it over her forearm... then have her pull on the rings with the other hand.... might convince her some.

but again I rode my mare with half halts seat first... let her run into my hands and the nano second she gave I gave.... She wasn't even trained for half halts.

When I found out the snaffle mouthpiece didnt fit she was doing Capreole in harness in the warm up ring. I swear she almost took that Cart off the ground with her leap.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Ok, I misspelled his name. it is Khasper. I ran into a website on Arabian colours and now they are saying that it was not the Sabino gene that produced him but a spontaneous mutation that produced a "Dominate White" gene. Well, whatever, he is a Medicine Hat.

is this him?



I like his top line alot...

deb

 

[Cearbhael]

is this him? I like his top line alot... deb

Yes that is Khasper. He has produced 25 Medicine Hat Arabs. (Or Dominate White which is what the Arabian Horse Registry will call it.) I talked to his owner and he is registered as a Bay. She was afraid at the time to try registering him as White.

 

[Cearbhael]

She is a very nice lady. I keep meaning to get up there and see him in person!! Maybe my sis would like to do a road trip this summer.

 

[Cearbhael]

yep stopping a horse is a matter of seat...  You can ride with a full on Spanish spade bit and not hurt your horse  with good seat and hands and a well very well trained horse. 

When your friend says the snaffle is nicer ....  take a snaffle bit and lay it over her forearm...  then have her pull on the rings with the other hand....  might convince her some. 

but again I rode my mare with half halts   seat first... let her run into my hands and the nano second she gave I gave....  She wasn't even trained for half halts.

When I found out the snaffle mouthpiece didnt fit she was doing Capreole in harness in the warm up ring.  I swear she almost took that Cart off the ground with her leap.

deb

I don't know what my Majiids bit is called but it is a fat snaffle with a loose copper roller in the middle. Very gentle and she keeps a wet mouth with the copper roller. Of course she always just had a mouthful of grass or hay so she would foam green at the mouth. She loved to chew on that thing.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
some variation on a french link... nice bit

 

[drumstick diva]

Deb, how did you have this thread, all this time ,and I only noticed Today? Love to look at gorgeous horses and soak up as much breed information as my memory can handle.

As Ahnold would say "I'll be bach."

 

[Hylian]

I am so happy I found this thread. Chickens are great but horses are even greater. I have a registered AQHA gelding, a registered APHA gelding, and a grade stock-type mare. I love them all so much.

Ever since I was little, I wanted a cow SO bad. Cows were my favorite animal. I didn't read story books in school, I read about cows until about 5th grade. My parents wouldn't let me get a cow because I obviously wanted a PET cow and PET cows do not do anything but eat- even more than horses. I even saved up about $500 in "donations" from family members at the age of 9 to buy a cow... no luck. At around 5th grade, my love of cows switched to horses. I began to read about horses nonstop. I read the classics, like Black Beauty, The Eighty Dollar Champion, Seabiscuit, etc. and then transitioned into horse training books. I LOVED HORSES. Thankfully, my dad had been a farrier, growing up with horses as well. Eventually he had deemed them as "too much work" and inherited his dad's farming business. Eventually after tons of begging almost every day for an entire summer, he got annoyed enough to find a mare that his old friend was selling, named Sophie. Sophie is a bay mare that was about 7 years old at the time with about 90 days of riding in her entire life MAX. Looking back on it, it was a horrible first buy horse for a 6th-grade-me. But I fell in love immediately. At the time we also had a 40 year old Shetland pony named Edgar. He was unrideable but he'd been in the family since my dad was 15 years old. He died 2 weeks after we got Sophie... So, Sophie was lonely. Before I knew it, my dad was calling my uncle, who was still a farrier, and asked if he knew any horses for sale. My grandpa's horse was getting old and he stayed at my uncle's house just to lounge. He was 20 years old at the time, but still pretty fit since he had been in a huge pasture and also had a previous career of roping. He was still in decent shape. My dad decided to take him, and my uncle let us have him for free since he was getting rid of the burden that my grandpa would not let him sell. Thus, Jack was Sophie's new best friend. A year later, I found a paint horse on the internet that I LOVED. He not only looked so handsome with his blue eyes and overo coat but he was also a little more upbeat than my lazy Sophie and Jack. Somehow, my dad whittled that lady's price down from $3,000 to $1,000 and Cowboy was mine. It was definitely a steal. Cowboy is an amazing horse. He is 13, younger than Jack, and a LOT better conformation-wise than Sophie. (She gets tender footed a lot, so I mainly just do little tricks and groundwork with her) Regardless, I love them all so much and I am so lucky to have spent this portion of my life with them.

Sorry for the huge post, I just love horses. Once I got started I just could hardly stop. * - *

Here is a picture of Jack from this winter. I can get more if anyone would like to see the other two.