Regarding the Horses in our lives...

[perchie.girl]

This has to be the most unflappable Grand Prix Dressage horse ever....

deb

 

[Cearbhael]

Many times, mares lived in the Sheiks' tents.

I love my Arab mare.

I love my Majiid too! She is my heart horse and sooo sweet.

 

[Rustys Girls]

He was awesome, pulling on the jockey the whole way, and finishing with lots of gas in the tank still, ears up and happy! What an amazing horse.

I was interested to learn that American Pharaoh is a breed of quail.....

Very good observation on the quail, western arid climate bird, closest relative would be the Blue Scaled Quail--same body type, beautiful birds. rg's

 

[chicknmania]

This has to be the most unflappable Grand Prix Dressage horse ever....

deb

 

[chicknmania]

I wish I could find somewhere to ride. We are in central Ohio. I've looked at a few stables and just can't find what I'm looking for. I just want to be around them. I've ridden my whole life...Hunter, Saddle Seat, Western, Dressage, Trails. I showed Hunter and Dressage. . I don't have a horse now, but I don't want to quit riding. A few years ago I was in a riding accident and had to take some time off to recover. Since then, I haven't been able to find anywhere suitable, for whatever reason. I'd even be willing to just work with them on the ground, or cleaning stalls, etc, or exercising for someone else.. Of the places I've called or tried, either they have horses that are more suitable for children or dead beginners, or they just don't respond when I call. It's starting to give me a complex, lol. I think a lot of stables don't want adults, for whatever reason.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:Wow, who is this horse? That is amazing!
The horses name is Donna Summer His Her pedigree is in the beginning credits... Amazing hunh

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

I wish I could find somewhere to ride. We are in central Ohio. I've looked at a few stables and just can't find what I'm looking for. I just want to be around them. I've ridden my whole life...Hunter, Saddle Seat, Western, Dressage, Trails. I showed Hunter and Dressage. . I don't have a horse now, but I don't want to quit riding. A few years ago I was in a riding accident and had to take some time off to recover. Since then, I haven't been able to find anywhere suitable, for whatever reason. I'd even be willing to just work with them on the ground, or cleaning stalls, etc, or exercising for someone else.. Of the places I've called or tried, either they have horses that are more suitable for children or dead beginners, or they just don't respond when I call. It's starting to give me a complex, lol. I think a lot of stables don't want adults, for whatever reason.

Have you thought of volunteering with a Therapeutic riding program... Usually a bunch of other horse people are doing the same then chat them up see if they need a helper or someone to exercise... Build your network amongst caring horse people not in it for the money.

I have one friend that volunteers in New Mexico and another who started her own therepudic program in Maryland. These programs are all over and need all sorts of volunteers.

deb

 

[chicknmania]

Really!

 

[seminolewind]

Wow. That was something else with Donna Summer. Does this horse compete seriously?

 

[perchie.girl]

Wow. That was something else with Donna Summer. Does this horse compete seriously?

Most likely you dont get to Grand Prix level without competing I suspect... Her Tiempe Changes and Piaffe and passage were good... Some people commented that she got behind the bit occasionally... That happens alot with Grand Prix horses.

I love it when VEry good trainers dont treat their horses like Hot House flowers... I had a trainer like that for my first dressage instructor... She had a Hanovarian mare named Galatia... That she would swing on bareback and go for a "ride" around her neighborhood... paved roads and some dirt paths... that mare saw Dirt bikes and baby buggies... nasty ponies and kids out of control... Lurena went on to bigger and better things which included being short listed for the Olympics twice and campaigning a Dutch Stallion named Fabian...

http://www.eurodressage.com/equestr...3-north-american-stallion-performance-testing

there is a teeny picture at the bottom showing Lurena riding him... I am so thrilled to have known her and have her start me in dressage... at the time I was 23 she was 17 and working for a morgan breeder... She brought a 23 year old appendix quarter cow pony up to Prix St Georges level...

http://www.dressage-academy.com/dressage-prix-st-georges.php

there are a couple of videos within the link above that demonstrate Prix St Georges level.


deb