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milon
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 3649
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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aw, poor Jinxx :[
I hope you are able to catch up on sleep soon, because deprivation with work is a bad idea.
-pets lovingly-
I wish I had a horse, but I don't. I don't even know about the collecting hobbies, though I do have like the Spirit with family Breyers, the Seabiscuit and the...gack, the bay one? Or is the bay horse Seabiscuit, and the black one someone else?
Gee, okay, sorry for being completely illiterate when it comes to these things. I have an aunt with many horses, and two of them ( Mother and daughter; Prissy and Rosie ) that are related to Seabiscuit, how many generations though. Really neat, if you think about it. And it's been proven through bloodline tracings, we all went "Whoa!" |
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SisKate
Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 1837
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: SPECIAL HORSE BLOG |
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Jinxx wrote: | SisKate wrote: | Come here to tell about your horsey life (not on SBF), your horses, riding lessons, or just the sake of horses! Breyer horses count, too! Pictures, videos, links, websites, stories, and poems are also allowed and loved on here! You can ask me questions about my horsey life, too! I love hearing about others horse stuff and it's fun to hear about Breyer, too! My Breyer "Ranch" is called Dreaming River Ranch, off of my SBF account. The horses are usually named after my Breyers on here. Well, enjoy!
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Videos and Websites depend on which they are and there is a place for stories and poems on the boards. That's not here in the general forum. If I find stories and poems posted I will be locking this thread. Again, there is a forum for stories, poems and the like elsewhere on the boards.
As for Breyers, I have somewhere around one thousand of them (well, model horses in general. Breyer, Peter Stone and Resins). I'm just coming back from hobby burnout but I photo and live show models (live show it's been a while though), I customize mostly stablemate scale models (move body parts, resculpt a little and repaint them). I'm the vp of an online model horse club and in the past I've run two snail mail model horse clubs (North American Stallions and Geldings Association and the North American Mare Association). I recieved my first Breyer over 30 years ago.
I've owned and ridden in the past but due to hip trouble I can no longer ride and finally came to terms with that after my last horse ended up a lawn ornament for a couple years. When I came to terms with my inability to ride and enjoy it I gave both the mare and her colt to a good friend of mine and her family so I could still see them when I wanted to and they'd no longer be decorations for the pasture.
Prior to that I'd owned horses and ridden for 25+ years. I miss riding and owning my own but spending days laid up in bed after riding for a short time I'll just have to deal with it. |
*cringe" OOPHS! My bad. I won't let anyone post videos on here. OKAY EVERYONE? No more videos. That is awesome about your models. I luff stablemates, too. Maybe you could customise 1 for me....? I have an unpainted one I have been waiting to do something with. PM me.
I promise to take the videos/websites deal off
SisKate
(I changed my name from BarrelSis) |
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SisKate
Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 1837
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Queso wrote: | I'm been riding my butt off getting the horses ready for show season. My poor legs are sore lol.
I had a great clinic on Saturday with a big jumper trainer. He pushed me and Winnie (my mare, she's a chestnut Hano/Tb) pretty hard, but we both had a lot of fun. Lots of jumps (most around 3'3-3'6) sharp turns, galloping, crazy angles and all that fun stuff. Then on Sunday I gave Winn an easy workout and focused on Tonto, the 4 year old paint pony I'm training. Something in his little brain clicked and he discovered that he LOVES to jump! I was doing a little crossrail course with him and after like the 3rd jump I could feel him say "Aha! I like this!" and he sped up and started searching for the next fence He doesn't really know his leads yet, but he was doing so well I decided to see if he would pick them up over fences on a little course and what do you know, he got every one! I'm so proud of the little midget!
I have a schooling show coming up on Saturday and Tonto's owners will be there so I'm a bit nervous. Hopefully we'll get crossrail champions lol Then Winn and I will do the 2'9 Eqs and medal classes and probably a 3' medal and hunter class depending on how she's feeling (typical moody mare lol) Its just for fun to get ready for the big shows that will start in a month.
What sort of riding do you do BarrelSis? |
I have been riding my buns off too!!!!!! *thinks of riding pains*
I ride hunter and showjumpers and am a "retired" dressage rider. I work with my pony, Cisco, on Dressage while I use Flicka, a Welsh/TB for hunter/jumpers and showjumping. She is only 12.1, but she jumps 3' 3". Cisco (American Paint Pony) jumps too, but only 2' or so. He is a great confidence builder Sadly, he will be for sale soon to make time for Flicka. I do A rated shows with Flicka and she is quite the athlete! I love her very much and she is beautiful. So is Cisco! He is just not quite as fancy. I trained him myself and he is a retired rodeo pony. He's very fast wich aids in Showjumping He has slowed down obviously for Dressage now. He is currently 16 and Flicka is 9.
My first show of this season is May 3 with Flicka. I am soooooo excited! I have been practicing with my trainer and she is just amazing. I learn a bucketload every lesson. |
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Queso
Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 3597
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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We had our first schooling show of the season on saturady and Winn and Tonto both did really well. Tonto and I did a walk/trot class (2nd place) a pile of poles (3rd) 2 crossrails (2 2nds) and a 2 foot class (4th I think?) witch was really good considering its his 2nd show ever and most of the other horses were fully trained and pretty fancy (only about 10-25 per class though). lol, Tonto was better behaved then Winn was even though he's only 4 and she's 12.
He did try to kill a dog though. A lady's dog some how broke its leash and came running up to us. Tonto just stiffend up and looked at it untill the dog jumped up and put is paw on him. Well that just ticks Tonto off so he leaps up into the air like a stallion and tries to flatten him with his front hooves! All of this while I'm on him of course Luckily the dog got away and I safely dismounted while Tonto stood proudly and informed me that he was the bravest and most fierce pony in the land and he would like a head scratch for his efforts. lol The little guy cracks me up even when he's naughty!
Winnie was a turd even though we did really well. I don't feel like going into it, but we had to bring her friend Fortune everywhere to "babysit" or else she would flip. Lets see, we did a hunter u/s and eq flat (2nd in both) 2'9 eq and medal (1st in one and 2nd in the other, I can't remember which though) then a 3' eq (2nd) and 3' medal (1st) and got 3' reserve champion
I was riding literally all day. From 8:00 am to about 5:30 pm I was on a horse except for like 45 min to switch horses and use the potty lol. I got burn to a crisp too, I'm going to have a wicked polo shirt tan lol |
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Queso
Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 3597
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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SisKate wrote: |
I have been riding my buns off too!!!!!! *thinks of riding pains*
I ride hunter and showjumpers and am a "retired" dressage rider. I work with my pony, Cisco, on Dressage while I use Flicka, a Welsh/TB for hunter/jumpers and showjumping. She is only 12.1, but she jumps 3' 3". Cisco (American Paint Pony) jumps too, but only 2' or so. He is a great confidence builder Sadly, he will be for sale soon to make time for Flicka. I do A rated shows with Flicka and she is quite the athlete! I love her very much and she is beautiful. So is Cisco! He is just not quite as fancy. I trained him myself and he is a retired rodeo pony. He's very fast wich aids in Showjumping He has slowed down obviously for Dressage now. He is currently 16 and Flicka is 9.
My first show of this season is May 3 with Flicka. I am soooooo excited! I have been practicing with my trainer and she is just amazing. I learn a bucketload every lesson. |
You are lucky you are still small enought to ride the little ponies. I feel like a fool on Tonto and he's only like 13.3 hh, 12.1 is crazy! I envy you lol
Your ponies sound really cool, Flicka reminds me of my friend's old welshie, he could jump the moon. Do you have any pics of them? |
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SisKate
Joined: 25 Sep 2007 Posts: 1837
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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None on Cisco of the moment, but I'll give you a site to see some pics of Flicka. I'm not the one riding her, though. Did you know Sam Sammy Samm Sammy takes lessons with me at the same barn on her horsie, Kate? That's why I changed my name to SisKate. The Sis part stands for Cisco's nickname, Sissy. Anyway, here's how to see Flicka:
1. Go to www.google.com
2. Search the web for "Big Dog Horse Stables"
3. Click the first one you see
4. When you get there, click on Sale Horses at the top
5. Click "Apricot Brandy" (Flicka, really, just her show name)
Enjoy the pics! She's a real cutie. Any pictures of your horsies?
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Cowgirls Rule
Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 10721
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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I own I horse, I ride western, my horse is somehow releated to the reinging champion Hollywood Dun It, you would think he would inherit those bloodlines, and the mane and tail, but of course not, he is a lazy horse, but funny, and he has practicly no forelock or mane. |
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SisKate
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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That's great! What's your horse's name? I have the Breyer model Hollywood Dun It. I take it your ride Reining for western?
SisKate |
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Queso
Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 3597
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, she's very pretty! Fancy little girl you've got there
I don't have any recent ones be heres a few from our first show together last year #1 #2 Please excuse my crappy position, I hadn't figured out her jump yet (also the reason they were such little jumps lol). She's so powerful she use to lauch my butt like that over like 1/2 of the jumps for a couple of months lol. No more jumping me out of the tack anymore though ^_^
Hollywood Dunit was such a beautiful horse, you're lucky to have one of his relatives Cowgirls. |
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Dumbledore
Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 81
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Are there any side views of Flicka??
I etch alot and am always looking for new patterns to try.
Here's some of my work:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/562129628FGyHFZ
I've been busy the past few weeks, have a show coming up and need stuff to sell.
Ya'll don't know how lucky you arre to have acess to real horses. I'd love to learn to ride better and to jump.
Getting old though, knees aren't that good anymore, back neither.
Stuck with plastic ones for now. |
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Cowgirls Rule
Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 10721
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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SisKate wrote: | That's great! What's your horse's name? I have the Breyer model Hollywood Dun It. I take it your ride Reining for western?
SisKate | My horse's name is Gunner, registered name, Gun Smoke Dun It, I don't really show, but yes, he is a very good horse, and he does think that he is doing a reining pattern sometimes. |
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Cecelia
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 1487
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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I started lessons again last week,Penny was a brat the first lesson.Apparently trot isn't a gait anymore.It's either walk,canter,or gallop for her.We worked on trotting around the arena for the entire lesson.I rode again tonight and it was like I was on a different horse.She did anything that I would ask of her even if it took a little thinking.Some parts were challenging but she was really good for the most part.Our first show is May 17th.I'm really excited! My friend rode one of the boarders named Lakota.His owner comes out and grooms him but she hasn't ridden him for like almost a year.He is a wonderful paint gelding.I've worked with him before a couple of years ago but I hadn't ridden him in a while.We switched horses halfway through riding.Lakota responds mostly to body signals where as Penny needs a little bit from the reins.My friend and I are planning to work with Lakota whenever we're not riding the horses that we show.Her horse is a palomino gelding named Copper and of course I work with Penny.Lakota has a lot of potential and has proven himself to be a good cow horse.He loves to take off after the cows.lol
Brownie has deteriorated majorly.He is a 22 year old bay Quarter Horse gelding.He's a boarder too but his owners just send a check for his board and never come to visit him.I used to think of him as my horse because my mom and I were the only people who paid much attention to him.He is getting pampered and is on medicine from the vet when needed.I hate to say it but I don't think he'll survive next winter.He's still so happy though and he isn't experiencing much pain now that the warmer weather's here. |
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Cowgirls Rule
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:42 am Post subject: |
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I just rode Gunner two days ago, he was good, considering that he never trots along to rail, so yeah, I was pretty happy. He had his little qurik in the beginning when my mom lunged him, but after, he was really good. Oh yeah, he is being showed tomorrow too! I'm going to the show becuase my sister is showing another horse that we watched grow up. |
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Dumbledore
Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 81
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Just got back from a Model Horse show this weekend.
Actually 2 shows.
Kick AZ: Mini's Too the Max (Mini's only)
AZ Live(Open)
I did pretty good at Kick AZ, 3 Champions and 1 Res.
Grey SM Morgan Mare(From the Hildago set, the G1 one) Got champ.
Buckskin G1 QH Mare I bought asa body got champ.
Chestnut ASB from the JAH Conn set got champ.
Bay tobiano G3 pony from Target got Res. Showed her as a Kerry Bog, cause I already had 3 Chincoteagues.
Didn't do to good the next dat at AZ Live. Only got a Res, and 2 NAN cards.
Everything else was low placings. My grulla tobiano Misty got a second and my classic drafter got frist and Res drafter. Funny thing about he drafter. I have 2, both grey, only differance is the ribbon colors. Both OF and Regular runs. One is the frist drafter, Disney's Birthday Boy is what mine is named.
The other is the one that's out now, Toliken is his name. I can never remeber which is which. The names go back and forth. Both have NAN'ed though.
Speaking of model horses, I am selling some on Auction Barn:http://myauctionbarn.com/ Look under ShadowHawke. |
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Jinxx
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 1906
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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I'm registered on MyAuctionBarn but haven't purchased anything there yet. *goes to see what you have*
Congrats on the placings. I haven't been to a live show since 04. My sister and I were discussing this weekend about finally looking for one to attend this year. |
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