Does anyone like horses?!!

That Fresian is just breathtaking. I love that breed as well.

I have always loved horses since I was little. I finally got one, I have had him for a year and a half. He is a 5-6 year old standardbred gelding. Nikadeamus is such a sweet and gentle boy, my three year old rides with me, and helps brush him, and he is always careful of her.

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I LOVE Standardbreds! If we had more of them for adoption on the west coast I so would want one!!

I have loved horses since I was born! My absolute favorites are the draft horses, particularly the Fresian. I will own one someday. They are beautiful. I like the really huge draft horses too and Arabians.

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We have a Friesian/Arab sport horse [she's out of Voltaire] at the barn. She's gorgeous, her owners know squat [people with waaaay too much money] so she'll be ruined before she's 5 no doubt, but she's got the gorgeous Friesian movement. I really like them, the way they move and their immense about of hair growth [hehehe] not too wild about the long back, but temperment wise they are just mellow and nice. Even this cross mare, she's 4 and VERY laid back, she tolerates her owners pulling her mouth and being stupid REALLY well, something my mare would never mentally be able to handle. I would never pay $40,000 for a good temperment, but they are definitley one of the most quiet breeds I have met where all of them are quiet, and definitley beautiful.

used to ride when I was younger.... 4H and everything. I even did shows a little. I never had my own, we part leased one for 3-4 days a week from my girlfriend who had 6 horses. I loved it. And wish I could still do it... those rock hard thighs I used to have have somehow turned into blubber...

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Leasing is AWESOME. My first horse started out at a lease... I got so much horse expirience from her! Leasing is definitley an awesome thing if you can't afford the entire horse. I learned a lot about the responsibilities of owning a horse... and if anyone ever gets the chance to do a lease... go for it.

Oh cool little story that made my day a few weeks back

I was driving in the middle of nowhere in the backroads of Kirtland Ohio (ghosthunting to be honest) and we were getting lost and driving down these dirt backroads. On of the roads we were it ended into an overgrown lot with a small pasture with a Fresian horse in it!! I was so happy I took a picture and here it is!! Not extremely close but you get the idea. I want to go back there sometime and take another picture.

I have two quarter horses, named candy a sorrel and her daughter is star a palomino

I thought my horse is pretty, then jen goes and puts that fresian up, my horse looks a little wimpy after looking at him don't he Some one here in maine has a fresian farm, and they had a little colt I would have loved to have bought, but for $10,000 for a baby was a little outta my means, so I got my Nika for $600 not the same beauty, but he'll do I have always loved the long maine and tail of the fresian, but, I think I would love a white Andelusion(?) they are so beautiful too. Some day ( yeah right)

Love 'em, but don't really have the means to own any right now. But I have a unique opportunity. Our county has a special organization that teaches kids horseback riding, and specifically western drill at speed. My daughter is a member and I get to help with the horses. We have about 100 horses there, and it's really fun working with them. There are also a lot of mustangs in our herd - wild horses saved from slaughter and saddle trained. Awesome, smart horses. Here's a photo of my kiddo riding, hope that's ok.

Originally Posted by celestialrags

I thought my horse is pretty, then jen goes and puts that fresian up, my horse looks a little wimpy after looking at him don't he

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yeah right)

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No your horses are beautiful!! And most importantly they are yours!! I wish I could say that fresian was mine!

This is Callie, my two year old rescue




I'm starting to train her this summer and I am SO excited!

If I can find a picture of or family horse Texaco I will post it... He will not use a saddle it is bare back or nothing... He is sweet but so old If correct he is 25 or 26...

Yes, I love horses! I don't have one, though. Just too expensive for me. Wish I culd, though- I will one day. I think they are beautiful, sensitive, and elegant. Your horses are gorgeous.

I love horses myself and I used to own them when I was a teenager as we had a 10 acre farm. I also worked on horse farms after I got out of high school. For 2 and a half years a thoroughbred farm and I worked in the broodmare barn where all the mares had their foals and the breeding of the mares to the stallions. My second job was on a hunter/jumper farm for one year and I went to shows but I did all the stable hand work. It was a great experience.

I love to watch horse racing and horse jumping on tv though.

Here's a photo of me at age 18 with my pony Coppersioux who I rode in the local pony club.

I used to have a little Russian Arabian gelding who was cute as a button. I wasn't able to keep him, for various reasons, but he's now got a wonderful home out west. I miss him like mad sometimes.

my Daughters own 10 horses!!! and i will sort out some pics but heres my cats at feed time!!!

I love 'em. I am lucky enough to have an Arabian, my mare Leana who I've had since I was 14. She's getting "old", but you can't tell her that. lol
Here she is:


Here is her friend, Cloud, my dad's horse. She's a Tennessee Walker. They live at his farm, and they are best buddies.



BTW, I hate to be a spoil sport, but all these pictures of bare heads on horseback are making me nervous. I've been messing with horses since before I can remember, I haven't been thrown in years, and I NEVER get on a horse without a skid-lid.
I've seen first-hand just how dangerous riding without one can be...I watched a girl get thrown into a fence post head-first. It smashed her helmet into several peices, and knocked her unconscious. She'd have been brain-damaged or maybe even dead without the helmet.

heres one of my daughters English Show horses STARMAN who finished 10th in England as as English Show Hack

Originally Posted by Zoe'n'MissKitty

I love 'em.

I am lucky enough to have an Arabian, my mare Leana who I've had since I was 14. She's getting "old", but you can't tell her that. lol
Here she is:


Here is her friend, Cloud, my dad's horse. She's a Tennessee Walker. They live at his farm, and they are best buddies.

BTW, I hate to be a spoil sport, but all these pictures of bare heads on horseback are making me nervous. I've been messing with horses since before I can remember, I haven't been thrown in years, and I NEVER get on a horse without a skid-lid.
I've seen first-hand just how dangerous riding without one can be...I watched a girl get thrown into a fence post head-first. It smashed her helmet into several peices, and knocked her unconscious. She'd have been brain-damaged or maybe even dead without the helmet.

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I just wanted to set you at ease that my daughter now rides with a helmet. Sorry about the "bare-head" photo. We had an incident that my daughter witnessed where the girl would have been dead without the helmet, and we bought one the next day!

In the UK its against the law for under 14 yos to ride without a hat but in the Western Tack, it does spoil the look;
Heres another one of our Horses; PELLy whos at the Rainbow Now unfortunatly

Originally Posted by kluchetta

I just wanted to set you at ease that my daughter now rides with a helmet. Sorry about the "bare-head" photo. We had an incident that my daughter witnessed where the girl would have been dead without the helmet, and we bought one the next day!

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That wasn't aimed at you...it was just a general warning to anyone who gets on a horse.
Good for your daughter. I refused to wear one when I was a teen...even after my mom hit her head on the arena wall and because of her helmet, didn't even have a headache. I wised up after high school, though. lol

I think they even make Western helmets now, that look like bulky cowboy hats with chin straps. Now if only they'd let the saddle-seat and upper-level dressage riders use them in shows....

Originally Posted by Zoe'n'MissKitty

That wasn't aimed at you...it was just a general warning to anyone who gets on a horse.

Good for your daughter.

I refused to wear one when I was a teen...even after my mom hit her head on the arena wall and because of her helmet, didn't even have a headache. I wised up after high school, though. lol

I think they even make Western helmets now, that look like bulky cowboy hats with chin straps. Now if only they'd let the saddle-seat and upper-level dressage riders use them in shows....

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Oh, no, that's cool. A lot of the kids in this organization don't wear them, and of course some people say they are more "dangerous" than not wearing them. But if you ask any of the adults who've been around the group for a while, all their kids wear them! I don't think when I was riding they even "had" helmets, LOL!