PDA

View Full Version : Went riding again...


Phillip Allen
10-09-2006, 06:02 AM
My kids have the junkiest tack...gonna have to come up with a saddle and hackamore of my own...

http://www.ibco.net/whirlwind/horsegear.index.htm#Prairie%20Chicken%20Snare%20Sa ddles
Katherine
10-09-2006, 11:26 AM
What style ya riding Phil?
Phillip Allen
10-09-2006, 03:53 PM
What style ya riding Phil?

Horse under me style...ya gits on and ya rides...

Light tack but sometimes I tie stuff on to take with me like saddle bags with food in them or a rifle...I have never ridden English style cause it looks like those are the ones most ignorant of what they're doin...striving for mechanical perfection with lots of discomfort in the "almost" saddle..."posting" is a way to make a miserable 30 mile ride. Perhaps my "style" could be described as utilitarian...I ride from points A to B or sometimes just look at the wildlife.

I am an anti-snob snob...translates to my talking about how wonderful Arabian horses are when I'm around either real or wannabe cowboys...it really pulls their chain! When I'm around those high-flown equestrians, I try to act like a cowboy or red neck to yank their chain.
Leon m
10-09-2006, 04:14 PM
http://www.garyscustomsaddleryandsilver.com/saddle_files/images/custom5_img_lg/gs_np_c8_vint.jpg
Phillip Allen
10-09-2006, 04:16 PM
California...where are the big fuzzy chaps?
Leon m
10-09-2006, 04:18 PM
http://www.garyscustomsaddleryandsilver.com/saddle_files/images/custom5_img_lg/gs_np_c1b.jpg
Peter Malcolm Jardine
10-09-2006, 04:19 PM
Arabs are the smartest breed out there. I've known Arab horses that are smarter than some people.
Leon m
10-09-2006, 04:24 PM
My Thuroughbreds would blow the doors of any Arab.;)
Phillip Allen
10-09-2006, 04:27 PM
I know some people dumer than a horse... :)
Peter Malcolm Jardine
10-09-2006, 04:28 PM
I'll take that bet over a 25 mile course Leon. Bye Bye thoroughbred.
Phillip Allen
10-09-2006, 04:28 PM
http://www.garyscustomsaddleryandsilver.com/saddle_files/images/custom5_img_lg/gs_np_c1b.jpg

Ropin saddle?
Leon m
10-09-2006, 04:32 PM
Working ranch saddle.
Leon m
10-09-2006, 04:33 PM
I'll take that bet over a 25 mile course Leon. Bye Bye thoroughbred.

Ya got me there Peyote Pete.;)
Peter Malcolm Jardine
10-09-2006, 04:35 PM
My sister had Arabs for over 25 years. No she has a great galumphin thoroughbred mare... 16.3 about 1300 pounds... Man, when a thoroughbred takes off, it is certainly a site to behold... incredible power and speed.... but those little Arabs... boy are they tough. tough . tough.
Leon m
10-09-2006, 04:42 PM
... Man, when a thoroughbred takes off, it is certainly a site to behold... incredible power and speed..

I watch it every morning ,and never get tired of it...it certainly is a site to behold.
Katherine
10-09-2006, 04:56 PM
When I was younger, and used to ride, I rode with a western stock saddle. I tried learning how to post with an english saddle a few years ago and never really liked it. I had a half Arab, half Quarter horse gelding. He was a beautiful animal, fast, smart, with a copper colored coat. That horse had the smoothest trot of any I'd ever been on. Just kind of rolled along. Unfortunately he died from a bout of colic when I was in college.:( He was in his twenties by then and had been with me since I was a child.
S/V Laura Ellen
10-09-2006, 04:56 PM
Arabs are the smartest breed out there. I've known Arab horses that are smarter than some people.

There are sloths smarter than some people.:D :D :D
Phillip Allen
10-09-2006, 05:06 PM
I may need a Belgian just to hold me up...I'd like to try an Arabian but worry about their skinny little legs...and my 250 pounds.
Peter Malcolm Jardine
10-09-2006, 09:25 PM
Naaah... Arabs are pound for pound the toughest horse out there... a part arab is a good start...
Katherine
10-09-2006, 09:44 PM
My horse was a good mixture of both breeds. He had the heavier muscling of a quarter horse, but the good looks anf agility of an Arab. He hauled some pretty large riders without a fuss.
Leon m
10-09-2006, 09:52 PM
What was his name ?
Katherine
10-09-2006, 09:54 PM
The horse or the rider?
Leon m
10-09-2006, 09:56 PM
The horse.:)
Katherine
10-09-2006, 10:00 PM
Copper Nugget
Stiletto
10-10-2006, 01:19 AM
The rider?:D
Old Sailor
10-10-2006, 12:48 PM
\Peter, I'll have to post the sculpture my Dad did of Raffles, the original Arab in this country. He also was an Arab afficianado.
Old Sailor
Popeye
10-10-2006, 12:50 PM
got a big bag of manure for my garden from the riding stables last week

thanks horse