Zippy
Jul. 30, 2009, 03:42 PM
I know there used to be a horseless riders/riderless horses thread on one of the COTH forums, but I can't find it anymore, so here goes:
HELP, friends. I'm a daily lurker on this forum, though I don't often post. I've had a very tough year physically. I had both hips replaced over the winter, and I healed very well from that and had two great pain-free months riding again until I herniated a disc in my lumbar spine. So I've been off my girl for three months now (although I cheated a couple of times, which I paid for in spades), and now I've been told I need to have a diskectomy (my second, in fact), and I won't be able to ride for "a few months" after that.
I'm really quite shattered by this news, although I can't say I'm surprised, and there are only a couple of kids at my barn who are at the level where they can ride my mare, and they both have other horses to deal with.
So here's the scoop: My horse is in Holliston, MA. She's a 22-year-old Tbred. She evented to prelim. She's in great shape--I hunted her two seasons ago, we did several weekends up at GMHA in '08 before my hips finally gave out on me, and I mean we did 50 miles of trails in a weekend. When I'm not broken, I ride her 4 or 5 days a week. So, she's in excellent shape, and she's a nice ride for an intermediate rider. There's an indoor ring and miles of trails. I'm having surgery in about 10 days and then it will be probably Thanksgiving before I can get on her again. She's much happier when she works, and much healthier. If any of you would like to meet her, I'd be more than happy.
Send me a PM, or whatever. And a few jingles, I wouldn't mind. I had a great positive attitude until this latest setback (I was actually considering doing some major endurance rides on her this summer--it was going to be my first great pain-free summer in a long time), but I'm really down right now.
Thanks!
Sue
HELP, friends. I'm a daily lurker on this forum, though I don't often post. I've had a very tough year physically. I had both hips replaced over the winter, and I healed very well from that and had two great pain-free months riding again until I herniated a disc in my lumbar spine. So I've been off my girl for three months now (although I cheated a couple of times, which I paid for in spades), and now I've been told I need to have a diskectomy (my second, in fact), and I won't be able to ride for "a few months" after that.
I'm really quite shattered by this news, although I can't say I'm surprised, and there are only a couple of kids at my barn who are at the level where they can ride my mare, and they both have other horses to deal with.
So here's the scoop: My horse is in Holliston, MA. She's a 22-year-old Tbred. She evented to prelim. She's in great shape--I hunted her two seasons ago, we did several weekends up at GMHA in '08 before my hips finally gave out on me, and I mean we did 50 miles of trails in a weekend. When I'm not broken, I ride her 4 or 5 days a week. So, she's in excellent shape, and she's a nice ride for an intermediate rider. There's an indoor ring and miles of trails. I'm having surgery in about 10 days and then it will be probably Thanksgiving before I can get on her again. She's much happier when she works, and much healthier. If any of you would like to meet her, I'd be more than happy.
Send me a PM, or whatever. And a few jingles, I wouldn't mind. I had a great positive attitude until this latest setback (I was actually considering doing some major endurance rides on her this summer--it was going to be my first great pain-free summer in a long time), but I'm really down right now.
Thanks!
Sue