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True- Tuesday is trail riding day!!

The person below me thinks jumping a cross country course is scary.

We pay an EMT fee at our local horse shows, but not at the A shows. It is something like $5. per horse.

I ride 2 horses 5-6 days a week. Do chores for 3 horses and still can not drop the lbs I want to. And really I am not fat. I am just not fit like I want to be.
Riding alone is not helping. And with...

At Estes Park this year it is $150 for a non showing horse. That is fair as they make more money for the showing horses and stalls and RV spaces are very limited. And let's be honest, if a show isn't...

YEp all the OP wanted to do was vent about her shoeing bill. And now, of course the hoof thread has descended into a barefoot vs. shoe discussion.

I thought we weren't going to do that any more....

I am wondering about this too. HP spring was sold out the first week. And put up an extra tent. Co. Springs is sold out for the first week-they took peoples grooming and tack stalls away to...

I hear you screaming girl friend......Our local shows are great for low level stuff or young horses, but they top out at 3'3 for the jumpers and it is the hunter course with a couple of roll backs at...

I really really want to side with you here, but I can't.
My horse's rarely get resets and when they do it does not effect the cost of my shoeing bill. And a reset is only the steel part of the...

Is the jumper ring finished for today?
It is not loading on my computer at all.

Hi all,
Just a quick update.
After 7 months of stall, small pen (12 x 12) rest my horse is sound. I actually got permission from my vet to start him back under saddle yesterday.
30 minutes of...

There is already a thread about horses being released/abandoned on BLM land in Colorado, so we are revisiting the same subject.

I just have to add that while horses can turn feral and it looks...

I am looking for a new truck. I figure right now is a good time to buy and I really need one. :winkgrin:
I bought a new horse in January, and while I originally thought I was going to horse show...

blackeyed susan's

Bare foot or shoes

I'm in the mountains of Colorado-Western slope to be exact

$775 per month

Stall
Turn in and out
boots
blanket changes
Purina feed/beet pulp/rice bran fed
4 flakes grass of hay standard- my...

Thank you for saying what I have been thinking so clearly.

*thump* head hitting desk


ugh I hate PETA and the "set them free" mentality.

That and the general public, non horse person answer of they should have saved her because they were so...

Horses like it. I know my jumpers LOVE their jobs. They puff up when we start jumping. They both ALWAYS jump with ears pricked forward. They are happiest when working, my old jumper who is rehabbing...

How long have you been riding? 39 years

How old are you? 42

What do you look like? 5'2 blond with blue eyes.....yep I am a looker:lol:

What is your disipline? Jumpers


How high have you...

"The only one that really springs to mind as far as resulting casualties go is Royal Kaliber at the last Olympics who was injured due to poor footing and was eventually euthanized due to...

oh Katie,
I am so sorry. She was a beautiful girl.

Godspeed Bella

Hurray!!!!
I am so happy for you.
Don't freak out about her weight, they all do that to one extent or another.
My first colic surgery horse came home looking like a horse skeleton. A year later...

Jingles from Colorado.
I have been in your shoes and know how hard this is.
Hang in there

Hi Annacrew,
Thank you so much for sharing your life with us. I love the pictures of everyone. Cedric has stolen my heart. And you are doing such a great job with Puika. I hope his ball comes soon....

Happy dance coming from Colorado!!!:D

And you are so right.
"If I have learned a lesson here, it is to reinforce that we should trust our instincts. While it's good to get input and advice ......

oh KR I just found this thread and read through all 11 pages. I am jingling like mad for your old man.


Don't give up on your old man yet. I would take him to the clinic for fluids at least. I...