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Yes, they're dangerous. I know very few riders who haven't had some sort of injury. Yet I have a lot of non-horsey friends who have never broken anything or had stitches and staples. Don't even...

I like the Professional's Choice SMx Air Ride pads. I had a horse who was very thin-skinned, and got saddle pad sores from every pad I tried except this type. Now I use them on all my horses. I go...

I do tell him to go faster, but six hours of urging him forward gets pretty old. I guess it's just the contrast with my other, now sadly retired, horses who would just move out when asked and...

My six year old gelding is a slow walker on the trail, and it drives me nuts. If he's in front he moves out more, but his preferred speed is somewhere between a mosey and a stroll.

Is there a...

I have stall cleaners, so my morning routine takes me all of five minutes to walk out to the barn, throw hay for my three geldings, check the stock tank and head back in.

My horses are out all...

When my horses were boarded they got straight alfalfa because that's what the barn fed. It's readily available here and cheaper than grass hay, plus it breaks into neater flakes, so easier to feed...

I just redid two bathrooms. That's my other vice, separate from my horse vice. Remodeling.

Oh, and I just bought new clippers and some custom chinks for trail riding from a place in Colorado. ...

Along the same lines, do you have enough water stored for your horses in an emergency? What's the bare minimum for them to survived per day?

If I were starving, probably not.

If my children or grandchildren were starving, yes.

I've never had a horse that was that hot, so I guess I just can't imagine being on a horse that's so full of it on the trail. But then, we ride in the mountains and are out to enjoy the scenery, so...

Is this a registered horse? If so, in whose name is he registered? Is there an original bill of sale?

I'm asking because this could get really ugly really quickly, and it's best to be prepared. ...

Just paid $125 for that combination.

I've never tipped mine, but my new horse was a total pain to shoe yesterday, so I probably should have. Sigh.

I rode in parades for several years on two different horses. As was said, the key is getting in with a group that practices maneuvers and formations, and the horses will know what they're supposed...

I have Paints, which are QH's with color, so I think I can speak to the QH mindset. Plus, my son rode a big QH on a drill team in many really challenging venues and survived!

Anyway, there's a...

I disagree -- it is TOO about the ribbons. I'm sorry, but sometimes it was just really fun to have that little scrap of color to take home and look at. Even though I would tell everyone it wasn't...

Ask yourself this: do you enjoy having her in your program or do you dread it? Trying to help her is great, but you're running a business. If it's negatively impacting your business or your...

Everyone at my barn in California was calling Penelope Smith, so I called her, too, just for fun. My son had a new horse named Rocky, a big Paint gelding. I told her his name, where he lived, and...

We took a woman from my old barn on a three hour trail ride in a nearby canyon. She's an eventer, on a very hot TB mare, but had never ventured out on a trail ride. This is an easy ride for our...

Try a search for Back Country Horsemen. They have chapters all over the U.S., and they're a great source for trails and trail rides.

I just looked, and there are several chapters in Colorado.

Glad you had a good ride. I was supposed to go tomorrow, but there's snow/rain in the forecast, so it'll have to wait for better weather. I have a new gelding, and don't really want to take him out...

I'm sitting here crying after reading your amazing story. Wow.

I had a gelding that walked so fast no one could keep up with us. I started putting him in the middle or the last position, and that helped a little bit. What made all the difference was going for...

I have a very good friend who trail rides with me on either her Trakhener, or one of her two Oldenberg geldings when she hits the trails. They are her eventing mounts, but their "mental health" days...

I came off my horse last fall on a new trail, near the top of a mountain, where there was no cell service. I was riding with one friend. Fortunately I wasn't hurt badly enough to keep me from...