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Can we do the Horseless riders and Riderless Horses thing again?

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  • #441
    The Horse Protection League has riderless (and adopterless but looking) horses who invite Colorado residents with riding experience to volunteer Wednesdays and Saturdays to groom and love on them and, if approved by the Barn Manager, go for a ride! No beginner horses right now, sorry, but we occasionally get them and need a beginner to play with them.
    \"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.\" - Gandhi

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    • #442
      Spartanburg, SC riderless horses

      The misfit menagerie needs more love and attention!

      Brandy 13ish QHx, 14.1, needs exp. rider, goes english/western or bare. LOVES attention of any kind, baths, grooming, cookies....

      Also 4 mos & 2 yr drafts that need attention and 6 yr old OTTB mare.
      ******************
      Proud member of the Rescued Horse Clique

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      • #443
        DAYTON OHIO

        I have 3 horses: 2 17 hand TB Geldings and 1 17 hand TBX Mare. The horses are at my farm. Would love to have someone who could come out and hack around with me. I ride 5 to 6 days a week and would love some company.
        Stoneybrook Farm Afton TN

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        • #444
          Horseless rider in Broward County South Florida

          I am a fairly experienced adult rider and can't seem to find a lesson barn with decent horses.

          I ride H/J and can ride greenies, TBs (love 'em), and anything over 15.2 or so (I'm tall). May be interested in doing a half lease. I have not gotten to ride much since I moved here, I miss it.
          Love my "Slow-T T B"
          2010 OTTB, Dixie Union x Dash for Money

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          • #445
            North of Boston. Our sweet Highland pony has spent a year recovering from Laminitis. She is healthy and happy and ready to go out for walk/trot trail rides with a small adult or experienced junior rider. She is 13.3, cob type...think My Little Pony. She has wonderful manners, a loving disposition and just needs to get off the farm for some lovely fall rides to help keep her weight down. No jumping, no children, please. PM me if interested.

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            • #446
              Bump Daisy is still looking for a rider, gee free barn and all. Dalton GA.
              Our horses are not seen as the old and disabled they may have become, but rather as the mighty steeds they once believed themselves to be.

              Sunkissed Acres Rescue and Retirement

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              • #447
                hahah I check here daily for a friend for Daisy, still nothing. There seem to be tons and tons of riderless horses. Ok, must go the tough route with postings at the feed store. Yuk, now I have to sort out the people.
                Our horses are not seen as the old and disabled they may have become, but rather as the mighty steeds they once believed themselves to be.

                Sunkissed Acres Rescue and Retirement

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                • #448
                  Chai I sent you a PM. I've never seen a Highland in person, only admired them in pictures...

                  Barbara, soon to be horseless
                  Arabian Clique

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                  • #449
                    Near Raleigh, NC
                    Ok, I think I'm ready to let Connor's full sister get some miles under someone. (Connor is my eventing pony, currently competing under Karen O'Connor CCI** level; he has also gone Advanced). Catahoula is about to get her permanent pony card this December (she's big, but not over, age 5), jumps bravely and brilliantly over anything in a ring (but hasn't done anything x-c yet) and has decent, basic dressage. She also will go long and low if you leave her alone (that is her preferred frame) and could start in a hunter division tomorrow (but no flying changes yet). I'd prefer she event AND do some hunters, ideally.

                    I'd like to see what she can do through the country, but have no access. I'd be willing to help support her and have her compete under someone, but I no longer get involved without a contract and references due to too many disappointing past experiences. If you are interested, email. Oh, and although she is ridden by a 12-year-old now, when she does more--especially x-c, she isn't going to be the lazy packer she is in the ring, so a more advanced rider is necessary. She can be a lot of pony when she gets into it.
                    Sportponies Unlimited
                    Athletic Thoroughbred crosses for the highly motivated, smaller rider.

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                    • #450
                      Hi y'all (transplanted Texan now in Lodi, CA)...I am new to this forum but have been browsing around a bit. I found this topic and even though its a bit old, I thought rather than start my own I would piggyback on here. I am currently horseless for the first time in 16 years and looking for a chance to ride more than my lesson budget will allow.

                      I am a responsible and compassionate rider, with experience riding/showing Arabian Sporthorses, schooling OTTB's and lower level dressage competition.

                      Anyone in the Stockton, Galt, Elk Grove, Lodi area thathas a horse that is kind (hot and sensitive is OK) sane and rideable needing extra work feel free to PM me here or email me at dirty_sl8@yahoo.com so we can talk further.

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                      • #451
                        Horseless Rider
                        Shreveport ,LA
                        I am a freshman in college looking to ride pretty much anything have experiance in eventing(schooled up to prelim.)I am a quite rider who stays out of the horses way. Also done hunters, jumpers, and dressage.I'm only 5'1" so ponies are welcome.

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                        • #452
                          SurferGirl, I sure wish you lived closer to Boston!

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                          • #453
                            Horseless rider - Ann Arbor, MI and surrounding

                            Posting for friend: Horseless rider in twenties, responsible, has car, hasn't been riding for the past four years but was a total barn rat as a teen. Looking to get either back in the saddle or just back around the horses. Looking for something that's once a week or less. PT me if interested.
                            Head Geek at The Saddle Geek Blog http://www.thesaddlegeek.com/

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                            • #454
                              Salem, Oregon

                              Will have a riderless horse beginning in Mid-December until at least Mid-January; I'm having surgery and going on vacation so will be out of commission for at least that month.

                              Horse is a four year old dutch/hanoverian mare. W/T/C under saddle, but green. Going to the trainer to be started over fences in the next few weeks. She is a fairly petite mare; 15.3-ish and still growing. (Dam grew until she was 7). Very sweet mare, wants to please...not a mean bone in her body.

                              PT me if you are interested.
                              ******************************
                              \"Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?\" RIP Hunter S. Thompson 1937-2005

                              Member of the Ebay addicts, warmblood, child of

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                              • #455
                                Riderless PONY in MYERSVILLE, MD

                                Actually not totally riderless but would love anther rider to keep her fit and fun. She's only 12'3 but would be great for a small teenager. Very sane and great on trails! Great little jumper but a little out of shape at the moment

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                                • #456
                                  Riderless horses in San Diego, CA .

                                  I've got a couple horses that I can't get out enough, and could use some help.

                                  You would need to be an intermediate rider. Neither horse is an outlaw-- I'd like an intermediate rider so the horses can benefit from the rider's work. Neither is a beginner's horse either.

                                  The first horse is a big appendix with warmblood gaits and can do some nice dressage work. The second is an arab, also with big gaits.

                                  We have LOTS of trails where I live, so you could do nothing more than trail riding if you liked, or we have arenas for more concentrated work. One horse is on a rehabilitation regime, and has a specific program of work. The other would simply appreciate some miles. I generally ride in the mornings, if you wanted/needed a buddy.

                                  In 2 weeks, I have a third horse that's going to need some trail miles coming out of quarantine. He's a quarterhorse with quick legs.

                                  What have I done?
                                  -- Member of the COTH Appendix QH clique and the dressage-saddle-thigh-block-hating clique.

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                                  • #457
                                    Riderless horses Alachua-Gainesville, FL

                                    With less light, my hubbys horse is not getting worked. I live a farm-ette in Alachua about 20 mins north of Gainesville. I have a small Dressage ring and a few jumps. I own 3 horses that need to be worked more.

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                                    • #458
                                      Riderless horses in Portland Or....I have 4 all hunters with show experience but I only show 1 maybe 2 at a time so the others don't get the attention they should have since I have my own barn and haul in to out of state trainer when needed. While I'm at shows obviously the horses at home aren't being ridden and same for when I'm at the trainers.
                                      If anyone is looking to get some riding time in and you have enough experience that you would feel comfortable in the show ring right now and have ridden horses like TB's I have WB's and TB's but all are very light in the mouth and take very little leg....happy mouths and no spurs for the bunch!!! None of them buck, bolt, rear or do anything dangerous or stupid, but some are more fit than others.

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                                      • #459
                                        Horseless Rider in NY

                                        I already posted this, but will post again. I am a physician in NY city(an ob/gyn resident), looking for a horse to ride. I take lessons in Westchester, but would love to ride as much as I can. I don't know what to call myself--advanced beginner? Low intermediate? How do you define these? Anyway, I can jump small fences and am comfortable with flat work. I have ridden some greenish horses before as well. PT me. I have a car.

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                                        • #460
                                          East of Toronto (near Cobourg/Rice Lake), two riderless mares:

                                          I have a wonderful small pony mare, 11:3 hh, who needs a small hotshot rider to get her going properly. Trouble is a Hackney/Shetland cross and a wee bit hot, so unfortunately is never going to be a babysitter pony, but she is soooo athletic and with the right little person on her she will jump like a stag! Finding a rider for her has been a tall order so far, but if anyone in the area has a daughter (or son) who's a confident and tight-sticking kid, I'll offer free lessons and lots of time in the barn.

                                          Also have a gray off-the-track TB mare, 15:2, who could use more work ... she's a former broodmare so still kinda green and an interesting mix of alpha and neurotic! Definitely not a beginner ride ... need someone quiet, tactful, and confident for her. Opportunity to show down the road if someone wants to take her on ... she's gorgeous and really an *interesting* project.

                                          Reach me (Karen) at briggs@csolve.net if interested.

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