hey...i'm 16 from a small public school in Texas (87 in my graduating class)...i'm hoping to ride in jumpers, but right now i just ride
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This is a public forum viewed by a wide spectrum of people, so please be mindful of what you say and who might be reading it—details of personal disputes are likely better handled privately. While posters are legally responsible for their statements, the moderators may in their discretion remove or edit posts that violate these rules. Users have the ability to modify or delete their own messages after posting, but administrators generally will not delete posts, threads or accounts upon request.
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The forums are a wonderful source of information and support for members of the horse community. While it’s understandably tempting to share information or search for input on other topics upon which members might have a similar level of knowledge, members must maintain the focus on horses.
3. Keep conversations productive, on topic and civil.
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Advertising Policy Specifics
When in doubt of whether something you want to post constitutes advertising, please contact a moderator privately in advance for further clarification. Refer to the following points for general guidelines:
Horses – Only general discussion about the buying, leasing, selling and pricing of horses is permitted. If the post contains, or links to, the type of specific information typically found in a sales or wanted ad, and it’s related to a horse for sale, regardless of who’s selling it, it doesn’t belong in the discussion forums.
Stallions – Board members may ask for suggestions on breeding stallion recommendations. Stallion owners may reply to such queries by suggesting their own stallions, only if their horse fits the specific criteria of the original poster. Excessive promotion of a stallion by its owner or related parties is not permitted and will be addressed at the discretion of the moderators.
Services – Members may use the forums to ask for general recommendations of trainers, barns, shippers, farriers, etc., and other members may answer those requests by suggesting themselves or their company, if their services fulfill the specific criteria of the original post. Members may not solicit other members for business if it is not in response to a direct, genuine query.
Products – While members may ask for general opinions and suggestions on equipment, trailers, trucks, etc., they may not list the specific attributes for which they are in the market, as such posts serve as wanted ads.
Event Announcements – Members may post one notification of an upcoming event that may be of interest to fellow members, if the original poster does not benefit financially from the event. Such threads may not be “bumped” excessively. Premium members may post their own notices in the Event Announcements forum.
Charities/Rescues – Announcements for charitable or fundraising events can only be made for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations. Special exceptions may be made, at the moderators’ discretion and direction, for board-related events or fundraising activities in extraordinary circumstances.
Occasional posts regarding horses available for adoption through IRS-registered horse rescue or placement programs are permitted in the appropriate forums, but these threads may be limited at the discretion of the moderators. Individuals may not advertise or make announcements for horses in need of rescue, placement or adoption unless the horse is available through a recognized rescue or placement agency or government-run entity or the thread fits the criteria for and is located in the Giveaways forum.
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I'll be glad to found the CAN'T GET AWAY FROM SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION CLIQUE...anyone care to join?
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ME ME ME!!!!!! I am at an all girls school, i was sent to an all girls summer camp, and now my mom is thinking that there is a summer program (yes, all girls too) that looks like fun. BUT, they have riding! WOOT!
and you have the preppy hand book or know where to find the contents? i need to find out what was said about my school.....
and i just want to mention that when youre the only teenager around the barn.. it gets old. any one else have that experance?
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Proud member of the Teen and Selle Francais Cliques
“Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.†–unknown
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hey!! I'll join the 'can't get away from single sex education" clique!!! I'm at an all girls school
And Tomboy I'll join the "only teenager at the barn" clique too. yeah it does get old...
"If you don't ride the way that you believe you should, you end up by believing that you should ride the way you do."Throw your heart over the fence and your horse will follow.
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oh tomboy I should have read your post before I added mine! I went to all girl elementary/middle school for 5 years and there were times where it was he|| but others times were great. Now I go to a coed high school but I bet we share some experiences.
And I also am the only teenager at my barn and it has been that way ever since I have ridden. Being a dressage rider makes it hard to find barns with kids and without older women. They can be fun, but sometimes I wish they were more relaxed. oh well!
JR/YR DressageJR/YR Dressage
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I am in!
Homeschool Clique and Teen Eventer Clique
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I'm in! I'm 16 and a junior in a yet again snobby public high school. Gosh I wish that I could graduate early. Thats looking good right now being that I am procrastinating and putting off papers! Definitely will have to join the it sucks to be a junior clique.
" A horse is the projection of people's dreams about themselves; strong, powerful, beautiful and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence" - Pam Brown -\" A horse is the projection of people\'s dreams about themselves; strong, powerful, beautiful and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence\" - Pam Brown -
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It being second semester now and all, I thought we'd have fun with a new saying:
Third quarter goals:I WILL NOT procrastinate (sp) by reading the Chronicle of the Horse and Dressage. I WILL NOT procrastinate by reading the COTH site and Polo. I WILL NOT procrastine by reading the COTH boards and USEA News....
I WILL NOT procrastinate after I am finished reading COTH and Dressage. I WILL NOT procrasinate after I'm finsihed reading the COTH site and Polo. I WILL NOT procrastinate after I'm finished reading the COTH boards and USEA News. I WILL NOT procrasinite when I'm done riding my horse!
Honored founder of the Teen Clique, Homeschool Clique, and Boarding School Clique<><
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I'm 3-25 baby! I'm 16 now, and you can count me in! I go to *sigh* a private school. I'm suprised people can see where they're going their noses are so high up in the air
I think we need a I HATE S.A.T.'s clique personally.
RoyalTRider, I agree! I can't stop reading the B.B.'s on the Chronicle and putsing around the USET sight. Ugh! I had a couple late nights writing papers though, whoopes!
[This message was edited by SaddlePotato3 on Jan. 24, 2004 at 12:06 AM.]*The best sound in the world is coming in from turnout and hearing four shoes clop against the asphalt*
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cool,I don't know how I missed this post for so long!
I turned 18 yesterday. I am mad for dressage.
I go to a very very small private school because the public one but they would not let me miss for horse shows!silly teachers.
oh and I am the only "kid" at my barn too. My trainer teaches another teenager too but she keeps her horses at home. It does get old riding with all the old people all the time,lol, just kidding!
It's not the color of the ribbon that counts,but the color of the ride.It\'s not the color of the ribbon that counts,but the color of the ride.
Oh My!
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can we have the im putting off going to the SATs because im reading the COTH bbs? (yes, this is true) and i think i might be late.. Oh well..
i really dont care.
die sat die
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Teen Clique, Selle Francais Clique, and of course
Riders of Rohan
“Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.†–unknown
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Tomboy, I'm right there with ya!
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