eye candy? for jenni - Page 5

Jenni,
I like both the traditional build and the newer refined look, but the latter is probably because I'm an Arabian girl at heart  Can't help myself. Also, awww, that picture of your son in the penguin costume is the cutest thing I have ever. seen.

Beetree, when I used to help train up young horses, I sometimes longed for those deadheaders. A nice, quiet trail with no hijinks...no damn Arabians figuring things out before I did... Those trail horses have their place, for sure. They let people relax and have a good time on a horse. 

As for cars...I have a Honda Fit. I swear it accelerates faster when I lean forward! Sometimes, when I'm really bad, I can even get it down to 30 mpg...

LOL, mollyandjack. 

I don't mind how the more refined ones look; I just don't like to see a breed take turn for a standard that isn't what it was supposed to be. If the parameters were looser, and allowed for both types, that would be fine, but now that they're leaning toward that very refined look, the ones that are bred to what the standard has been/used to be, and still bred with versatility, driving, etc. in mind, can hardly hope to get approval. Teade, who was the ONLY stallion approved in 2007, barely passed on a few things due to his heavier appearance. I, personally, prefer a powerful, muscular stallion. I think arabs are gorgeous...but a Friesian isn't supposed to look like an Arab any more than a GSD is supposed to look like a coyote. 

Thanks on the penguin costume. They were both babies then...how time flies! 

30mpg??? You, you, you.....gas-waster!!!

Dead-headers, LOL, I'll give you that one. But Nope, never a good choice for me. Oh good grief, can anyone just answer the question? Has anyone ever tried to get off and on a "trail horse". Please, it is a simple beginning of a conversation! LOL

Relax?.... oh.... is that what that is? LOLOLOL

I do have a soft spot for the wetern horses too, Ruger. Maybe thats a Nebraska thing, but I've always liked QH's and Mustangs. <3 I'm not sure I could pick a favorite, really, breedwise. Black horses are my favorite, hands down, which is probably why I like the Friesians so much.

The first show I took my cat too, there was an Arabian Horse Show across the street, that we just HAD to go spy on. (Poor Cheyanne was giving them the strangest look, but wasn't scared by any means.) They are so pretty and elegant.

Beetree, being 5' 2", it is a task to climb up and off of ANY horse. I don't care how young or old I am, my foot just doesn't go that high!

Bee I understand what you mean.  I think trail horses are nice for those who do not know how to ride, which is fine, but for those of us who have ridden a lot, there is just no comparison.  It is like riding on robots, they only do what the horse in front of them do.  I know I tried it once in the Bahama's and didn't enjoy it AT ALL.  I'd never do it again, personally.


 I am also an Arab girl, love the spirit and the style.  I prefer the Russian or Polish Arabs because they have a little more size.  This is a stud, that was a 20,000 dollar yearling, but I got him for 2 thousand (when the couple divorced) as a ten year old.  He had only been ridden a few times, and was mostly used for stud, but after some training, turned out to be a great horse.  Arabs also love people and love to be ridden.
If I could find a Friesian, I would get one in a heartbeat.  I just love the look of them.



Deanna, your Quarter horse is gorgeous. :)

Hmmm...Quarter horses are nice IF THEY ARE REALLY REALLY NICE. I rode a high-dollar reining stallion once. Won't mention any names because his owner would KILL his trainer for letting me on him, lol. I must say he was my favorite horse I've ever ridden. But when you get used to a high head (my other horses are TWHs) you feel like you're going to go down a slide riding a QH. LOL  The only horse that ever threw me off was a QH bitch, er, mare, no, definitely a bitch! Not what you'd call an old trail hag...which is why I think trail hags can be wonderful;-). This mare was HUGE- she had some pretty heavy Impressive blood and she was like 16.1 and freaky muscular. No way in hell 5'3" me was getting back on that horse, said the mare. So, we had a lovely walk back to the barn, like old friends. 

I like all horses...but I can't think of many, except Gypsy Vanners, maybe,  that have a Friesian's fairy tale presence. Not that looks are more important than function, but I like my dogs to be gorgeous, too. When an animal has versatility ANDS gorgeous looks...awesome. There's a reason Friesians are in movies. Anton is one of my favorites- mostly because of his temperament and hair. He's Chief's grandsire. There is a story I have to find about him. It's written about the famous photo shoot on the beach- he really was just running loose- no fences. LOL  The description of his temperament is really beautiful and of course the pics are gorgeous. He's getting older...maybe his price is dropping if someone would like to chip in with me on a co-own. He only sold for 2million euros upon import.   I tell Chief sometimes that he needs to step it up; doesn't he know he's supposed to be prestigious? He thinks he's just a horse. 

I had a three year old, green broke filly, a descendant of Man-O-War, actually go over backwards on me, that's how bad she wanted to make her point. But, Jenni, I got back on. That's always been the rule. You always get back on.

I know the f-ing rule. That was my point. What do you propose? Should I have rigged some contraption just to get back on her? Gee, sounds fun. This wasn't a buck or two; I stayed on a while. This was all-out war, rodeo style. The ground near the river was nice and soft, so I just let go. I had a bad hematoma from the saddle horn but was otherwise uninjured. She was a nightmare of an animal. Broke out of her stall, trashed the barn all the time, the other horse lost weight due to stress just because she was around. Told her owner to get her out of there. Good riddance to both. 

I'd rather just ride a nicer horse! Why bother with some Impressive-bred biotch when I have my sweet boys? Even my super hot TWH (old big lick horse), wild as he is at times, hard to ride, would NEVER deliberately try to toss me. He just doesn't have it in him. I have zero tolerance for nasty horses. Nasty dogs are a lot of fun. Nasty horses are not. 

My favorite horse riding story was riding a rental horse on Mackinac Island. My bf at the time and I flew there for the weekend for my birthday. We decided to rent some horses to see the more uninhabited parts of the island. We both asked for "normal" "intermediate" horses, not followers, because we needed horses who would listen to us, not the other horse, as he wanted to go look at the "runway" (more of a landing strip) during the day since we'd flown in at night under less than ideal conditions when the pilot-controlled lights didn't come on. They don't want you going over there, hence having to lose the guide and get decent horses.  A guide shows you out and then leaves you alone. He told me that "Brandy's only fault is that she likes to roll." I thought he was joking. Until she did it. I caught her w/her knee on the ground and pulled her back up. She attempted this a few more times, and I stopped her. She was quite pissy about my thwarting her efforts. All of a sudden she just FLOPS on her side, and starts to roll. I got off in time and got my feet out of the stirrups but one stirrup (and Brandy!) came down on my foot before I could get away from her. My bf turns around and I'm standing next to the rolling horse, holding my shoe, LOL. He had no idea. When we returned the horses later that day, I told the guys at the stable what she did and they were surprised; they said "she usually only does it when it's hot out. " WHO rents out a horse to the public who does that?  It took over a year for that toe to look normal and for the nail to grow back. Quite disgusting.