Anyone ride?

[Tex]

My daughter has been riding every Saturday for years, pics from today…

 

[slowrider]

Nice looking Paint & rider.
Wife was a Rodeo Queen and Barrel racer. Still trail rides and does playdays.
We have a few on the Ranch.

 

[Philpug]

Paging @AmyPJ to the SkiTalk Courtesy Phone

 

[Tex]

Wife was a Rodeo Queen and Barrel racer. Still trail rides and does playdays.
We have a few on the Ranch.

That's awesome. I would love to buy a ranch and my daughter have her own horse. I hope she gets all this some day, she loves horses. Her first ride she was a little girl, she bugged me and bugged me to take her riding, she finally wrote a contract that I would take her, and made me sign it! I took a pic of it and may post it lol. That first ride, she got bucked off the horse, and she was hooked ever since.

 

[slowrider]

I've been around horses my whole life. Dad had them too. Wife & I have skijored in the pasture one Winter. I'm a horse husband. Your daughter is definitely horse crazy. Good luck with that. She's tough and determined. I know horse people. Post contact please. Lol Here's a ski friends daughter. She's horse crazy too.

 

[Tex]

I could not find the pics of her first ride, but some oldies here.... The same coach is there, she is great...

This gal still coaching these kids, she loves her job, she wears head set now and all the parents can hear what she is saying...

 

[slowrider]

The headset is a great idea. I work at a youth services horse ranch were they have a annual hunter-jumper event. Totally different kind of deal than western. For not being a rider, I actually know alittle about those critters.

 

[LuliTheYounger]

Man I miss it! I haven't found a barn since I moved out to Utah, but I rode through college & spent two years as a full time pro groom. Also did a couple summers helping with my friend's endurance racing string, which was a ton of fun.

 

[slowrider]

Few more pics.

 

[AmyPJ]

I’ve had horses my entire life until 5 years ago. I “grew up on the back of a horse”. Not owning any now has left a pretty huge void in my life.

I lost this guy to laminitis 6 years ago. One picture is with my daughter who he just adored. The other is me showing him at nationals in 2012. We won a lot of regional titles and two national titles.

I don’t know how people can afford hay these days!

 

[slowrider]

@AmyPJ
Impressive horsemanship.

 

[Matt Merritt]

My wife is a rated hunter/jumper show judge and she and I both ride and show cutting horses as amateurs.

 

[In2h2o]

I have been involved in with horses as a junior, amateur and 'catch rider,' owner, and formerly licensed official in the US and Canada and heavily involved in the H/J show world for a while. I am now in my 'rusty stirrup' phase and currently don't own a horse.

I am curious if any other riders have extreme dorsal flexion .... I do have similar boot fitting issues as @AmyPJ ......

 

[LuliTheYounger]

I am curious if any other riders have extreme dorsal flexion .... I do have similar boot fitting issues as @AmyPJ ......

I definitely don't (as loudly noted by most of my coaches haha) but I imagine it's common!

 

[Andy Mink]

@LabMan? You and your wife have horses, right?

 

[Tex]

My wife is a rated hunter/jumper show judge and she and I both ride and show cutting horses as amateurs. View attachment 163750

I don't know about amateurs, you look like a real root'n toot'n cowboy to me!!!

 

[Tom K.]

My wife is a lifelong horse nut. Probably at the barn 4 times a week, if not 5.

Nothing fancy anymore, but still loves indoor groundwork in the winter months, and lots of trail riding when the snow is gone.

@Matt Merritt, my wife's last horse was a cutting horse. I'm not a horse guy, but cutting is one impressive feat, and I love to watch.

 

[Tex]

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Are you shooting a gun in that picture? That looks like Lone Ranger!!

 

[slowrider]

Are you shooting a gun in that picture? That looks like Lone Ranger!!

Not me. A show at the fairgrounds. Firearms or Archery on a course.

 

[slowrider]