Great idea - thanks for the add Bellehavenfar! I'm not a fan of riding out in the cold and our indoor is small and dusty so it's a quieter month for me. Also looking for other new horsey friends to keep me motivated so feel free to add

crazy horsey person here, too. anyone can add me!

Anyone can add me too! I'm new to MFP but I am somehow, kind of mysteriously, finding myself really motivated to make some changes! Well, it's not totally mysterious, just unexpected. I broke off a long term relationship 6 months ago, and I'm making life all about me for the time being.

I've got 2 horses: Nugget, a 16yo BLM mustang that I've had since he was rounded up wild, he is my heart horse. And Oreo, a 10 year old Appaloosa Quarter Horse cross who lives a life of leisure as Nugget's companion. I'm an avid trail rider, Nugget is a born trail mount, and I have miles of trails on public lands at the end of my road. I appreciate all kinds of horses and riding, and I really love horse camping and packing in the wilderness.

I think it would be great to have an active group of horsey people on here. I don't have to tell anyone here that horse people march to a different drum, or maybe, hoof beats...

Hi, I am Robin . I live in North East Pa. I have 5 Quarter Horses on my farm. I trail ride , barrel race , do trail challenges and rope and pen steers. I am 60, just got my knee replaced and work way to many hours at a hospital. Need to lose 30 lbs. Have lost more, kept most of it off for 3 yrs but never got down to where I wanted to be. I move so much , eat smart but the weight is so SLOW to come off. It sure didnt come on slow. I bet I could gain 10 lbs in a weekend without breaking a sweat. Doing speed events really makes me want to get the weight off.

Hi! I'm new to actually using MFP and am excited to see a group of horse people! I am lucky enough to board at a facility with a wonderful large indoor so am able to ride consistently through the winter. I usually get out to ride 3 times a week (4 if I'm lucky!) but have an 18-month old and work full time so its hard to fit everything in each day. My horse's name is Scout and we do low level dressage, trail ride and hope to get out and do some fox hunting soon!

I never lost all the baby weight and was carrying around 10 lbs extra when I got pregnant so I have a good 25 lbs to lose! I feel very motivated to get the weight off for so many reasons and hopefully I don't lose it.

I would love some more horsey pals!

I'm 16 and I ride primarily english. I have a 14 year old, 14.2 hh appaloosa gelding who tries his little heart out for me in everything and he's my main man. I got him for Christmas in 2006 after taking lessons on him for a few months. He is my absolute heart horse and makes quite the hunter/dressage pony. We may try our hand out at eventing this year, I'm pumped!


I have two pony geldings, one is the one-eyed, 25 year old shetland who still thinks he's two. I started out riding him and although he's retired, I'll still hop on him and walk around on him every once in a while. I thought I would be too heavy for him... but if I turn him away from the barn he can still rear with me, so I can't be too heavy for him! My other boy is my 13.2 hh rodeo pony, Rockstar/Rocky. He's the little stud muffin in my profile picture.... sadly for sale, due to the little princess below.

Cabaline's Rhapsody/Cali is the breeding stock appendix mare I suddenly acquired over the summer.... bought her with what was supposed to be car money I got from my first job. GORGEOUS dapple bay 16 hh mare.... mom was an OTTB, dad was a foundation paint. Not sure why it would possess someone to put the two together, but it sure made one heck of an english horse! She's my current project show pony in training.

I'm 5'2 and a little under 130... wanting to get a little under 120 so I can fit easily into my western chaps and tailored sportsmans! Plus I truly honestly hate boobs... Sorry if it's a TMI, but I'm borderline C/D and I want to make training my career... I would be happy enough with the body of a ten year old boy lol!

EDIT: I was curious... does anyone count calories burned during riding? I rode Calcan and Chief dressage for around 75 minutes total, and I really worked my legs/core. I feel the burn!!!

From Illinois. Have 50 pounds to loose. Soon to be 35 years old.

Anni - Paint mare, age 18
Cajun - Arab cross, age 10 - adopted spring 2012
Misty Mae - Miniature, age 15

I mostly trail ride with friends. Have done a few "fun" shows. I'm not all into the speed thing, but we participate in trot poles, trot barrels, etc. I'm sure it's do to having people watching and I feel like the "fat girl" on a horse squeezing in her saddle. LOL.
Made an obstacle course at our place this past October for a fundraiser for my daughter.
***If you are on Facebook, you can check out the photos on the page Red Barn Acres.
It was fun and have many requests for next year.

My sister had horses growing up, but I never had my fun of owning one. 2006 a friend and I bought our first horse (Haflinger) together - then added a Shire (not sure what I was thinking :laugh: ) She moved and bought my half out. Then my collection all started from there. Guess it's my childhood dream.

I have a great group of friends that I ride with - but guess what - they are ALL skinny! Ugh.

Nice to meet you all!

I currently have a horse on part loan, 3-4 days per week (though the snow has kept me from getting up to the barn for over a week!) Jackson is a 15.2 gelding of uncertain origin - probably some Connemara, too fine to be a cob - who could play the part of Black Beauty. He's 8, but knows about as much as a 5-year-old, since the owner only bought him as a status symbol and hasn't done anything with him. We're currently mainly hacking out - there's a forest up the road, quite rare in Ireland - until he gets his condition up a bit. I'm not a great jumper, but plan on doing dressage work with him. I'd love to get into TREC as well.

Up until October last year, I was riding Irish Sport Horses, but I didn't agree with the owner's idea of horsemanship - I felt he was ruining them by starting them under saddle as three-year-olds and asking far too much of them far too soon, and beating them up when they didn't get it. The final straw was a bad fall - I decided I'd rather pay towards the upkeep of a good horse than the high cost of riding for free!

I also drive - I've had more jobs driving carriages than jobs that match my degree, alas. We use mostly large cobs and a Clydesdale mix at work.

Another horsey person here! Feel free to add me! I ride English and Western. I have barrel-raced, hunter jumper, western pleasure, trail ridden, and am touching on dressage and eventing now and some other stuff I can't think of right now LOL. I have four horses an AQHA Appendix named Cinco, a stock paint horse named Doc, a grade paint mare named Lady, and a QH/Saddlebred paint named Cajun. Please add me!

I'm an active horse person !I live in Australia. I used to own two horses. An arab x quarter horse called Mysti. She was 13.2 hands and a palimino. She was the sweetest horse but I grew out of her. My other horse Jay was 14.3 hh stock horse x. He was funny and tempermental and a little challenging. In the end we had to sell him because we didn't have enough time or money to keep him.

Now I just ride of a weekend and its killing me! I will be going to uni in a year or two but after that I can't wait to get another horse. I mostly do trail riding but would love to try western and some trick riding.

Hi everyone! I'm active on MFP, but not as active in the equine world anymore. Up until June, I was working at a dressage training stable and riding some really fancy warmbloods professionally. My last horse was a sweet grey Irish Thoroughbred gelding named Jimmy D. He was my event horse - while we didn't compete very much (college budget!) we schooled through prelim. He's now enjoying retirement as a therapeutic riding horse.

I'm not riding very much now, but might return to it in the spring. It's still my favorite form of exercise and a decent way to earn a little side cash!


My Jimmy D!

Hello! I am kind of new here. I signed up on MFP in January 2013 and have been working hard to lose a little excess weight. I have been riding since 1980 and am riding horses here and there until I can afford to get my own again. I rode Hunter / Jumper, tried eventing, western and am probably settling in somewhere between dressage and hunter. I try to adapt to whatever horse is available to be ridden. I also enjoy running and going to the gym to get in some calorie burn during the workday.

Is there anyone in or near the northern Baltimore County (Maryland) area that wants to ride together?

Happy healthy days everyone!