Let's find some more active MPF horse folks

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  • Hello everyone. I currently have two horses. Both paints, a buckskin overo and a black tovero. I ride mostly English, but I love to just hop on bareback and go for rides down the road. I have been riding on and off since I was little, but have really only focused on it since I bought my first horse 8 or so years ago. My favorite thing to do is basically trail ride. I'm just starting to finally ride again after a bit of an accident.
    I also like to do other things as well. I love being outside, and could spend my days hiking, camping, etc. As far as fitness goes besides riding; I love my MMA class, going to the gym, walking, swimming, and hopefully I'll be able to find a yoga class soon.
    I would like to find more horse people on here as well!
  • Szuka
    Szuka Posts: 6 Member
    I'm MFP-active, even if not (to date) in this group. I'm in the Los Angeles area and have never had my own horse, but at 54, I'm getting ever closer to that reality. I rode as much as possible when young, schooled in hunt seat and jumping in my early 20s, and started riding again last Sept. after putting in about 3 hours over the past 25 years (so sad!). I currently take lessons 2x/wk, focusing on Western equitation. I very much respect Buck Brannaman and his teachings and recently attended one of his clinics (as spectator).
    Riding and horses has become quite a spiritual/energetic undertaking, something I never expected -- it shows me what no longer serves me and lets me know what I've been able to clear and move through, all with the horses' help. It's become a highly metaphoric activity. And a couple of the school horses are benefiting from healing in ways I never imagined, as a connection between us grows. Blows my mind at times. All while I get to exercise (okay, play) in the outdoors and honor my inner cowgirl!
    ~ Laurice
  • TXBelle1174
    TXBelle1174 Posts: 615 Member
    Hi everyone -

    I have been on MFP for over a year and I log in every day. I have at least 50lbs to lose and it has been a slow process!
    I have two horses - Snazzy who is a 15.2hh, 18 y/o sorrel QH gelding. He has some arthritis in his hocks so my daughter (she is 7) rides him. He is really her horse. I have shown him in local level open shows and so has my daughter. He isn't fancy but he is dead solid and one of the best kid ponies I have ever met. Lonesome is a 16.1hh, 20 y/o (going on 10) Palomino Paint gelding. Lonesome was free to me and was very skinny when I got him. The owner had not had him for very long and she didn't know much about him other than he had been a hunter horse and a trail horse. Turns out he knows A LOT. He is a little rusty but we are currently working on western dressage. I am a western rider and tried to get him to slow down but it just isn't his style, his a big mover and knows his stuff so I decided to meet him in the middle and try something better suited for him. It seems that WD will be our forte'. My first WD show with him will be in June. I ride western obviously. I used to show Paint horses a lot but kids, life, etc. toned that down a bit and now I just enjoy small open shows with my daughter. I love trail riding and we have a lot of lakes and woods to ride in around here. I try to go every weekend. I have a small place with about 10 acres where I keep my horses. I live in Fort Worth, TX. Anyone can feel free to add me. I love to talk horses and can always use more MFP friends!
  • danekin
    danekin Posts: 21
    Very active on MFP. I ride a Standardbred mare named Bronte. English, dressage, trail riding.
    Feel free to add me! :)
  • greyhoundphile
    greyhoundphile Posts: 35 Member
    Hi everyone! I've been logging for about a month now and am looking for more horsie friends to help encourage/be encouraged by to lose weight for better riding!

    I've got a 20 yr old Arabian gelding who is a fantastic partner in dressage. We're both pretty lazy and so we're not so much into a show circuit - just about learning our craft better and having a good time doing so. As an adult amateur I feel like it took me 7 years to finally get a proper seat, but hey! Better late than never.

    He's a spunky old guy but I feel bad - I made a promise when I stuck him on a diet (he was eating two horses' worth of food stealing from a pasturemate) and made him lose 100 lbs. I told him I'd lose 30 to be fair. The first 10 melted off like butter and now nothing is changing for weeks, so I'm definitely in a slump and looking for more friends to help motivate.

    Anyway, great group, glad to be a part of it, and hope you'll add me! :)
  • Irkalla
    Irkalla Posts: 9 Member
    Hi everyone!

    I'm an Eventer in training at Kenlyn Arabians in CO, used to ride at Aurora Stables. I'm so glad that I switched because AS was primarily Hunters, had a few Jumpers and flat out didn't offer Dressage and didn't have access to trails, whereas KA does it all! I recently bought my own Arabian mare from them who I couldn't be happier with, named PS Prairi Rose.

    She was never properly trained before coming to them about a year ago to be used as a broodmare, so right now we're working on rhythm while carrying a rider - the trainers here have been super helpful! They're also not afraid to use what works when it comes to desensitizing - my mare used to jump like you stabbed her with hot spurs when you just laid your calves against her for simple walking around. A few times in the round pen with a beaten up western saddle and chaps draped on her butt fixed that. ;)

    I've lunged her over low X's and she kept wanting to come back to them! I need to lose 30 lbs before I can start jumping with her, as she's 1 digit away from being pony-sized. I can't wait! I've been going cuckoo not being able to even trailer her down to the CO Horse Park in Parker for clinics!

    Please feel free to add me!
  • shadowkat57
    shadowkat57 Posts: 151 Member
    Hullo! I'm a horse nut too. I have an 8 yo TB gelding named Darcy - he's a rescue, this is his official blurb http://www.schrar.net/sc-spirit
    and an almost 30yo Welsh gelding called Gold - he was my first horse when I was 6.

    Rode Darcy in his first dressage test on Sunday, just walk-trot - not perfect, but I was pretty damn pleased with how well he did.
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    I'm trying to lose weight partly to lighten his load and be a better rider. Wanting to quietly bring him into occasional competitions - eventing, dressage, showjumping - not super ambitious, just for fun and our development.
  • norrishbex
    norrishbex Posts: 35 Member
    Hello! Another horse mad gal here! I have 2 horses, plus 1 that I ride for a friend.

    My main girl, Key, has just had the all clear from the vet to come back into full work after a long layoff thanks to injuries, colic and ulcers. Can't wait for her to get back into the swing of things. My goals with her is to get back eventing, only intro level this year, with hopefully a step up to prelim next year. She's also a pretty handy dressage horse, and is training elementary/medium level, so I'm hoping to get her out competing at elementary level, with aims of going medium once we get our flying changes sorted out! Oh, and she's a 9 year old Thoroughbred that had 11 starts as a racehorse before retiring.

    I also have a QHxTB filly, she's only just 6 months old and has just been weaned. Goals with her this year is to get her halter broken, float trained and to have her picking up her feet.

    Last, but not least, is Rhett. He's a purebred Friesian, is 7 and belongs to a really good friend of mine. I've been riding him off and on for the last 5 years. He's a dressage horse, but he's only really just grown a brain and is now able to cope with the higher movements. Plans are to have him out and about competing at Elementary dressage by the end of the year, and Medium at some point early next year. According to my Dutch coach, he will go FEI without to much dramas, so that is our aim. It doesn't matter how long it takes to get there, we darn well will!


    I'm always looking for horsey friends, so feel free to add me :)
  • Kidostud
    Kidostud Posts: 307 Member
    I'm an active horsegirl too and try to log in on MFP every day. I've got 3 horses, 2 geldings and a stallion. My one gelding, Quaker, turn 17 this year and I've had him since he was 2,5 years old. He is retired, because he is almost permanently lame. (completely fine until he runs a little or go faster than a trot!) My stallion, Clodan, turns 8 this year. I've bred him myself. I do a little bit of Western Riding with him. His halbrother, Nicholis, turns 6 this year and I've also bred him. I only started riding him last year when he turned 5.
  • Okapi42
    Okapi42 Posts: 495 Member
    Hi Kidostud, are you riding treeless? Looks like it in your photos. I've been treeless for nearly a year and wouldn't go back!
  • luvriden
    luvriden Posts: 52
    I started MFP on January 1st and love it. I am also an avid trail horse rider in NE. I ride gaited horses. I have a Kentucky Mountain Saddle horse, a Missouri Foxtrotter and a grade gaited horse that we think is a Spotted Saddle Horse (he is an adopted rescue).
    I love trail riding, horse camping, CTR's and want to do a few LD Endurance rides. I love long hours and lots of miles in the saddle.
  • Kidostud
    Kidostud Posts: 307 Member
    Hi Kidostud, are you riding treeless? Looks like it in your photos. I've been treeless for nearly a year and wouldn't go back!

    Hi Okapi,
    Yes, I'm riding this guy treeless, because my other saddle is too narrow for him. He is very wide barreled and has got a round and fleshy wither, so finding a saddle for him is kind of hard. I'm also sick and tired of having to change saddles as they mature and change shape - really can't afford it! I love my treeless saddle, though. It took some time to get used to it - I'm used to my western saddle! But, now I absolutely love it and so does my horse!
  • Okapi42
    Okapi42 Posts: 495 Member
    Hi Kidostud, are you riding treeless? Looks like it in your photos. I've been treeless for nearly a year and wouldn't go back!

    Hi Okapi,
    Yes, I'm riding this guy treeless, because my other saddle is too narrow for him. He is very wide barreled and has got a round and fleshy wither, so finding a saddle for him is kind of hard. I'm also sick and tired of having to change saddles as they mature and change shape - really can't afford it! I love my treeless saddle, though. It took some time to get used to it - I'm used to my western saddle! But, now I absolutely love it and so does my horse!

    That's why I first went treeless. I was riding youngsters for someone who didn't care how his saddles fit - he kept losing his blanket while cantering! - and it wasn't doing their backs any good, so I bought a saddle that would fit anything...
  • Muff51
    Muff51 Posts: 8
    Hi
    I am new to MFP. I have an older warmblood mare with whom I used to compete in the hunters. We have moved quite a few times, gone through a divorce, had a baby and traveled together for many years. We have had crushes on geldings, stallions and a date with the Fed ex man which resulted in a beautiful colt. :heart:
    I love the feeling of climbing on my old girl and twisting my fingers through her mane as her large bay body sways back and forth to the walk. It is pure heaven.
    I wish everyone happiness and success!
    All The Best!:flowerforyou: