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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1771789" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>I broke colts for my father off and on for several decades. The last time I got on one of his young ones I was 54 and as I picked myself up off the muddy ground, told him "That's it. I'm done. You gonna have to find someone younger and that heals better than me".</p><p></p><p>Growing up, we never had really good blooded horses (or good anything else for that matter) but our horses were all gentle and home raised except for the original old one eyed mare we started with. </p><p>They did ok for us, as a tough horse was required for getting the cows out of the thickets our old place was covered in. Dad probably had 1/2 doz or more by the time I went in military and then had a young family of my own.</p><p></p><p>I've boarded and fed several for other people in the last 8-10 years but I didn't ride them. </p><p></p><p>Feeding them and training them for riding is only part of it. Got to be able to handle them for shoeing and hoof work and teach them to load in a trailer too...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1771789, member: 18945"] I broke colts for my father off and on for several decades. The last time I got on one of his young ones I was 54 and as I picked myself up off the muddy ground, told him "That's it. I'm done. You gonna have to find someone younger and that heals better than me". Growing up, we never had really good blooded horses (or good anything else for that matter) but our horses were all gentle and home raised except for the original old one eyed mare we started with. They did ok for us, as a tough horse was required for getting the cows out of the thickets our old place was covered in. Dad probably had 1/2 doz or more by the time I went in military and then had a young family of my own. I've boarded and fed several for other people in the last 8-10 years but I didn't ride them. Feeding them and training them for riding is only part of it. Got to be able to handle them for shoeing and hoof work and teach them to load in a trailer too... [/QUOTE]
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