Kids & Horses

[Boot Jack Bulls]

Since there are plenty of you who will admitt to having horses ( and some that won't), I figured a thread for everyone to post pics of kids and horses would be fun.

I will start it off with my daughter on one of her App geldings, Ace. She can't steer him yet, but I led her to move cattle for about an hour that day and she loves it. Sits in the middle and doesn't want to get down!

 

[Bigfoot]

The posse. I think this was like 3 years ago. They've changed.

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

Bigfoot, that's a good group of horses and youngin's!

 

[Philip-TX]

 

[Bigfoot]

Boot jack,
I believe yours will be a top hand soon enough.

 

[Cross-7]

A few years back but one of my favorite pictures
She doesn't have time for such things now but it was good times

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

Good pictures all!

Bigfoot, I'm sure you're right! Its certainly in her genes. We used to breed, train and show nationally ranked roping and barrel horses in the Appaloosa circuit, so pretty much everyone in my family can sit a horse (weather they like it or not!) My brother trained cutters under Tommy Manion years ago, but doesn't own a single horse anymore. Mostly we just have a couple favorites we kept, but I can tell this little girl and her habit are gonna be hard on her daddy's wallet! :cboy:

 

[Bigfoot]

Philip, what's the story here?

 

[Bigfoot]

Good pictures all!

Bigfoot, I'm sure you're right! Its certainly in her genes. We used to breed, train and show nationally ranked roping and barrel horses in the Appaloosa circuit, so pretty much everyone in my family can sit a horse (weather they like it or not!) My brother trained cutters under Tommy Manion years ago, but doesn't own a single horse anymore. Mostly we just have a couple favorites we kept, but I can tell this little girl and her habit are gonna be hard on her daddy's wallet! :cboy:

Not everybody likes an app. If my memory is right, I've had 3 over the years. Liked em all. That's a little app in my picture. Everybody thinks it's a POA, but I think it's just a small app. Grade of course.

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

Our apps were all just quarter horses, some with color, some not. The horse my daughter is on in that pic is a 16 year old gelding sired by a leopard app and out of a bay own daughter of Skipper W I owned. If you look close, you can maybe see a stripped hoof! My/her other gelding is my rope horse from my app circuit days. His sire is a bay/blanket son of Dreamfeature, and the dam was a yellow dun quarter horse (Shortshot daughter). He is as sorrel as it gets, and no color at all. We actually went to the trouble to CPO him so he could have app show papers. Most of our horses were under 15 hands, my dad is a tall man, but did not like to climb on a tall horse! In a few years I will be looking for a horse just like your little app as a step up ride for my daughter.

 

[Bigfoot]

I think I've posted this picture before. It's one of my favorites I guess

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

Awesome! The smile says it all. Love the head on that app! :cboy:

 

[Cross-7]

I think I've posted this picture before. It's one of my favorites I guess

Very good picture
A lot to be proud of

 

[Boot Jack Bulls]

This is her other gelding. I gave him to her for Christmas, her grandma gave her the other one.

 

[Philip-TX]

Philip, what's the story here?

My two youngest were saddle-bronc riders in High school. That is one of the 'wrecks" at Lyle Sankey's rodeo school and the resulting fractured wrist.

The paint was a free horse that we "HAD TO HAVE DAD". We kept her for a couple years, they enjoyed her, then re-gifted her,....with her foal.

 

[uplandnut]

I know these aren't rodeo pics but she sure enjoys the horses.

working on halter breaking one of her moms racehorses

bought this one as a $35 stud colt, probably my favorite in the pasture cause he is so mellow


the grey is her favorite and personal horse, loves taking her swimming and the wife and her got into riding in town, nothing like spook proofing you horse in town. Very impressed with how she has turned into a confident little horse person.

 

[Bigfoot]

Riding in town. I wish that work here. Cool pics.

 

[uplandnut]

Bigfoot, they have had the cops called a number of times but they were told by the police that there are no ordinances that say they can't ride threw town. Only place that has had an issue with them was when they went threw the mcdonalds drive thru they were asked to leave.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

I know Donk isn't a horse, but we love her.

 

[Bigfoot]

I've watched a few reigning classes for donkeys over the years. I always enjoyed it.

A donkey is actually a very athletic animal. It doesn't seem to translate to riding, but they can hit top speed in a few steps.