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<blockquote data-quote="DrumRunner728" data-source="post: 392881" data-attributes="member: 6339"><p>My professional horse trainin' advice to you is to eat more doughnuts. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>I'll fess up here - I'm early 50's and every now and then I get the itch to try a colt again. However, my mama didn't raise a fool, and reality soon hits me. "You were thinking about doing what???" </p><p></p><p>About 5 years ago I had agreed to take a friend's barrel horse and put a little finish on the mare. She had no bad habits that I was aware of, she wasn't a young filly, I had ridden her for several days with no incident, and she showed no overt signs of being stupid. On this particular afternoon I had already ridden her down the road for about 30-45 minutes. I came back to the pasture with the barrels set up and started doing slow pattern work. </p><p></p><p>To make a long story short, she took the notion to buck and she was good at it. I knew I was in big trouble when I blew my right stirrup on the second buck. Wasn't long before she launched me out the back door and pretty much pile-drived me into the ground. She also managed to kick me in the shin as I was flying through the air, just to add insult to injury. It certainly wasn't the first time I'd ever been thrown off a horse and I had always been able to jump right up, dust myself off, and climb back in the saddle. Not this time. It took a while before I could get up (even after hubby had checked to make sure that all wiggable parts still wiggled, etc.). I did, however, finally manage to catch her up and get back on her. The next day I was so sore and bruised that I had to have help getting out of bed. It was a reality slap in the face that I was no longer a spring chicken. </p><p></p><p>I decided then that I needed to stay on the horses I knew (realizing that you can get hurt doing that too) and I definitely needed to stay off colts. Through a friend's recommendation I found a great trainer in south Georgia. He's been my new best friend ever since! </p><p></p><p>I love horses, I've owned them and ridden them all of my life, and I hope to have at least one spoiled pony around to feed cookies to (yep, I do that) until the day I die, but no more colt breaking. I'll leave that up to the folks that still bounce. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrumRunner728, post: 392881, member: 6339"] My professional horse trainin' advice to you is to eat more doughnuts. :P I'll fess up here - I'm early 50's and every now and then I get the itch to try a colt again. However, my mama didn't raise a fool, and reality soon hits me. "You were thinking about doing what???" About 5 years ago I had agreed to take a friend's barrel horse and put a little finish on the mare. She had no bad habits that I was aware of, she wasn't a young filly, I had ridden her for several days with no incident, and she showed no overt signs of being stupid. On this particular afternoon I had already ridden her down the road for about 30-45 minutes. I came back to the pasture with the barrels set up and started doing slow pattern work. To make a long story short, she took the notion to buck and she was good at it. I knew I was in big trouble when I blew my right stirrup on the second buck. Wasn't long before she launched me out the back door and pretty much pile-drived me into the ground. She also managed to kick me in the shin as I was flying through the air, just to add insult to injury. It certainly wasn't the first time I'd ever been thrown off a horse and I had always been able to jump right up, dust myself off, and climb back in the saddle. Not this time. It took a while before I could get up (even after hubby had checked to make sure that all wiggable parts still wiggled, etc.). I did, however, finally manage to catch her up and get back on her. The next day I was so sore and bruised that I had to have help getting out of bed. It was a reality slap in the face that I was no longer a spring chicken. I decided then that I needed to stay on the horses I knew (realizing that you can get hurt doing that too) and I definitely needed to stay off colts. Through a friend's recommendation I found a great trainer in south Georgia. He's been my new best friend ever since! I love horses, I've owned them and ridden them all of my life, and I hope to have at least one spoiled pony around to feed cookies to (yep, I do that) until the day I die, but no more colt breaking. I'll leave that up to the folks that still bounce. :D [/QUOTE]
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