hi all, im new to these sites so bear with me...I dont even know if I'm in the right place!! anyways a little about myself..I have a 9yr old clydie/tb cross gelding called Ted, He is the most absolute coolest dude and looks after me like you wouldnt believe!I am an older rider that has only been back in the saddle for about 6 years after a long absence, I brought ted as a 4/5 yr old and we have grown together over this time as great mates, he does wonderful dressage and we might get out and get serious this year..heres hoping!!

hi teds mum, newbie here too!!! Love the site Rachael!

I'm in the sunny south (Blenheim!) where you can still spot the odd horse amongst the hectares of grapes LOL.

I have 3 darlings, a nervous nelly TB who is happy being relegated to paddock ornament/baby sitter. My main man Mac a dun stationbred who at the moment I'm doing dressage on and my wee darling Smokey a Kai who came out of the 2008 muster and as a technical 4 yr old is going beautifully under saddle! A real dude :o)

Hi Teds mum! You are in the right place and welcome! I've been riding for just over 4 years now as an adult, so I definately know how it feels, somehow I'm not as brave as I remember being as a child on a pony! LOL.

What are comps like up in Rotorua? Do you have to travel far?

@ KA Raz you never told me you had a Dun! I LOVE Dun's, in fact my first horse we got 4 years ago was a Dun, unfortunately she 'broke' after a couple of weeks. :-( Dun's are still my fave.

Smokey sounds like he's going to be awesome, you must be pretty excited.

you haven't been perving at the gallery on the website or the blog then

His colour is the reason I bought him LOL, wasn't looking for a 3rd horse at the time, but he was a meant to be and had to be a dun to catch my eye hehehe.

Hi Teds mum - I actually thought you were someone I knew until I saw your location - she has a clydey TB called Ted too but is in auckland. Nice to meet you - gyou should post some pic up of your boy

welcome Yeah Im another - got back into riding as an adult after a big break person too ---- Yep certainly dont have the lack of fair I used too...

Ohhh LOVE DUNS too.... theres one over here that does alot of the Showhutner where I am and I would steal him in a heart beat - hes gorgeous!

me!!! I'm here too!!!

Karen start a new Intro post for yourself, since we're all so bloody nosey! LOL

or at least put up more than that! LOL is it Karen W?

LOL ok.... I have one comp horse who does a bit of everything - usually well when his mother rides properly! One old retired 3* eventer (my fave but don't tell anyone!). Live on a l/style block of 5 acres....

Hey Karen your horse sounds like mine, goes well when I do!!! LOL You'd think that maybe they'd bluff it sometimes and get us thru it!! Wait, I think mine do that anyway!

I'll tag in on this thread too....

Once upon a time in a land far far away, I used to 'do' eventing. Competed up to Novice, and jumped all the big boys toys, but could never get my head around that stupid stuff before the jumping started. Ironically (after I saw "the light" and walked towards it) I now compete straight dressage. I have an Advanced/GP horse who has started me on the path to god knows what (much to my parents horror!). I also have two talented youngsters. One lacks a brain, the other lacks maturity, so we are going to motorbike our way through the season, while my older darling will hopefully be the stalwart that stops me from throwing myself off a cliff at some point during the season!

Erm, not only do we have those three, there is a broodmare, 2 young horses, and lots of others that are floating around that are leased out teaching people, or popping out babies left right and center. So erm yeah, lots of ponies...

Oh - and some of you will know me already as Kerry - Christchurch

I like your post!!!

Hey Kerry! And might I say, Kerry understands my frustration or instructors who are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff re teaching the RIDER to ride *sigh* Saskia had better pick on ME next week or I'll scream!

Oh and here's me too! Currently got a rising 3 year old (although technically 3) clyde tb cross whom I've just broken in. He's about to go on a few months turn out, and for the season I'm borrowing a friends lovely gelding. Ridden to prenovice ht, elementary dressage, thats about it. Oh and I have a husband and 3 little children of the human variety, aged 6 (twins) and 8 1/2. And I work full time. We live on a lifestyle block 5 min out of Wanganui. Thats about it I think!! :o)

and sometimes she has a spare 5 mins to get on the 'puter! LOL

Hey Rackil

Hi all I'm Kirsty, and I have a 12 year old TB gelding who can turn his hoof to anything (except hoofball :p). I'm two years back riding after 8 years off, and my dear jumping schoolie is showing me the ropes and I'm trying to turn him into a dressage horse instead! Oh, and the love of my horse's life is Karen's donkey Penny So disturbing!

hey chicky babe! A lot of people had some time off riding huh? I had about 8 yrs off when my old boy retired with ringbone. Got back into it in 2002 when I got the nervous nelly TB Roger.

Really enjoyed that break from it actually, dogs were so much easier to just chuck in the car and take off to a show LOL

Yeah KA, wish I could say I did something constructive with my time back then, but an awful lot of it involved shopping

hahahaha, as long as you got it out of your system, we all know you don't shop for dirty negligiggles when you got horses

Well, I am here too :o) I have Diesel, a black 2 (technically 3) year old Clyde X who is not ready to be broken in yet. Just too immature still and I am in no hurry. Have owned him since he was 7 months old. He is a dude and I absolutely adore him. We live in Dairy Flat on 8 acres. Got two human kids, age 11 and 5 so they keep me real busy too. Hey everyone ***waves madly****

Hiya, I'm In Welly. We've got 3 lovely gg's on our lifestyle block. There's Blu the 15.1hh silent soul TB who gets bored of grazing and loves to watch horse TV e.g. anything else thats going on in the neighbourhood. There's Autumn a 16hh Stationbred that loves grazing and can't see the point of stopping eating ever (hence has the wide girth to match). And lastly there's Edie the up in coming youngster who is just learning the ropes and would secretly like to be boss of the other two - her time will come!! Also joining us is the 2 chooks, 2 dogs, 3 cats & one toddler....

LOL I love the reference to Horse TV, I'm going to use that all the time now. Classic.

hey in welly - my girl likes to watch horse tv too....

have you got any pics

sounds like you have quite the tribe there

Hi Kezza, hi in Welly, nice to see you guys here

Hi - I'm Rachel, from Hawke's Bay, I have 3 Clydey crosses in various stages of handling and breaking in, and one Mini who just wanders about looking cute and creating havoc. I haven't competed in a long time, but I'm hoping one of my current 3 will turn out to be a nice adult riding club horse and keep me amused for a few years yet : )

Hey Rach, and we want to hear all about Noddy's progress too! (how are the war wounds?)

Well, if I follow my nose in future I will be doing constant left-hand circles, and my lower torso still feels like a truck drove around on it for a bit. Otherwise fine, Lol. Noddy atually led around The Big Yard last night and only wet his pants once! He tried to pull away and do a wee rear, but it was wet and he slipped and ended up sitting on his bottom like a big bewildered dog. Was it wrong of me to laugh and tell him "I win!" ?

hahahaha, nah you deserve to be able to say that to him! Silly sod he is

We have decided he's the horse version of Scooby Doo. He throws the most unco temper tantrums and his legs go everywhere. I should keep him just for comedy value.

you have got someone catching some of these on video I hope!!!

Hi to all the new people!

Yeah...lots of fabulous people on here!!! Welcome all and looking forward to reading about more exciting editions of peoples horse stories!!!

Just a quick comment...I thought I might start a fitness program for myself (first time EVER!!) so thought I would run around my paddock. Well the babies (5 Yearlings) thought that the would show me up and ran around like maniacs kicking and carrying on!!!!! After 15 minutes I was completely stuffed...and they were still gallivanting!

Oh to be a horse!!!! :-)

LOL Alasaan aren't they great?

My always STOP playing just as I arrive with a camera

bloody teases

PMSL Alasaan! They are great entertainment aren't they! Bet they loved having you out there to play with!

Hiya, Im new as well...

Hey Rach chicky babe! Wondered if you were coming across!!!

How's the Billy boy? is he right again yet?

Nope not yet... dont think its grass, so let him out tonight... have some tye up stuff coming that clensers liver kidneys etc, so worth a shot

poor wee possum...

Yep... hes happy hes eating ghrass tonight thou!

Hi All! I'm new to the site. I'll post pics when I figure it out.

www.JaneSavoie.com

Welcome Jane, make sure you promote your services in the appropriate forum category as well!

Thanks! Will do!

Hi Jane and welcome. Must say I'm a fan of your you-tube clips! Nice to have you here

Well I have one horse, a 6yo I bred by Pintado Desperado out of my TB mare Pariselle. He is a geek/dude/one in a million kind of horse and I am quite priviledged to own him if not for the entertainment factor alone. His paddock name is Jack as I plan for him to be my 'jack of all trades' so far he isn't doing too much as I am pregnant but roll on Feb and I will be back in the saddle!! (I hope)

Hi Harley, welcome! Make sure it's early Feb so you have a lovely little Aquarian baby

Hi Harley, welcome to the board! This is def one of the friendlies and low key boards, it's great!!!

Look forward to seeing some photos of Jack, he sounds lovely! I bet you are just itching to get back in the saddle!

And I have just started Jane's Freedom from Fear programme, wish me luck.

Hey Ronnie!!!! Please keep us updated with the programme, we are all interested to know what you think and how it goes! Good luck!

YAY it must be working Ronnie posted!!!! LOL

luck chick! (not that you need it )

Thanks for the welcome guys

Is that you Janey??
Edited to add... Oops, thought that would reply directly under the 1st post.... So for Teds mum..

Well, I have 13 horses and one on the way. I am lucky enough to own the best horse in the world Cruise. My rock. I am also lucky enough to have a herd to be proud of, my broodmares, by riding and performance horses, the sporthorses and the babies!

welcome everyone =0)

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