Calling All Riders!!

Never ever had a horse. :C

Have you seen a cremello horse before?

Yes, i've seen a cremello
Have you ever fed a horse from the hand?

Yes! Whenever I was done with a riding lesson, my trainer had me give the horse a treat every time. I miss those horses and my trainer.

Have you ever seen a falabella?

No! They’re so cute!

Have you ever jumped on a horse? I’ve jumped on my horse, lol but he is not a jumper! I just set up buckets and a pole one time just for fun! Lol

I tried once and the mare I was riding at the time wasn't a jumper at all... I was also in a western saddle :S.  Let's just say, I thought she wasn't going to jump it, and then she awkwardly hopped over it right before we knocked it over.  I'm not a jumper either and I've never actually jumped a horse, so that was one of those times where I did something really stupid and dangerous that I really shouldn't have done in the first place lol!

Have you ever tacked up a horse blindfolded?  (I have lol it was a pretty fun challenge.  It's actually fairly easy if you've been tacking up horses all your life).

No! But I halted a horse with my eyes closed! I’m going to do that though for sure!! Lol I was in a western saddle too when I jumped my horse! I’ve never ridden English, but he just walked through it the first time! Lol I made it higher and he jumped right over it! Lol but he’s so not a jumper! LOL it was so much fun!!

Have you ever had a wagon, like a little wagon not an actual wagon lol, or a sled and pulled it behind your horse! It’s so much fun! We did it in my arena with a little wagon! Lol it was so much fun! We loped too! But then we went around the corner to fast and I tipped my sister over! Lol she was alright and wanted to go again! Lol

Okay I say lol way to much! Lol! I’m a goofy person and love to laugh! Lol

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Lol, I sometimes say 'lol' a lot too lol!  My uncle took a sled when he was younger and tied behind one of the horses he had at the time named Dummie and he rode around on the sled with Dummie pulling him around the property.  But later on when I was a toddler, we got an actual wagon and two driving Appaloosas that we would take down the road and things.

Have you ever been wrongly accused of abusing your horses?  (I've been wrongly accused a couple of times by non-equestrians who don't know anything about horses... but... yeah...)

Never. Never had a horse and why would I abuse the thing I love the most?

I've jumped before. My trainer used to set up a small jump but it was like at a 45 degree angle doing downwards. I did it in a western saddle at a trot and it was weird. Other than doing that a few times never actually jumped.

Have you ever seen a Budweiser Clydesdale and just realize how big they actually are?

No, but I’ve seen draft mules! They’re so big! 

Okay so I love all my horses, but do you have that one favorite horse?

To be honest, I probably couldn't choose between the two that I have because one of them is really reliable and fun to ride, especially if I have a beginner rider with me---I can put them on her.  The other hasn't been worked in a long while (I'm supposed to get him back into work this summer) but he has a really cheeky and friendly personality that just makes me laugh.

Have you ever practiced roping off a bicycle?  (Lol, I tried riding my bike and roping a fence post at the same time as practice the other day.  It was actually pretty fun lol, since none of my horses are trained to rope).

So I have five horses, but one of them is mine that I bought myself so he’s my favorite horse & I love him so much! Two are my dads, ones my sister’s, and the others my brother’s! But they’re all our horses and we all ride them, but anyway I have five wonderful little colts!!
No, I could never ride a bicycle one handed! Lol but I’ve roped off one of those hoverboard things! (I’m a roper, I can rope all ends, so calf, head, & heal!) You can rope off of my horses since they’re all rope horses, well, I guess you can’t rope off of our yearling, yet! Lol! We buy weanlings then go from there and train them all ourselves! 

I know it’s yes or no questions, but what do you rope? Head, heal, or calf?

I've never roped before. My trainer would just focus on barrel racing, slight jumping, and other stuff I needed to be able to do for gymkhana. I bought a lasso a year or two ago, but idk how to use it.

Have you ever judged a horse? 

I have virtually last week in my ag class, and got pretty high scores.

No, but I’ve been in livestock judging!

Do you have your own arena? (We just finished our outdoor arena last summer! We still have to finish our catch pen and return alley, but we got it completely fenced off last summer! And we’ll have it completely finished this summer!!! And eventually we’ll get arena lights! We have a small little arena in our barn, it’s more of like a training pen but it’s still really handy for starting colts and riding in the winter! We got our barn, (it’s actually a big shed, but we keep our hay and everything in there) a few years ago but it doesn’t have electricity yet :( and it gets cold in the winter so we can’t ride when it’s really cold and yucky out! But I’m so thankful!)

I've done that too!

No I don't I have a barn, but we need to fix it up and get some fencing before we can get horses.

Have you done trail? (it's a gymkhana course)

No, but we went camping onetime and we brought our horses and the park had hiking trails, so we rode our horses!

Have you ever moved cattle on your horse outside of an area? We’d go branding west river and move cattle to different pastures! It so much fun!

What is gymkhana?

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