Horsey Meme!
Horsey Friends can post in comments if you like.
Everyday:
1. Do you wear breeches or jeans while riding?
–both, but jeans when I’m schooling at home. Britches away from home or in lessons.
2. Do you wear tall boots, half chaps, or full chaps?
— ariat half chaps
3. Do you ride horses that aren’t yours every day?
—yes. Missy is my trainer’s. Cook is mine.
4. What kind of helmet do you normally ride in?
— GPA. There is no substitute.
5. Do you have a lesson every day?
—no, but very regularly
6. Do you ride your owned/leased/lesson horse in the same bit everyday?
— yes - Cook - regular snaffle. Miss- Mylar 3 piece with a port
7. Same saddle?
— yes
Beginning:
1. Name of first horse you’ve ever ridden:
– First lesson horse - Sarge. First horse I ever loved - Katie (seal bay TB, sound familiar?)
2. Age you rode for the first time:
– supposedly at 10 months. My dad swears by this story - he gave some kid $5 to get me a pony ride and I wasn’t scared and then he knew I would always ride. uh huh.
3. Age you began to officially take lessons:
– 9
4. First barn you ever took lessons at:
– Ft Bragg
5. First horse you ever jumped on: ?
a. Did poles on: ?
b. Cantered on: ?
c. Trotted on: ?
6. First ribbon ever won: 4th - I still have it!
7. First show you ever won a blue ribbon at:
— some local show in fayetteville
Current Barn or Farm:
1. What barn do you ride at?
—Pepperwood Farm
2. What is your trainer(s) name(s)?
— Mere (overall trainer / mentor) / Kevin (jump coach)
3. What types/circuits of horseshows does your barn go to?
— hunter
Future:
1. List the next two horseshows you plan on going to.
— no idea
2. Are you planning on selling your horse(s) soon? Which ones? Why?
— Never. Ever. I will never give up Cook.
3. Do you plan on purchasing any new horses? For what?
— Not right now.
4. Are you going to take up a new style of riding (i.e. dressage) soon?
— no
5. Do you plan on riding in college?
— n/a
6. After college?
– yes
7. What is your ultimate future goal as a horse back rider?
— be the best I can be.
Comment by Lauren
December 7, 2006 @ 1:21 am
Everyday:
1. Do you wear breeches or jeans while riding?
jeans and half chaps, puh-lease
2. Do you wear tall boots, half chaps, or full chaps?
half chaps that are ghetto and falling apart
3. Do you ride horses that aren’t yours every day?
Used to often, but not anymore
4. What kind of helmet do you normally ride in?
My IRH (it’s the substitute for poor people)
5. Do you have a lesson every day?
not very often, maybe once a month
6. Do you ride your owned/leased/lesson horse in the same bit everyday?
yeah, Elvis in a myler comfort snaffle
7. Same saddle?
Yes, same old ass all purpose
Beginning:
1. Name of first horse you’ve ever ridden:
Duchess was first horse I rode, but Doodles was my first equine love
2. Age you rode for the first time:
I was probably five or so
3. Age you began to officially take lessons:
– 10
4. First barn you ever took lessons at:
– Hidden Valley Farm in new hill
5. First horse you ever jumped on: Doodles
a. Did poles on: Doodles
b. Cantered on: Duchess
c. Trotted on: Bucky (i fell off)
6. First ribbon ever won: 3rd in Mare halter at the Wake County 4H horse show
7. First show you ever won a blue ribbon at:
— I think it was Johnston County actually with Elvi
Current Barn or Farm:
1. What barn do you ride at?
— Yates Mill Farm
2. What is your trainer(s) name(s)?
— Jen Barry, Freedom Run
3. What types/circuits of horseshows does your barn go to?
— hunter, but I do open shows too
Future:
1. List the next two horseshows you plan on going to.
— YMF and probably triple gate of JCHSS
2. Are you planning on selling your horse(s) soon? Which ones? Why?
— Never. I’ll give Elvis away if I can’t afford him anymore, but I won’t sell him.
3. Do you plan on purchasing any new horses? For what?
— If I could afford one, probably a young warmblood for 3′0″ hunters
4. Are you going to take up a new style of riding (i.e. dressage) soon?
— maybe dressage when elvis can’t jump anymore
5. Do you plan on riding in college?
— in college, lol
6. After college?
– probably not right away, but yeah eventually again
7. What is your ultimate future goal as a horse back rider?
— I just want to be able to afford my horse and always give him the best home I can.
Comment by alexis
December 7, 2006 @ 2:24 pm
Everyday:
1. Do you wear breeches or jeans while riding?
both, normally jeans but when i dont ahve any clean jeans, breeches and for lessons, breeches.
2. Do you wear tall boots, half chaps, or full chaps?
half chaps w/ jeans and sometimes even jeans and tall boots but thats only when i cant wear chaps for somereason. and tall boots w/ breeches.
3. Do you ride horses that aren’t yours every day?
yeah, i full lease one. and sometimes i switch horses with people for the day.
4. What kind of helmet do you normally ride in?
gpa- best helmet ever.
5. Do you have a lesson every day?
definatly not. once a week/everyother week
6. Do you ride your owned/leased/lesson horse in the same bit everyday?
yeah
7. Same saddle?
yes
Beginning:
1. Name of first horse you’ve ever ridden:
Quint.
2. Age you rode for the first time:
have no clue, probably either at the county fair in maine at a pony ride, or when quint was bought. when i was 4
3. Age you began to officially take lessons:
probably about 9/8
4. First barn you ever took lessons at:
Pepperwood farm
5. First horse you ever jumped on: Irish. a 4 ft. electric fence:)
a. Did poles on: irish or quint
b. Cantered on: quint
c. Trotted on: quint
6. First ribbon ever won: 4th
7. First show you ever won a blue ribbon at:
Triangle farms
Current Barn or Farm:
1. What barn do you ride at?
Equiterra farm
2. What is your trainer(s) name(s)?
Caroline Culbertson
3. What types/circuits of horseshows does your barn go to?
hunter- but this is a new barn and i havent shown with it yet, so probably on the c circuit in 07, then hopefully some a shows in the future:)
Future:
1. List the next two horseshows you plan on going to.
Triangle farms, then i dont know after that
2. Are you planning on selling your horse(s) soon? Which ones? Why?
Nope, i dont own mystic, and i wouldnt sell her even if i did.
3. Do you plan on purchasing any new horses? For what?
no time soon, but hopefully mystic after a while.
4. Are you going to take up a new style of riding (i.e. dressage) soon?
already have, dressage, and im really thinking about doing the jumpers w/ mystic, and hopefully some cross country.
5. Do you plan on riding in college?
YES
6. After college?
yes
7. What is your ultimate future goal as a horse back rider?
be a pro horseback rider and trainer, but mainly just to do good and have fun, and hopefully keep showing until i die!
Comment by Rachel
December 7, 2006 @ 8:21 pm
Everyday:
1. Do you wear breeches or jeans while riding?
–breeches
2. Do you wear tall boots, half chaps, or full chaps?
— hafe chaps
3. Do you ride horses that aren’t yours every day?
—merediths =]
4. What kind of helmet do you normally ride in?
— IRH.
5. Do you have a lesson every day?
—nope
6. Do you ride your owned/leased/lesson horse in the same bit everyday?
— yes
7. Same saddle?
— nope. Pony pessoa on moosie =] my pessoa and everyone else
Beginning:
1. Name of first horse you’ve ever ridden:
– Sassy…yay
2. Age you rode for the first time:
– pony rides…like 1
3. Age you began to officially take lessons:
– 6
4. First barn you ever took lessons at:
– Salt River Farm
5. First horse you ever jumped on: Sassy
a. Did poles on: Sassy
b. Cantered on: Sassy
c. Trotted on: Sassy
6. First ribbon ever won: 3rd
7. First show you ever won a blue ribbon at:
— home show at Salt River
Current Barn or Farm:
1. What barn do you ride at?
—Pepperwood Farm
2. What is your trainer(s) name(s)?
— Meredith, Kevin
3. What types/circuits of horseshows does your barn go to?
— I have no idea =]
Future:
1. List the next two horseshows you plan on going to.
— um..
2. Are you planning on selling your horse(s) soon? Which ones? Why?
— don’t have one =[
3. Do you plan on purchasing any new horses? For what?
— yes…one day
4. Are you going to take up a new style of riding (i.e. dressage) soon?
— nope
5. Do you plan on riding in college?
— yes
6. After college?
– yes
7. What is your ultimate future goal as a horse back rider?
— get a barn, train ponys and people =] and breed welsh ponys
Comment by Kat
December 7, 2006 @ 11:26 pm
Everyday:
1. Do you wear breeches or jeans while riding?
–jeans
2. Do you wear tall boots, half chaps, or full chaps?
— lately I’ve been slacking and just riding in jeans and paddock boots
3. Do you ride horses that aren’t yours every day?
— no
4. What kind of helmet do you normally ride in?
— International schooling helmet
5. Do you have a lesson every day?
— no
6. Do you ride your owned/leased/lesson horse in the same bit everyday?
— I guess I could say no to this since Comet doesn’t use a bit
7. Same saddle?
— Since I got my treeless that’s the only one I’ve used when I use a saddle. My western and sidesaddle are collecting dust.
Beginning:
1. Name of first horse you’ve ever ridden:
– I learned to mount on Ruby but first ride was on Bobby I think
2. Age you rode for the first time:
– 8
3. Age you began to officially take lessons:
– 8
4. First barn you ever took lessons at:
– Kingwood Equestrian Center
5. First horse you ever jumped on: Pippy
a. Did poles on: Probably McCoy
b. Cantered on: Probably Beaver
c. Trotted on: Beaver or Bobby, I think
6. First ribbon ever won:
- 4th in Walk-Trot Equitation with McCoy
7. First show you ever won a blue ribbon at:
— Kingwood Equestrian Center schooling show in Ride-a-Buck with McCoy
Current Barn or Farm:
1. What barn do you ride at?
— Horse Creek Farm
2. What is your trainer(s) name(s)?
— Meredith (I guess) and Jorine Seale (Comet’s breeder/trainer, my second mother/horse-guru/former boss)
3. What types/circuits of horseshows does your barn go to?
— Shows? What’s that? This is a trail riding/retirement village barn.
Future:
1. List the next two horseshows you plan on going to.
— Probably Johnston County (when is another question)
2. Are you planning on selling your horse(s) soon? Which ones? Why?
— No.
3. Do you plan on purchasing any new horses? For what?
— Yes, but not for at least a year probably several years.
4. Are you going to take up a new style of riding (i.e. dressage) soon?
— In the process of taking up driving.
5. Do you plan on riding in college?
— been there, done that, have the t-shirt (several actually)
6. After college?
– In the process
7. What is your ultimate future goal as a horse back rider?
— Keep on learning and improving. Raise and train a foal. Hopefully retrain ponies for kids to trail ride with.
Comment by Crystal
December 8, 2006 @ 7:46 am
lol. have the t shirt…
Comment by nikki
December 15, 2006 @ 4:51 pm
Everyday:
1. Do you wear breeches or jeans while riding?
–breeches and 1/2 chaps when i ride english, jeans and boots when i ride western
2. Do you wear tall boots, half chaps, or full chaps?
— 1/2 chaps, full in the winter
3. Do you ride horses that aren’t yours every day?
— nope, its all i can do to keep mine ridden regularly
4. What kind of helmet do you normally ride in?
— can’t remember the brand, its really nice though
5. Do you have a lesson every day?
— unfortunately, i haven’t had a lesson since may..
6. Do you ride your owned/leased/lesson horse in the same bit everyday?
— yes - Sunshine in an eggbutt snaffle, junior in some kind of western snaffle
7. Same saddle?
— yes, thoroughgood all purpose - love it, oh and my western barrel racing saddle which i hate
Beginning:
1. Name of first horse you’ve ever ridden:
– First lesson horse - Princess - full blooded arabian
2. Age you rode for the first time:
– before i can remember. there’s pictures of me less than a year old on our old horse
3. Age you began to officially take lessons:
– 8
4. First barn you ever took lessons at:
– barn didn’t have a name, trainer was Gail Blanchette
5. First horse you ever jumped on: Sweet Magic Star, my first horse (Magic)
a. Did poles on: Magic
b. Cantered on: Magic - first time was actually a gallop in the woods, by accident
c. Trotted on: don’t remember
6. First ribbon ever won: 4th or 5th - mares at halter at the county fair
7. First show you ever won a blue ribbon at:
— some local show in fayetteville or garner, i can’t remember, it was my first ridin show ever
Current Barn or Farm:
1. What barn do you ride at?
— mine
2. What is your trainer(s) name(s)?
— no one
3. What types/circuits of horseshows does your barn go to?
— one day dressage shows…
Future:
1. List the next two horseshows you plan on going to.
— hopefully Johnson County next year
2. Are you planning on selling your horse(s) soon? Which ones? Why?
— i might sell sunshine in the future, when she’s further along in her training, but maybe not - i’m startin to love her (:
3. Do you plan on purchasing any new horses? For what?
— just bought sunshine a year ago, can’t afford any others right now.. but one day….
4. Are you going to take up a new style of riding (i.e. dressage) soon?
— maybe barrel racing
5. Do you plan on riding in college?
— done did it
6. After college?
– am
7. What is your ultimate future goal as a horse back rider?
— to be on the us dressage olympic team (: