Tag Archives: horses i know
…And the Miscellaneous Whatsits
Laura got in a single PMU mare some time after I’d stopped riding with her regularly. The above is she. I have the photo labeled as “PerchShireX”, so I’m guessing Laura told me she was a Percheron/Shire cross; I mysteriously have a second, virtually id…
Speaking of PoAs…
In addition to Tolanka and her babies, there were two other PoAs around the farm. Penelope came in as a youngster, and to be honest? I don’t even know if she was ever saddle trained. When she came out of the pasture – which was rare – it seemed…
Bear
My last instructor had a single Thoroughbred, in her sea of Quarter Horses and PoAs and miscellaneous whatsits. I actually rode him for quite a while, fell off of him once, and always kind of felt bad for him, sweet horse that he was. I’m not a gelding…
Sunny No-Tail
Her name was just plain Sunny, but my mother gave her that nickname…
Evil, evil pony
So let’s talk about that little chestnut pony there.
That’s Shorty. He has the dubious honor of being the first horse I fell off of, the only pony I’ve ever fallen off of, the only horse I met at two barns, and the last one I wanted to see again.…
An Arabian and a Half
That’s Callie – pretty, witchy little Callie. She could be a sweetheart, but we always had to watch her, because she kicked with little provocation. I never got nailed, but I was there for a couple of teenagers getting kicked or kicked at. (And trust…
Silky
More old pictures – and I don’t have a single one that doesn’t have a very young me in it
Old Roman
This is the very first horse I rode in lessons – and I have the photo to prove it! *laugh*Roman was the old trooper of the barn. He was 26 when I started taking lessons, probably 28 when we left; they told me he was an Appaloosa, although I don’t r…
Birthday twin!
We’re digging way back for this photo. Yes, that was a polaroid. And yes, it has a frame. *laugh* I have no excuse. I was 11, ok?
The babies I could have bought
I knew three of the foals by that mare I mentioned.Sabrina was the oldest, and the only chestnut: