Slacking

Well, I have recently started a new job so I am working 2 so not much time for riding, however I did play hooky from one and go ride Lini. She appreciated it. She was stretching into the bridle so amazing!

Oh we did canter the other day! NO STEERING in the canter which means she is completly not ready, she gets stiff and hollows out but...its so smooth, cant wait to see how smooth it will be when she is collected...

Well I have many pictures I will try and get my paws on to upload...maybe a hunter pace just for a nice walk and trot since those are doing fantastic...but NO JUMPING :(

Lini walked up to me!

So I still have been having some minor trouble catching her...till Saturday. She walked right up to me and let me rub on her and take her out of the paddock!

I was so amazed. I was going to ride her but instead I took her out and let her graze!

I am so proud of my little Lini!

Bored Days at Work more Stallions!

Saint Sandro

Stunning '07 Premium Oldenburg Stallion

He is small only 16hh but that boy is not done growing... wonder if he is homozygous black...then maybe a bay or a black...hmmm

Check his video out on youtube under Saint Sandro

Shhh...he is Dam is an ARAB!

However his sire is: Stedinger

Very handsome 17.3 Oldenburg cute!

On a different note, Lini is doing fabulous! Its raining today so no riding :( I signed up for classes and school starts tomarrow! Time to get my LPN prereq. done, I need to get on the ball and get a degree and have a career. Besides I hope to be able to work in L&D, or NICU, maybe PICU. Older kids are harder than babies...

Cross my fingers all goes smoothly

Lini is home

She is home! So nice to have her there. My dad says ya she likes me and "WoW thats a nice lookin horse"

He doesnt know much but she gets prettier every time I look at her. The neighbors keep comin up to the fence trying to get a good look at her but she doesnt pay any attention to them. They have minis next door. I may see if she can go over there sometimes so she doesnt get to lonely all though she may not be lonely.

The other neighbors horses were nickering at her like crazy! We went on a ride and the poor app wouldnt be quiet! Drove me nuts! But Lini payed no mind to them. She was just happy to be out and about. I will have to post some pics of our ride..

Oh and I bought some alfalfa she doesnt seem to like it much so, I am thinking fescue or Coastal, Fescue is CHEAP here and seems that everyone feeds it here. So I may just give it a try thats what she was on before.

Hope everyone had a happy Fourth I did. Ill post that later cause that is a story with no pictures sadly! :(

Sometimes I am CRAZY

Sometimes I get these crazy thoughts about breeding Lini...In 2 years...or when I buy my own farm. (I hope to be pregnant too) So it seems it work out nicely. But just browsing through...here are some stallions I have come across.

Maxamillion

Dutch WBxASHA

16.1hh

Buckskin and White Tobiano

Pinto & Dilute Genes

He is appoved for TASHR, AWR, & RSPI (SBII)

To tell the truth I dont know care about the registries.

Anywho: Check him out at goldenventurefarm.com

If I ever breed Lini I will hope for color, size and movement. Dont get my wrong my Lini is a cute mover but, I would love something with a lot more talent. Maybe I am crazy. But the color I would like to have is either, paint, grey, palomino, great if it was a buckskin...but hey who knows I have lots of time to get her to were I want her and lots of time to pick the perfect stallion. After all whom ever I choose will hopefully give me a nice jumper prospect!

Anywho thats all for now, I will probably post random ones now and then, after all it doesnt hurt to dream!

Lini moving to Mamas!

Lini is moving to my parents house. I have been filling in holes putting up a ghetto fence with polytape.

I realized for the amount I can afford right now, no one meets my standards of care. So I am teaming up with a local trainer...she is awesome BTW and we are looking for a farm to lease. Hopefully we will find one soon so I can get on the ball. I have a great insurance company that does everything! Thank god.

I suppose I am just to picky. I mean the pasture she is going to be in at my parents wont be the fanciest thing or the nicest but it will be doable and she will get quality..

Her coat is getting dull from the crappy feed. She is fat and happy, just not shiny like she used to. The farm feeds Nutrena Triumph to all there horses...hate to say this but they all look like crap. So I am taking my mare home and gonna start her back on Legens Sweet feed (textured) like she was on all her life...she looked gorgeous then.

The only problem is there isnt much grass...so I will have to invest quiet a bit of money in to hay. I am thinking of Alfalfa, thats what all my horses where on in NC and they did wonderfully. Maybe even a orchard mix. Something that I believe is going to be worth my money. I wont have to feed her as much because its a rich hay. Coastal...bales are way to light and I think there good for horses that have lush pasture.

Wish me luck!

Finally Pictures!

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All theses pictures are from her first ride..she is really stiff to the right so we are working on bending and getting on the bit. Video but havent figured out how to put it on yet!

On the bit

Lini is doing fabulous...I have never sat on a horse that is more comfortable to ride. She is starting to really relax and get on the bit and stretch. She is very lovely. I still need to get those pictures up.

She does however spook. She seems very nervous, I am thinking of putting some chamomile in her feed for a few wks and see if that helps...I hope. She is very twitchy too. Weird I have never had a horse that poops and twitches as much as her. Cant put her on any drugs...I dont want to get in trouble because I do want to show her soon. Maybe Sept and hunter pace in Aug. I think she will be fine as she is progressing VERY well.

Completly off topic..my son

I am a single mom, and its hard, I am solely responsible for all of his needs but, I have an amazing boyfriend who helps me raise him just not financially.

Well, we will call my sons father the "Donor". I left him when my son was 3 months old. Drove down to GA with $100 bucks my friend gave me.


So he has not tried to see our son in gosh ummm since I left him. And now...I get a phone call from his wife...(married same day we were divorced) saying that they want to see him. And take him NY....Oh lord! Has he lost his mind...

They want to just take him..to NY or back to NC. Everything in me says no. He has never taken care of Christian before...EVER. He has never been alone with my son. So no. So now we are battling it out!

I dont know what to do. I am so confused. Sadly we have no written agreement in the beginning but thank god we dont cause even then he wouldnt have tried to see him. Why now? He has been forced by the USMC in to AA forced into concelling marriage anger and parenting classes! He has shaken his 3yo step daughter...reported to the military...

I say no...will my son hate me, when he gets older?

My ride

I rode Lini on Tuesday, she is very lovely quick in beginning and tense but she calmed down and got on the bit and she has a VERY comfortable walk...as that is all we did on Wednesday...so maybe today we will do some trotting and maybe some crossrails for fun...who knows!

The RIDE

As stated in the title, the ride went fabulous! Maybe I am just over joyed. No buck, no twitching but, there was a mounting issue which was over come when we had some one give the "rider" a leg up. Yep she was fabulous even took her over some cross rails. She moves off the leg and responds to your seat. We will have to work on her frame..which is fine, thats something easy to do. So on Tuesday I plan on riding her. She showed no signs that she wasnt ready. So the fun begins! Pics and mini video to come soon!

To ride or NOT to ride that is the question !?

That is the question! Ha ha, well I am sure we are going to. Long ago (funny it was really only 3 years ago!) I wouldnt question this I would just do it...my trainer called it GRIT...boy, have I lost that. I guess when you have a baby and your the only one they rely on it changes your outlook and your not as daring. OR maybe its because I will be honest I am out of shape. Wont know till tomarrow, yeah some people may think I got in over my head.

But, I love green horses and thats all I have ridden...

gosh I had a lesson a few wks ago on a non green horse...BORING. Besides that the instructor was TERRIBLE. I mean she didnt tell me anything I didnt know I needed to work on... on top of that I ride huntseat...and dressage, not whatever she was trying...i just remeber her saying get more contact in his mouth....that could mean many things. so I did what I thought i was suppose to do which was get him in fram...he was a QH so it was QH frame...I must not have been doing it write...oh well.

I went through my ribbons today! So many good memories...but, I am starting a new venture..no more quarter horses all though I must say...i will miss them but maybe i can find someone to let me show there QH after all that is where my heart lies!

Back to the RIDE:

The girl who is going to ride her first is fearless, her and her mom break and train horses to jump grand prix level...So she will be first batter up...then me. After I feel comfortable. Which I am usually GUNG ho after I see how the horse reacts the first time I can asses how I am going to ride...thats how I rode when I was pregnant yep I did ride bucking horses in my first and second month...it went well just went with the flow and did it well. But its always easier to ride a horse like that when you have a trainer you trust. Anyone know of any affordable trainers in the GA area? I am trying but GEEZE some charge ridiculous amounts of money! I am sure there good, if not I will just take videos and send them to my old trainer after all she knows me best!

Well wish us luck and any advice for the first ride greatly appreciated..Will try to post video so you can laugh so hard youll cry or just say what are they thinkin...which is what I prefer after all thats what I have always gotten :)

Break Through

YEAH! It took me 5 min from the time I got to the barn to catch her yesterday! And we lunged she did however challenge me at that one. I figured her out. It is in fact a bit of a game. She hasnt yet decided if I should be in charge but, I fixed that when I got her to lunge...that was interesting. She is very good at trying to keep me infront of her shoulder but I got her to do what I wanted and that was the end of the lungeing. So we retreated and went for a groom. Silly bellini. I suppose we are going to try and ride this weekend...wish us luck and post pictures soon!

Getting Better

So she is TAD bit of a challenge afte all its been 6 yrs since I have had trouble catching a horse... But she lost her halter...dont know how but its GONE! So I had to catch her with a leadline...its getting easier. I found an old halter and put it on her, with NO problems. It was amazing. we walked I attempted to lunge her but she is sneaky and knows exactly how to get out of it. Hmmph.. So I groomed her and loved on her. Went to let her back out of the pasture took halter and lead line off and she just stood there and let me rub on her and love on her! So after a few minutes I told her she could go and she looked at me and walked away looking behind her as if to say "are you sure". What a good ending to that day!

Trust Me

Bellini, she got her halter off yesterday playing with Benny he is a cute skiddish Andalusian. He is more skiddish than Bellini only you can catch him.

I was able to get her into a stall (thank goodness its a turnout stall) where I proceeded to get her halter on. She was scared, I dont understand why. So i got some grain and me and the barn lady went in I had the halter she had the grain. Bellini trust me more the barn lady but, she ate the grain and I was able to put her halter on and she was FINE! I praised her and walked her out.

We walked down to the arena, I put the lunge line on her thinking of proceeding to lunge her then...I changed my mind. So here I went just walking her around rubbing on her spending time with her. She lowered her head into my chest as I scratched her...I looked into her eyes...

They were so gentle...but she just looked worried, as if I will be here one day and gone another. I told her "your not going anywhere" she isnt. She is so wonderful besides the fact that she is difficult to catch. In time she will soon just walk up to me and let me catch her. Not yet.

I decided to see if my saddle fit. She twitched a bit...then settled right down. It doesnt so I am going to clean it up and sell it. Besides I am thinking of investing in a decent dressage saddle. I will be going to some hunter shows, in a dressage saddle, she is green and will need the mileage. Next year I would LOVE to some recognized shows. But not yet. She needs to trust me and I need to make it fun for her.

Thats all I have for now, if anyone has any advice on tips for me catching my Sweet Green Bellini, please let me know!

Sneaky Bellini

Sneaky Mare, Not fond of being caught there she is eating the weeping willow! She eats anything that smells good and is green. She is playing tag..for an hour. I dont know why she just wont let me catch her. She gives me this look, and its actually kinda cute. I love her already and she is trying to make it challenging. Little does she know I have been down this road before!

The amazing LEGENDS Sweet Feed. Thats how I caught her the first time. I actually had to step out of the fence and it was so simple, she reached and ate and I clipped. She didnt even freak just looked at me as if to say "hey you tricked me!"

More pictures and a post hopefully tomarrow evening. I have to go work at Mac Greasy tonight :) get to work (hopefully if we are busy) rather than sit at a desk and file paperwork...

Wish me luck tomarrow and hopefully she will be easier to catch.

BTW I am in love.

About me...

Alrighty, the day I have been waiting for since the 11th. Bellini is coming tomarrow. Yep thats her name Bellini, Lini for short, it means beautiful small one. She is going to be magnificant.

Well, this blog is to keep track and inform people how Bellin and I are doing. I have a rough horse history and I took a break, got married had a baby and now...I am back!

Tell you a bit about my horse history. I have been riding for 12yrs (Jacksonville, NC). Trained with the same trainer for....10yrs. I started off riding (leasing) a wonderful QH named Ubu, the first true love of my life. He had navicular but we had a good/rough show season as it was difficult to keep him sound. Finally his cost just kept going up so his owner (vet) gave him to a Wonderful family in Cary, NC.

Time to buy my own pony!

Diamond...my diamond in the rough. Friend told me about a pony for 500 bucks. We went and looked at her and bought her. I didnt know what I was getting myself into. Well, we had our trouble she ran me into a fence and I broke the cartlidge in my throat...a few months later we got her to where she would trot on a free rein... got reserved champion in our hunter walk trot classes this pony did NOT have a canter. She just couldnt canter. I finally needed something that could CANTER, so I leased Tough Decisions aka Dekker...wow! Big beautiful grey TB gelding. 6yo GREEN broke and had trailer issues. Well we had him awhile...a month actually. We rode him 6 days a wk. Took him to a hunter show and won all of our classes. Except one...judge called me back and said..."Your to good of a rider to make a small mistake like that" I bumped him with my outside leg in my EQ. classes. Well after that we thought we had a match...two wks later he just would buck and buck. Trainer and I came to decision that I was not a trainer I was a rider and I dont need a problem like this... later he was sold as a horse who can only be ridden 3 times a wk. Thats what we call a DAMN TB.

At First Instant: Tuff
Boy was he Tuff. He had a minor issue when I got him...nothing major. He didnt want to go forward. We worked through that and were winning classes and jumping courses...shortly after at a lesson it spiralled down hill! It actually got to the point where me and another girl were taking turns riding him. And trying to get him over his bronc bucking...if you could get ur butt in the saddle before he went. Needless to say, he went bye bye and along came:

Miss Terrific Jo:
Jewelz

My darling, a 3yo green broke paint mare. Who helped me get my confidence back. Aw she was a doll. Went to our first show which was a BIG schooling show...she acted like an old pro. She will be forever in my heart and if she ever needs a home...I'd gladly buy her back! I was young a stupid and made mistakes and lost this blessing,


So here I am now. 3yrs later with a warmblood mare coming my way. She is 1/2 percheron, 1/4Tb and 1/4 Fresian. She is 6yo and green broke. I am crossing my fingers and hoping all will be well. But, I should know tomarrow cause she will finally be here!