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Post by pippa and piggy on Jan 4, 2009 10:37:26 GMT -7
Lol, well there is one I know and she fractured her leg because she was always running around the field so much, then a complete beginner bought her and she used to bite, kick and generally be a complete pain in the ass so I've never particularry liked them.
Grammar cleanup.
-HorsegirlDylan
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 4, 2009 10:55:59 GMT -7
I guess all the breed preferences are caused by meeting pleasant/unpleasant individuals.
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Post by AngelMare on Jan 5, 2009 7:35:02 GMT -7
Yes probably. Except I think my preferences come mostly by reading, as I've only known QH's, Paints, and that Welshie.
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 5, 2009 7:45:18 GMT -7
I've gone to a riding school and ridden New Forests and Connemaras of varying personalities. I've also ridden Finnhorses (standard temprament: calm), a Warmblood (lazy), an Arabian (hot & energetic), the aforementioned Arabian's son, Darty the half-Connemara (adorable, calm, heats up with capable rider over jumps), and a threequarters Thoroughbred pony (hot, sensitive to the seat). My advice: go ride on as many horses as you can.
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Post by AngelMare on Jan 5, 2009 7:50:58 GMT -7
That's what I've been told, but out in the country without a horse trailer it's not easy to find other horses to ride. I haven't even ridden my brother's QH stallion yet!
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 5, 2009 10:15:39 GMT -7
You've never been to a riding school?  I guess that's the disadvantage of living in the countryside. At our cottage (location: middle of nowhere, Finland) we have a neighbour with a Finnhorse mare. Also, at the previous place we boarded Mani at, there was the aforementioned New Forest mare with the bad attitude, and I once rode a fellow boarder's Warmblood mare. And, going back, before we got Mani, we also test rode another horse, a Russia-imported Warmblood mare called Plastika. The names people give to horses... |
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Post by AngelMare on Jan 6, 2009 8:32:11 GMT -7
Actually I haven't been to a riding school. I learned to ride by trial and error, and time in the saddle. And plenty of falling off...
I suppose Plastika means plastic?
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 7, 2009 0:59:25 GMT -7
No, no, muovi means plastic. But still, I would never dream of showing up to a show with a horse with that name! I mean, Plastika? Like plastic? No darn way.
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Post by AngelMare on Jan 7, 2009 7:34:33 GMT -7
Yea, but I wonder what it does mean...
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 8, 2009 0:59:09 GMT -7
I guess it's Russian for something or other.
Oh wait! Acording to GTranslate, it's Croatian and means plastic.
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Post by AngelMare on Jan 8, 2009 6:45:53 GMT -7
ooh, that's what it sounds like anyhow. "And the winner of this show is...Plastic!" .gif) |
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 9, 2009 10:33:44 GMT -7
А переможець цього шоу ... Пластикові!
[Sorry, wrong language...That's Ukrainian, BTW]
I pobjednik ovog show je ... Plastika!
(And the winner of this show is...Plastic!)
I wonder whether or not they meant it in that context.
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Post by pippa and piggy on Jan 9, 2009 10:45:39 GMT -7
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 9, 2009 12:14:05 GMT -7
Really? How much did the lesson cost? In the riding school I go to, it's 18€. Mani cost 6,500€. Livery's about 400€/month.
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Post by AngelMare on Jan 9, 2009 14:04:29 GMT -7
It looks Russian. WOW that's one expensive horse!! Or maybe horses are a rare commodity in Finland...or maybe people have more money.  We paid $5,500 (~4,000€) for my brother's stallion, and he's got some excellent bloodlines. The geldings each cost $1,500 (~1,100€) and that's about average for a good Quarter Horse with no special bloodlines. |
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 10, 2009 8:21:27 GMT -7
Remember that was in '06, and I seem to remember the Euro's curse (course?) was down. Anyway, he's done x-country in Germany, is schooled pretty high in dressage and can jump 120 cm (4ft?) with ease. His maternal grandsire is King of Diamonds, a hellofa good RID stallion, and his sire is Stan the Man, a thoroughbred. He was 12 years old when we purchased him.
Also, bear in mind America's horse prices are riduckulously low.
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Post by AngelMare on Jan 10, 2009 9:20:39 GMT -7
Lol, yea we've even got wild horses running around, that can be adopted from the BLM for very little. ).gif) |
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Post by pippa and piggy on Jan 10, 2009 10:44:33 GMT -7
Well it's £25 a week livery with a grass grazing horse, for a private lesson it was £25 for half and hour, for a group lesson like £18 so it was pretty weird and you can ride pretty much unlimited.
Reason for editing: took out confusing spelling errors.
-HorsegirlDylan
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 10, 2009 11:46:01 GMT -7
£1 is ~1.50€ So group lesson ~27€; livery & private lesson ~38€. NOTE: HorsegirlDylan is going to do a grammar & spelling purge of editing, so if you don't want to have your posts edited, get your grammar & spelling right! |
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Post by HorsegirlDylan on Jan 12, 2009 11:10:53 GMT -7
*double posts to attract attention*
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