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silly_munchkin in bad_riding

oh gosh

Jan 13, 2009 20:13

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crystalclear107 January 14 2009, 01:29:29 UTC

Omfg.
Next there will be a video of her jumping 2'9 at two.
Way to fuck up your 'hunter', asshats -_-

contortion_13 January 14 2009, 02:06:41 UTC

This.

greenanimal January 14 2009, 05:37:14 UTC

Yeah but they'll swear it's just that one time!

blitzen_ January 14 2009, 01:30:30 UTC

o my god what is WITH people riding yearlings lately? there was one linked a while back too. goddamn it. not only cantering too but mounting up from the ground!!! (i don't mind about that in general, but not with a baby! i never mount up from the ground but that's cos i'm 90kg and ungainly ( ... )

wastedrock January 14 2009, 03:23:26 UTC

They do have breed shows. Unfortunately they have 2 year old futurity classes that mean your horse has to be fully schooled. Which, is part of the issue on starting horses so early.

I'd like to see ALL 2-3 year old show classes ended. So people wouldn't feel the need to rush their horses.

wastedrock January 14 2009, 03:23:39 UTC

I should say "we" since I am in the US lol.

hunterrider247 January 14 2009, 01:32:27 UTC

I call shennanigans on the "first ride" no matter how nice the greenie they dont steer and ride like that the first time (or three or five....)
Ugh.....

candysgirl January 14 2009, 01:37:29 UTC

No joke...I've been riding my 3.5 year old for about 5 months and he still forgets his brains and doesn't remember how to be steered occasionally...

foxsong January 14 2009, 01:43:01 UTC

Probably the kid's first time on her. Clearly the "trainer" has put some hours in already.

jessiedwheelie January 14 2009, 01:50:39 UTC

ditto to that. There's no way it's a first ride. My babies used to spend at least a month in the round pen before graduating to the big ring and then MAYBE outside. Any horses I know sure didn't stroll calmly down the lane the first time they were ridden outside of the ring.

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candysgirl January 14 2009, 01:34:42 UTC

Your first ride and you're trotting and cantering? My colt is three and a half and he *barely* has a canter cue! I didn't get on him until he turned three. My first two months of rides were at a WALK. Then another two months of trotting. I only started teaching him a canter cue (as in, cue, take 10 canter steps and go back to the walk) once he was relatively solid at the walk and trot! We'll probably have to start over on the canter cues in the spring because its been too hard to ride at much more than a walk (no indoor).

Guess which baby will be still sound and usable at 25...

foxsong January 14 2009, 01:34:49 UTC

::scratches head:: That is a pretty well-developed looking yearling. But even if the kid's off on the age, she's still awfully broke for a baby, so they must have been at it for some time by now.

I see her parents own the barn. Check out the lovely example of safety in action in the bottom right-hand photo on the homepage...

http://cadenceequestrian.com/

xihateyourx January 14 2009, 01:50:45 UTC

agree

foxsong January 14 2009, 17:33:08 UTC

(btw? Icon lurve. Every time I see that it cracks me up!)

margorand January 14 2009, 01:56:12 UTC

holy shit... I just looked at their sales page, and I know a couple of those ponies! The third one down, Starfish, was a playmate of my mare when they were babies--they used to pal around together in a huge pasture as foals. I'm a bit sorry to see he's at this place now, probably being pushed too fast... he's only coming five and looks to have already been jumped extensively (though I'm a big fan of not starting over fences til four at least).

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