at a clinic i rode a twhbea wgc (more than once) flatshod horse and as
soon as I lifted the reins he took off like a shot , it felt almost
like a bolt to me, he was suddenly just running walking at great
locomotion around the arena and when i tried to stop him he did a
little rabbit hoppy head toss
I understand that our conversations morph quickly, but when I started this
subject line, I wasn't talking about cutting horses. That's a whole 'nuther
ball of wax, from the way I've heard the warnings against the use of legs on
Icelandics.
How is it different? If I understand the sport of cutti
On Dec 7, 2007 5:32 PM, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anybody ever ride a cutting horse?
When I was in graduate school, I kept my horse at a cutting horse
barn and thought I could ride pretty well. The owner let me try his
stallion out at cutting and as I am short, I had no stirrups a
> Anybody ever ride a cutting horse?
>
Yes. I use to own one.
Lorraine
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This horse got his breaks from arena work on the trail and I rode him
places that would have challenged some other horses, the most memorable for
me being over a suspension bridge. He never hesitated. He was a very nice
good-minded horse, probably the most teachable and athletic animal I ever
tra
On Dec 7, 2007 9:03 PM, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I put a western saddle on my hunter/jumper/dressage horse (an off track Jet
> Deck grandson).
I also owned an off the track Jet Deck grandson. He was a hunter
jumper that I converted to a trail horse. We did some shows and I
taug
I had a horse trainer friend who was training a horse, I think for the
working cow horse class. Anyway, she needed to rent some calves and asked
some of us if we wanted to go in with her.
I put a western saddle on my hunter/jumper/dressage horse (an off track Jet
Deck grandson). He actually was
i've worked cattle on some fairly cowie horses-but not a high performace
show cutting horse. when a good horse gets going-just hang on-it is like
nothing you've ever felt. love working cattle on a good horse...
Maggie
the California cowgirl-i hope Solie likes cows:)
Anybody ever ride a cutting horse?
Nancy
--- Robyn Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If any of you have ridden reining horses you will have experienced
> the most
> leg quick trigger than I have ever felt on a horse.
>
> Robyn
Our friend bought very expensive well trained QH reining horses.
Sally rode one once, and she is a good
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 09:36:36AM -0800, Robyn Hood wrote:
> >>>Now with some western trained horses, like barrel racers etc...well
> there is a lot of leg contact, a lot of go go go.kick kick kick.
>
> I have certainly seen people do this - get on and think they have to kick to
> get the hor
> >>>Now with some western trained horses, like barrel
> racers etc...well
> there is a lot of leg contact, a lot of go go
> go.kick kick kick.
>
The girl I bought Scooter from use to barrel race him.
I wonder if that is why he bolts sometimes.
Lorraine
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Hi Skye
>>>I know that of the Icelandics that we have, that were trained in
Iceland, or by an Icelandic trainer, that while riding our leg is
relaxed, yet we can give cues with our legs, for sidepass and such.
We have always used legs on our Icelandics from Iceland but definitely there
is a highe
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyway, her quote above makes me think of something. A lot of us
> have heard the old warnings that we shouldn't use our legs on our
> Icelandic's. I've heard some Icelandic's described as
> "well-trained" but buyers were warned never to use legs o
re: "unsuitable for janice" this is bearing in mind most people think i
should wear a tee shirt that says "I do my own stunts" and you havent been
on the list long enough to read of some of my more
adventurous debacles.
Actually Janice, your adventures have been pretty tame si
On 12/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> that doesn't mean they're not
> "well-trained"; it may mean they are "unsuitable for janice" (who
> doesn't seem the ottb type to me either).
>
> stjarni seems to tune himself somewhat to different riders. i go to a
> lot of effort to hel
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:15:46AM -0500, Karen Thomas wrote:
> Anyway, her quote above makes me think of something. A lot of us have heard
> the old warnings that we shouldn't use our legs on our Icelandic's. I've
> heard some Icelandic's described as "well-trained" but buyers were warned
> n
And most (all?) horses can certainly learn to recognize the difference
between a "cue" and a "bumble." If they can't, I wouldn't call them
well-trained. They might be "started", but I couldn't consider them well
trained.
and i think if they over-react to a bumble they ha
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