August 2011
Different ear positions (of the horse silly!):
1. frontward position: I like you (or if you’re unlucky; I’m-gonna-spook position)
2. Sideward position: just-try-to-make-me-move
3. Backward position: just-you-watch-what-happens-next
“A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open.”
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Rules of the Barn:
1. I am human. You are horse. What I say goes. Pleasetake that into consideration when you are standing on
my foot.
2. Spilled grain is not “fair game”, especially when
it is spilled in another horse’s stall. It still
belongs to that particular horse. You have no reason
to go in and eat it.
3. Poop does not need to be hidden. I clean your stall
every day. I will find it. Do not hide it.
4. I do not need your help when I clean the barn, nor
do I need your supervision, or even your presence. I
have been cleaning the barn and stalls ever since you
lived here. I know what I am doing. Standing at the
door staring at me, will not make me clean faster.
5. There is no need to go into the barn and help
yourself to the feed. Meals are given at specific
times of the day. There is a feed schedule. You know
the schedule. I know you know the schedule. You know
that I know that you know the schedule.
6. Water buckets are not toys. Neither is the gate,
pitchfork, wheel barrow, whatever is in the wheel
barrow, fence, or the occasional dog.
7. The wheel barrow is there for a reason. Please do
not try to move it while I am cleaning your stall.
8. Just because I go into the barn doesn’t mean you
automatically get food. There is other stuff in the
barn. Stuff you don’t want. Like wormer and fly spray.
9. Sheath cleaning will NOT be enjoyed…by anyone.
10. Water travels through the hose. If you are
thirsty, do not stand on the hose. The water buckets
will fill much faster.
11. Not everything has to be high drama. None of the
following things will kill you: fly spray, plastic
bags, balloons, hoses, chipmunks and other small
rodents, or bright blue tarps.
12. Although I understand the need for you to go to
the bathroom, it is not necessary to hold it in all
day until the moment I finish cleaning your stall and
put away the wheel barrow.
13. Accidents happen. However, I’m not altogether sure
you’re not trying to kill yourself. Next time you
decide to impale yourself on some sort of object,
please try to do it when it’s not hailing, midnight,
the weekend, or Christmas.
14. While I appreciate your need to be clean, pooping
in your water bucket does not make my job easier, and
it deprives you of water. Please find a new spot.
15. Whinnying as loudly as you can in my face does not
make me feed you any faster.
Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world.
People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.
Many people have sighed for the ‘good old days’ and regretted the ‘passing of the horse,’ but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses.
Robert Duncan’s “Tribute to the Horse”
(read at every, Horse of the Year Show in London)
Where in this world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, beauty without vanity? Here, where grace is laced with muscle and strength by gentleness confined.
He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity. There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent; there is nothing so quick, nothing more patient.
Our past has been borne on his back. All our history is his industry: we are his heirs, he is our inheritance.
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Horse!
Top 10 Exercises for the Equestrian
10. Drop a heavy steel object on your foot. Don’t pick
it up right away. Shout, “Get off, Get off, GET OFF!”
9. Leap out of a moving vehicle & practice “relaxing in
the fall.” Roll lithely into a ball and spring to your
feet.
8. Learn to grab your checkbook out of your purse and
write out a £200 check without even looking down.
7. Jog long distances carrying a halter and a carrot.
Go ahead and tell the neighbors what you are doing -
they might as well know now.
6. Affix a pair of reins to a moving freight train and
practice pulling it to a halt. Smile as if you are
having fun!
5. Hone your fibbing skills “See, hon, moving hay
bales in FUN!” & “No, really, I’m glad your lucky
performance and multimillion dollar horse won the blue
ribbon. I am just thankful that my hard work and
actual ability won me second place.”
4. Practice dialing your chiropractor’s number with
both arms paralyzed to the shoulder and one foot
anchoring the lead rope of a frisky horse.
3. Borrow the US Army slogan: Be All That You Can Be -
bitten, thrown, kicked, slimed, trampled, frozen, etc.
2. Lie face down in a puddle of mud in your most
expensive riding clothes and repeat to yourself, “This
is a learning experience, this is a learning
experience, this is…”
1. The number 1 exercise to become a better equestrian
- marry money!!
“It’s a lot like nuts and bolts…..
If the rider’s nuts,
The horse bolts!” —
If the rider’s nuts,
The horse bolts!” —
“When mounting a horse…
The right side is the wrong side
And the left side is the right side.” —
The right side is the wrong side
And the left side is the right side.” —
“Riding is simple … it’s just not easy.”
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“Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground.”
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“The Morgan’s forte is often known only to his family and friends; …. He’s the finest pleasure horse around. Not the horse who wins in Pleasure classes at horse shows, but the one who teaches the kids to ride, instilling confidence and responsibility, so that they grow up to be better people through knowing a Morgan, the one who takes the kids swimming or ski-joring, wins them a few ribbons at a small gymkhana, who goes on picnic rides and can be trusted with little children swarming around his back legs. The horse that Mama can saddle up and ride through the woods after the kids are off to school, the horse that Father can hack on weekends, the horse who’s part of the family, carrying on the tradition of old Justin, unleaded except by his nearest and dearest.”
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“The wind of heaven is that which blow between a horses ears.”
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Arabian proverb
“The rider casts his heart over the fence,
the horse jumps in pursuit of it.” —
the horse jumps in pursuit of it.” —
“Horses lend us the wings we lack.”
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“When we are riding horses all we are doing is simply borrowing freedom.”
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“I know you don’t understand, your world is nothing like mine. Everything I’ve worked for, being the best, is always about to fall apart.”
“I know you don’t wanna hear this right now, but you’re not that different from the rest of us. Pain, is pain, and we’re all giving up things for this dream. And until you accept that those things are things you can’t control, that the only thing you can control is getting to practice, and always just giving it your all, you really are going to fall apart.
You can’t drain your energy constantly thinking about all these possible future “what ifs”. You have to focus your mind on what you want to have.”
“You know what I want?
I want go to the Olympics, and I want to do it with you right by my side.”
Horse Joke :)
How many horses does it take to change a light bulb?
*Thoroughbred: I changed it an hour ago. C’mon you guys – catch up!
* Arabian: Who ME?? Do WHAT? I’m scared of light bulbs! I’m outta here!
* Quarter Horse: Put all the bulbs in a pen and tell me which one you want.
* Standardbred: Oh for Pete’s Sake, give me the darn bulb and let’s be done with it.
* Shetland: Give it to me. I’ll kill it and we won’t have to worry about it anymore.
* Friesian: I would, but I can’t see where I’m going from behind all this mane.
* Belgian: Put the Shetland on my back, maybe he can reach it then.
* Warmblood: Is the 2nd Level Instruction Packet in English? Doesn’t anyone realize that I was sold for $75K as a yearling, but only because my hocks are bad, otherwise I would be worth $100K? I am NOT changing light bulbs. Make the TB get back here and do it.
* Morgan: Me! Me! Me! Pleeease let me! I wanna do it! I’m gonna do it! I know how, really I do! Just watch! I’ll rewire the barn after, too.
* Appaloosa: Ya’ll are a bunch of losers. We don’t need to change the light bulb; I ain’t scared of the dark. And someone make that darn Morgan stop jumping up and down before I double barrel him.
* Haflinger: That thing I ate was a light bulb?
* Mustang: Light bulb? Let’s go on a trail ride instead. And camp, out in the open like REAL horses.
* Lipizzaner: Hah, amateurs. I will change the light bulb. Not only that, but I will do it while standing on my hind legs and balancing it on my nose, after which I will perform seven flying lead changes in a row and a capriole. Can you do that? Huh? Huh? Didn’t think so.
* Miniature: I bet you think I can’t do it just because I’m small. You know what that is? It’s sizeism!
* Akhal Te ke: I will only change it if it’s my owner’s light bulb and no one else has ever touched it.
* Andalusian: I will delegate the changing of the light bulb to my personal groom after he finishes shampooing my mane and cleaning my saddle, but only on the condition that it is changed for a soft blue or pink bulb, which reflects better off my coat while I exhibit my
astonishing gaits.
* Cleveland Bay: I’m busy. Make the whipper-in and the hounds do it.
* Saddle bred: My ears are up already, please, please get the &#/~…# light bulb away from me! I’m ready to show, really, I promise I’ll win!
* Paint: Put all the light bulbs in a pen, tell me which one you want, and my owner will bet you twenty bucks I can get it before the quarter horse.
* POA: I’m not changing it. I’m the one who kicked the old one and broke it in the first place, remember? Now, excuse me, I have a grain room to break into.
* Grade Horse: Guys? Um, guys? I hope you don’t mind, but I went ahead and changed it while you were all arguing
Sometimes you can trust a horse,
Sometimes you can’t,
and sometimes, you have to.
Grab life by the reins, you never know what is at the end of them.
If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong.
A woman needs two animals – the horse of her dreams and a jackass to pay for it.
