Meet my Mare

MC is beautiful, and your words about her remind me of how I feel about my dog, oddly enough.  I am just learning about horses as my BF's dad has some at his ranch - one I love in particular.  Thanks for sharing your pics of MC.  Looking forward to hearing more about her!

She's bee-u-ti-ful!!!  I love horses... someday.... maybe... 

Thank you for all the kind words. She really is a pleasure to have and we've been through so much together. This mare is a great teacher but a better friend and even saved my life at one point. I owe everything to her. She is truly my once in a lifetime find. 

Wow, gorgeous!  

*dreams* 

She's lovely! Thanks for sharing :) 

What a nice mare!! 

I wish I had some good pics of my mare, Aerial (ya, I stole my username from her) that I could post.  She's a bay 1990 TBxHanoverian.  Not an all-arounder like MC and like the QH that I had before Aerial, but she is a wonderful eventer.  I know what you mean about going through so much together.  In college, Aerial had a freak accident that left her mostly blind in one eye.  It was very traumatic for me, but we managed to get through it and it hasn't affected her adversely at all.  People just have to be more careful around her.  It was her left eye, so it took a while to get used to being led around.  She'd tend to step all over you because she couldn't tell how far away from her you were.  After the recuperation period of about six months, we returned to competition with fantastic results.  My girl can still fly around a cross country course like nobody's business...ha ha!  When I moved to GA, I left her up in NC with our trainer, and I miss her, but my mom rides her now and she is having a blast, so I wouldn't want to take her away from mom.  It's nice to kinda "give back" to my mom after all the $$ and long weekends she sacrificed during my show years.

Aww! Thoroughbred X Hanoverian crosses are so gorgeous! Talk about being tall and elegant. I'm sure Aerial is absolutely wonderful and it's so nice that your mom enjoys her too. I wish my parents were more horse active... my mom especially planned to take lessons, etc.. but no, for some reason she developed a phobia around horses now... I don't know why,  she didn't have a bad experience or anything - it's just so random. Occasionally she'll come out to the barn with me and "feed" her, but that's it.

(I find it so amazing...horses are so big, yet so sensitive, but when it seems like the odds are against them they some how are able to make amazing recoveries - they are such fascinating animals.)

HI Equest! Your horse is beautiful!!

I too have horses and I ride hunter/jumper. I used to compete in the Adult Jumpers and I was supposed to move up to Low A/O but money for horseshows went out the window and I have not shown since. I wish I could post pics but I don't have a web picture place so that I can download them. I hope to find time for that in the not too distant future.

My current horse Pete (aka Petie) is a TB, he is coming of a suspected torn ligament in his hoof. We gave him 6 months off, I just started swinging my leg over him last week. I hope to trot this weekend. There is nothing like riding a horse!!!!!

Welcome!
 

Maxs Mom

My current horse Pete (aka Petie) is a TB, he is coming of a suspected torn ligament in his hoof. We gave him 6 months off, I just started swinging my leg over him last week. I hope to trot this weekend. There is nothing like riding a horse!!!!!

Welcome!
 

Good luck with Petie's recovery!  Ah, yes, the sloooooooow process of recuperating a horse.  I was so nervous the first time I got on Aerial after her eye injury, but she acted like it was no big deal.  I was afraid to jump her for a while, since their vision for jumping isn't great anyway, so I figured with only one functioning eye she would have a hard time gauging distances, but she loves to jump so much it never really phased her at all.  It did make it more important for me to set her up and cue her properly, though, so it was definitely more work for me.  But it made me a better rider, that's for sure!  My mom told me of an instance last fall where after a dressage lesson on a crisp day, she turned Aerial out in the field as she usually does after cooling down.  Well, guess she was feeling that fall air, because for about 15 minutes she proceeded to free jump the round bale in the field.  I just wish someone had had a video camera on hand!

 Thank you for the warm welcome. It's always great to meet new horse people! I love show jumping, it's my favorite discipline. I use to show an Oldenburg gelding in the Junior jumpers when I was younger... it's was great. He was an amazing horse. I hope to continue and advance in that that, but I know what you mean about money going out the window...not to talk about how much gas and diesel went up (at least in this area).

I hope Petie makes a wonderful and full recovery. I wish you the best with him.
 

Equest94

I use to show an Oldenburg gelding in the Junior jumpers when I was younger... it's was great. He was an amazing horse.  

Ohhh...drool!  I'm a sucker for any warmblood.

aerial1313

Ohhh...drool!  I'm a sucker for any warmblood.

OMG, let me tell you that horse was so talented in Equitation and Jumpers. It's been years ago so I don't have web photos of him either, but  he actually use to do the Grand Prix and then was semi-retired to my trainer where I showed him in the slightly smaller stuff. He was absolutely gorgeous. I miss him a lot.

I keep telling myself that "when I become rich" (lol) that I'm going to get an imported Holsteiner (my favorite WB breed) Show Jumper (that has an amazing Dressage background too - I want my horses to be well rounded -lol) and also get a couple reined cow horses to keep up with the reining, cutting, etc.

^^^ Dream Big! lol. 

Ha ha!  I have the same "when I'm rich" dreams of having a big farm where I could do breeding.  I loved competing, but now that I look back on it, I'm like, How the heck was I able to get up sooooo early and then ride all day??  Ahh, to be a teenager again and have that kind of energy! 

I've always loved training young horses, so I would also incorporate that into the operation.  I would so love to have a breeding op for warmbloods and warmblood/TB crosses.  Eventing has always been my passion, and I really think TBs and WBs cross to make wonderful eventers.

We tried about 7 years ago to breed Aerial to a Dutch Warmblood stud, because I always thought she'd have a beautiful foal, but she would never show for him (they only did live breeding...no AI).  Now it's too late...she's never been bred, and she'll be 18 this July.  It would have been a nice baby.