New foot.
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That's so awesome.
By the way, @George-K , I met the clydesdale horses last night. Of Budweiser fame. It was a real hoot. Nice, a little goofy, ginormous.
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That's so awesome.
By the way, @George-K , I met the clydesdale horses last night. Of Budweiser fame. It was a real hoot. Nice, a little goofy, ginormous.
@Aqua-Letifer draft horses, like Clydesdales, are known to be gentle, good-natured. They might be goofy, but they're never dangerous.
Unlike thoroughbreds. Oy vey!
This is Simon (in the back) with our other guy, Gulliver. His registered name was "Finance Time." He ran about 4 races, and never even placed. Though he was a good ride - he taught me how to post the trot - he was a knucklehead. I was just learning to ride when he bolted - took me over three jumps (only about 18" high) in a Western saddle. I came off, landed on my face, in the dirt, unable to breathe. Broke a couple of ribs.
About 4 months later, he was on cross-ties in the aisle of the barn, and something spooked him - IN THE BARN. He backed up, in a hurry, broke the crossties and skidded, backward, down the aisle. Ever since then, putting him on crossties was a non-starter. I was always afraid on that horse, understandably.
Eventually, we donated him to some outfit. Took the tax write-off, lol.
Mrs. George learned to ride on Charley Brown. He was a saddlebred/thoroughbred cross. Yeah, he was a knucklehead as well, but, Mrs. George was only in her mid 20s, so coming off was no big deal.
The barn where she boarded him bordered the Santa Fe tracks. Whenever she was riding Charley and a train came along, the engineers thought it would be a hoot to sound the horn for her and Charley. Well, Charley figured, "I'm a racehorse, so I'm going to race THAT iron horse."
And then, sometimes, he'd just decide, "Nope. Not going over that jump. Nope, nope, nope."
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That’s one happy horse! Good to see.
Mrs. George learned to ride on Charley Brown. He was a saddlebred/thoroughbred cross. Yeah, he was a knucklehead
Arab Saddlebred crosses were popular among the Arabian horse crowd back in the 1980’s. They even had their own registry which if my memory serves me correctly, named the cross as the “American Showhorse”. There were a couple at the stables I kept my horses. Every one of them was a knucklehead.
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That’s one happy horse! Good to see.
Mrs. George learned to ride on Charley Brown. He was a saddlebred/thoroughbred cross. Yeah, he was a knucklehead
Arab Saddlebred crosses were popular among the Arabian horse crowd back in the 1980’s. They even had their own registry which if my memory serves me correctly, named the cross as the “American Showhorse”. There were a couple at the stables I kept my horses. Every one of them was a knucklehead.
@Renauda yeah, the only thing I can think of that would be crazier than a saddlebred/throroughbred would be an saddlebred/arabian.
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@Renauda yeah, the only thing I can think of that would be crazier than a saddlebred/throroughbred would be an saddlebred/arabian.
The only saving grace about the Arab cross is that it is usually slightly smaller and not quite as strong. Not that it matters, both crosses seem to inherit the hot blooded trait from the either the Arab or the Thoroughbred.
draft horses, like Clydesdales, are known to be gentle, good-natured. They might be goofy, but they're never dangerous.
Although I agree overall, I once witnessed a Clyde lose his brain while in a wash rack at a horse show. I don’t what triggered him but there was little his handlers could do other than try to clear the area just let it play out. It was pretty frightening to watch. The wash rack was completely trashed.
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From another forum, from another horse owner (wink):
I recall this one woman who had an Arab Saddlebred cross. The thing was about 16 hands and had wild eye. She had entered it in Arabian Show for English Pleasure and Hunter Classes. I agreed to help the stable wrangler load it in the trailer. The thing went berserk! Under no circumstances would the thing load- it would rear up an put its from hooves in the trailer roof then came down and strike at everyone.
After about 5 minutes or so of this BS the wrangler growled "I'll fix ya, ya SOB" and stomped into the tack room. He returned with 30 foot rope with a fastner. He clipped the fastner to the horse's halter and ran the other end through the lttle window of the trailer, over top the truckcab and tied it to a tree. He then told everyone to get out the way. He jumped into the truck and started backing up. The horse pulled back. The moment the trailer got within a half an inch of the horse which now had the lead rope tighter than E string on a fiddle, the horse made one last desperate attempt to rear up. When it front hooves cam down they both landed on the trailer and the horse had no choice but to load into the trailer. Once it was in the trailer it was fine. The owner was a wreck but the horse was happily muching on hay.
They told me later the same horse never a had problem loading on the way back from the show.
