<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Merry:
I feel deprived. I never had any tack-- noseband or otherwise-- with my initials stitched into the leather. However, it does sound like a trend that needs to be resurrected!
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I had a stamp with initials (my Mother’s) that you heated up and branded the leather. That was how we embroidered or monogrammed our tack.
Wait a second Merry… I do not think equitation is boring. Please Post pictures!
Okay, who forgot to take the sandwich OUT of the case time and time again?
Mine first breeches also had buttons. I got them in Holland, and I still have them somewhere.
Pam, the family class is just the best photo, I loff it!
Don’t nott to buy no ugly ass things for us to wear und then say it be a present for us, it don’t nott to be, it be for you. - WILLEM
Be prepared to shell out at least 300 big ones for a GPA… they’re not cheap. 
If you want the look of a GPA, try on the GPA knockoff (International IRH)… if your noggin fits, it’s a heck of a lot cheaper to get the “skunk” look that way. 
-KC
Member of the “Vertically Gifted” clique, “I don’t wear a GPA and proud of it!” clique, Connecticut clique, Missed Out On Ponies (MOOP) clique, IHSA clique, Frugal Riders, and -=Flying Horsewomen=- clique!
“I’m only gonna sing this one more time. OHHH if you want it to be possessive it’s just ‘I-T-S.’ But if it’s supposed to be a contraction then it’s ‘I-T-apostrophe-S.’ Scalawag!” -Strong Bad
LH you have brought back sooooooo many memories. WOW! Your family class pic is wonderful. Did you all ever show in Devon’s Family class? Having learned to ride at Clarence Nagros Hilltop Stables, you jiggled some long ago memories. Still have the nice write up Chronicle did for Walter White, who was my very first instructor…
OK, by popular demand (well, all 4 of you 
) here are a couple more pictures. Mostly of Valor, since I have so many of him. I will do them in chronological order, for lack of any other plan.
These two are from my first show with him. Someone who saw these pictures when they were looking through the book of proofs at the photographers stand said, “He’d be a nice horse if he didn’t hang his legs so bad.”
"Oh yeah, I'll bet you're fat and can't ride!" --- Erin, Chief Cathearder. [img]http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
[This message was edited by Lord Helpus on May. 06, 2004 at 05:06 PM.]Great photos LH! I just love looking at them.
MORE! MORE! MORE! MORE!
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One last picture, if I may. This is the gray horse from page one, that many of you commented on. His barn name was Moolah and he was a really nice horse. He was Appendix registered and his small feet and short pasterns were not made to support his 16.3 hand body, so he got navicular at age 7. However, he had a lovely life at my mother’s farm for many years, baby sitting the yearling TB’s racehorses-to-be.
About 10 years after the Florida picture was taken I was living in California practicing law when I came back to visit my mother at her farm. I went out to ride Moolah, and I saw that he had gotten worse that I had realized. So, that visit I mainly groomed him and gave him treats. But my last day there, in the late afternoon, I decided that I did not want to leave without having a ride on my old friend. So I got a piece of baling twine, tied it around his neck and climbed on. We wandered around the farm and had a lovely quiet time together in the late afternoon winter sun. Before I got off, I asked the farm manager to take this picture.
This was the last time I saw Moolah-man and I am very glad I had a chance to say good bye.
PS: All of you safety do-gooders, please do not bother to post about my outfit. It gets old, and sometimes a girl and her old friend just need to take a toodle around the farm together.
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Pam, the 70s A/O photo proves my theory that baby blue huntcoats are like Christmas fruitcakes: there is only one in existence and it keeps getting passed around. 
Aren’t you happy that Sea Urchin has your coat now? 
In all seriousness: fabulous pictures. Love both your flashy gray horses!
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lord Helpus:
One last picture, if I may. This is the gray horse from page one, that many of you commented on. His barn name was Moolah and he was a really nice horse. He was Appendix registered and his small feet and short pasterns were not made to support his 16.3 hand body, so he got navicular at age 7. However, he had a lovely life at my mother’s farm for many years, baby sitting the yearling TB’s racehorses-to-be.
About 10 years after the Florida picture was taken I was living in California practicing law when I came back to visit my mother at her farm. I went out to ride Moolah, and I saw that he had gotten worse that I had realized. So, that visit I mainly groomed him and gave him treats. But my last day there, in the late afternoon, I decided that I did not want to leave without having a ride on my old friend. So I got a piece of baling twine, tied it around his neck and climbed on. We wandered around the farm and had a lovely quiet time together in the late afternoon winter sun. Before I got off, I asked the farm manager to take this picture.
This was the last time I saw Moolah-man and I am very glad I had a chance to say good bye.
PS: All of you safety do-gooders, please do not bother to post about my outfit. It gets old, and sometimes a girl and her old friend just need to take a toodle around the farm together.
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
"Oh yeah, I'll bet you're fat and can't ride!" --- Erin, Chief Cathearder. [img]http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
kriskohnkeyour horses are beautiful!! I have to say though, the gray is appsolutely amazing!
“You’ve been hoodwinked. You’ve been had.
You’ve been took. You’ve been led astray, led amok.
You’ve been Bamboozled.”
– Malcolm X
LH - Love the picture of you and Valor at the Garden!
What is George’s show name and what division is he in? I’ll look for him at KHP next week when I’m there.
BB
Lord Helpus: wow, looking at all of those you really were a fashion queen! Your pics all look like the epitome of style (if only for their era! haha).
In comparision, I offer you a glimpse into the life of someone with NO STYLE. That’s right- I have absolutely no style at all - in fact, having no style has become my style!
Early '80s
Navy jacket hand-stitched by my mother (we didn’t have a machine). Navy helmet, navy tie, beige jods and brown boots. Notice the way my foot elegantly sits against the saddle flap! Yes, it was a borrowed pony.
Mid '80s
Brown tweed jacket, brown velvet collar, brown helmet, brown tie, brown boots ”" with a grey pony! At least we had brown gear to match. Lovely lemon coloured shirt and you’ll absolutely love the huge hideous red fake flower pinned to my lapel. I also look like a boy here ”" this disturbs me greatly.
Early '90s
Navy jacket (quite acceptable) ”" but the black velvet collar, and matching navy blue jods make it just a little scary! Nifty bright red shirt there too. And lets not talk about my helmet cover.
Mid '90s
They just couldn’t get that helmet cover away from me. But at least the jods got a bit more acceptable (white this time) and the tie is finally a contrasting colour.
Late '90s
The helmet cover is gone! And replaced with a bright dayglo yellow one. Notice how I’ve taped the boots in yellow to match? (no ”" this is NOT eventing… these are all jumper shows). Wearing my number around my arm, because I thought it looked way cooler there. At this stage I also thought it was cool to quartermark/stencil my horse’s name on his bum.
Early '00s
Finally graduated to long boots (well ”" gaiters and short boots, but don’t tell!). I’m still attached to white breeches and white shirts… but I’ve finally ditched the tie and plain coloured jacket (cute windowpane now). The helmet really just follows tradition though, doesn’t it? Oh ”" and hard to tell in the pic, but we’re sporting a beautiful flat chocolate bridle ”" which apparently is not in fashion anymore ”" after it took me 15 years of begging to steal it off my mother!
And all of that fashion tragedy just within 2 decades! Ah well, at least it’s cheap (I’m still competing in the same jods I had in 1990).
LH - the indoor picture was from Dwyer Hill. My showing venues have all been in Canada.
Hannibal had a fairly thin, fine tail and if it was the least bit muddy, up it went in a mudknot. A fashion that just isn’t practiced much these days. I rather like the look of a tail done up on a horse with a nice round butt.
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Flashy Gray:
Pam, the 70s A/O photo proves my theory that baby blue huntcoats are like Christmas fruitcakes: there is only one in existence and it keeps getting passed around.
Aren’t you happy that Sea Urchin has your coat now?
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OMG! I was just going to forward him this thread when I saw this post.
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Merry:
(Lord Helpus’ reply): “Believe me, if a book is worthy of being written, therre are hundreds, if not thousands, of people more worthy of starring in it than me.”
But ya’ know, we all have our price. I believe, for a certain amount of cash and estate jewelry, I can make room in my schedule oh, around September. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Depends on how much cash you are willing to offer, and whether or not the estate jewelry has been in your family for more than 3 generations.
If we can agree on terms, September is good for me, too. I can make time in my busy schedule between the Keeneland Yearling Sales and the International Hunter futurity. Got to plan for the future, yanno.
"Oh yeah, I'll bet you're fat and can't ride!" --- Erin, Chief Cathearder. [img]http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Oh my God! I just got around to reading this thread and looking at the Twilight Zone photo gallery. All I can say is… 
It is indeed a parallel universe, as I think I have, at one time, owned all the exact same outfits and tack.
And yes, I also have the Herm Sprenger stirrups and the GPA. What’s next? We hire some 12-year-old to glue colored crystals on our helmets?
Gosh its easy to post pictures when they are sitting right on the same computer …
Next we have THE FAMILY CLASS…
This is at the Spring Valley Horse Show in 1958 (so wrote my father on the back)
Some interesting horses in this picture:
From L-R:
Upon her (the mare, not my sister) retirement, she foaled a gray filly named Lucky Y Not who went on to become the dam of the wonderful ponies Lucky Me and Lucky Too. I just patted Lucky Too yesterday as she came out of the ring at KHP after winning a small pony class. Amazing…
The second gray is an ex-steeplechaser which mother turned into a lovely hunter.
The middle gray horse which my father is on was an Irish import and, as such was one of the early ISH’s.
The black pony is the one in the christmas card.
The black pony I am on was a last minute replacement for Apache who was lame. This one was owned by Clarence Nagro of Hilltop Stables, who many of the oldsters will remember.
PS: We won the class. 
"Oh yeah, I'll bet you're fat and can't ride!" --- Erin, Chief Cathearder. [img]http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Oh thank you for this thread!!! I’m just seeing it too.
So many of those pictures from the 70’s on look like some I have. (of course my jumps and beasties weren’t generally that nice, and I never had a mongrammed noseband) I’d like a monogrammed noseband now though. I think enough of the other stuff is coming back (including bigger cavesons) that I could get away with it.
As for that blue coat… there must be more than one out there because I wore mine until it fell apart. BTW, where’s a picture of a madras coat? I know I wasn’t so much on the cutting edge of fashion that I was the only one with a plaid coat?! I am glad to see that I wasn’t the only one with short boxy off the shelf boots in the 70’s
<BLOCKQUOTE class=“ip-ubbcode-quote”><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lord Helpus:
And now, sigh, the late 80’s.
The dress code has really changed.
'Nuff said.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Gee, I’m glad they moved to embroidering the collars… those 80’s collars look like they’d be tough to ride in… sacrifice for the sake of fashion?
Saw 'Em Off…
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