How come I knew that if I saw your post it would lead to a comment about the pile? There are several people mentioned there not just A2 and even yourself gets the honorable mention ( dishonorable?). You must find it fascinating to even know what is being said.
This sport is done in Montreal on the canal but under more stringent conditions ( accident occur even there)and anyone that just hooks up a plastic inflatable is not paying attention to safety protocols.
How come I knew that if I saw your post it would lead to a comment about the pile? There are several people mentioned there not just A2 and even yourself gets the honorable mention ( dishonorable?). You must find it fascinating to even know what is being said.
Well…there are several posters from the pile posting on this thread. Makes me wonder if they are posting with “good” intentions or to just start/finish a wreck. Oh, please, let’s hope it is dishonorable. Your last sentence doesn’t compute.
This sport is done in Montreal on the canal but under more stringent conditions ( accident occur even there)and anyone that just hooks up a plastic inflatable is not paying attention to safety protocols.
Oh, geez, the girl had some FUN with her horse. Perhaps all the T’s weren’t crossed or the I’s dotted, to T1’s specifications, too bad. Big deal. I’ve seen much more dangerous stuff than this. His post was very transparent.
Ja, that was my point. I don’t believe he was caring about A2’s safety. If you have followed his other posts, he pokes at her quite a bit.
Yep, you know you made it to the big league when your ridiculed in “The Box”. Heck, one of my “Mis-quotes” made it on there too…:lol:
It went from my post regarding my brother and myself bumper skiing, to -
My parents letting me do this from their pickup…:lol::lol: And how parents would be busted if they let their kids do that in todays world…
Gee, I never even noticed my parents owning a pickup…:winkgrin:
I dunno - When my pony jumped the lightly iced over stream today instead of walking through it, it was pretty death-defying- at the moment anyway…:eek:
Huntertwo, that’s funny. Then I go through death-defying every time my pony crosses any kind of water. 
She is the most ridiculous little mare, cannot stand to get her feet wet, seemingly. Today we were riding through the woods, everthing covered in about a foot of snow, and then we came to a puddle and little stream, very, very little stream, she could have stepped over it. She almost had a panic attack at having to cross it. Now this is an endurance horse, and the gamest horse I’ve ever ridden, but she cannot stand crossing water.
Anyway… are some people still talking about safety precautions? Oh for pete’s sake. Those who are need to have a serious talk with most endurance riders. I mean, is riding a large, spirited, extremely fit horse all by yourself in the middle of no where, perhaps miles away from anybody else, on an unfamiliar trail… is that taking proper safety precautions? Hehe… no! 
For that matter, tying a horse up, something probably everyone does, is not at all safe. I mean, a horse can get it’s head stuck under a tie shoulder height, and get even a high tie wrapped around it’s neck. Thus, to ensure we are taking all possible safety precautions, we should never leave our horses alone. :eek::winkgrin:
RR, hehehe, isn’t that funny how they all have a little something that’s the boggie man? :lol: My girl is nervous around geldings. She gets worried if one gets too close. Can’t trust the guys, you know. That ride we did in New Prospect, I had to get off and walk because she was getting so nervous. She calmed down after 5 minutes or so, but horses will always be horses.
Yep, I bet 99% of the show crowd would be horrified that endurance riders tie their horses to a tree, or to a horse trailer all night - alone. I admit it made me extremely nervous the first time I did it. I didn’t sleep a wink all night - I kept sticking my head out to be sure they were okay. And they were, standing with a back leg cocked sleeping or munching hay. So many things could happen, but when your ride starts at 5 a.m. (or earlier) in the middle of a forest, what else are you going to do? People use those little portable paddocks too and that looks more comfortable. I hope to have a setup before this coming ride season. But plenty of people tie also. I hope my little hillbilly nag will be getting a new portable paddock before spring hits!
Gotta run - off to engage in some good ole’ dangerous fun - we have a trail ride starting at 9. In the deep snow.
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Hmmm. Then where exactly was Thomas on the thread that was linked a couple of pages ago? Kids in a sled behind a bucking pony and barking dogs. Didn’t seem that he said a word about that did he? Nahh, and he won’t. [/QUOTE] It might not have occurred to you but its NOT all about YOU. I know you’re paranoid but I do actually post quite a bit and usually on anything that is of interest to me.
I have actually posted on the Endurance threads from time to time before and on other threads too.
What happens is you click the little button on the top that says “new posts” or the one that says “today’s posts” and if you see anything that appeals, then you post. Its how bulletin boards work.
Not too hard to figure out I wouldn’t have thought.
Then in some cases other members actually send PM’s with links and specifically ask me to have a look at something or even to post advice. And sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t.
The fact that there’s a bunch of folks who are ignorant of the dangers and goading and taunting and who are just lauding the fact that someone who knows no better is doing something with a horse that is positively dangerous does not appeal to me.
You want to do something risky, then go ahead and please yourself and be reassured by the egging on of your cronies on here that you must merely be having a ball and its all great fun
He wasn’t asking honest questions. He just couldn’t pass up a stick poking opportunity.
Well in fact I was. But its clear that many who posted don’t have a clue why or what I was even asking about.
Then where exactly was Thomas on the thread that was linked a couple of pages ago? Kids in a sled behind a bucking pony and barking dogs. Didn’t seem that he said a word about that did he? Nahh, and he won’t.
Well in fact I never saw it and wasn’t bothering to read here. And I still haven’t seen any link. But just so’s you know I don’t see my role as providing fodder for those in a frenzy nor educating the stupid.
However, if you do have me on ignore then you woudn’t know if I’d posted there or not ;). Though I know that last time you said you had me on ignore, you were sending me PM’s so I’m really not too sure how your ignore facility works.
Some of us don’t maintain our horses like precious china dolls ready to shatter under duress. Some of us actually use our horses, have fun with them, and oh, you know, train them so they have a little brainpower.
If you’re trying to make a point, then its extremely poorly made considering what I do with my horses.
Today we saw a very strange blood trail that looked like a deer had been freshly killed and then drug up a tree. The blood trail went right to the base and then UP. Yikes. The horses were very edgy and we didn’t hang around to investigate but just high tailed it back toward the trail. We’d gone through a marsh and into a heavy pine thicket for a mile or so. Don’t know if they have big cats here in the north but didn’t want to find out either. The “hillbilly nag” was very well behaved. We rode for 4 hours, no clue how many miles. We did a lot of cantering. This is perfect riding weather right now as the snow is so deep and we have NO ICE! Here’s a picture from after our ride, getting ready to go home.
Boy he looks great, considering that you had the poor thing trudging through the snow for 4 hours…But I’ve always heard that “Hillbilly nags” are pretty hardy.
Hey, maybe we should start our own Registry? They’ll have to be lowly trail horses though…lol
Do you have Mountain Lions where you are? I can’t imagine any other animal carrying something that big up a tree… scary…:eek:
Unless is was a Fisher Cat carrying a piece of a deer up a tree…
Did you say 4 hours? Wow, you are brave. I go riding in the winter, but usually for only about half an hour, around the farm a little bit. Deep snow is one thing. Like I said, I have a game pony who’ll go through just about anything (except water), and at any speed I want. But yesterday I rode, and the snow was so crusty… I mean, there were like two or three layers, and it had a really thick crust on top, and of course it’s over a foot deep. Ugh… I want nice, fresh, fluffy snow. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow, that would be worse. You’re mare is so cute. I oughta post some pictures of me riding my fat fuzzy pony bareback. I look at pictures of her when she was in ‘endurance shape’, and can hardly believe she is the same horse.
I ride on the snowmobile trails around here. They are great for the footing - they pack the snow down nice and smooth and you can ride for hours, if you are so inclined.
Of course, riding on the snowmobile trails means that we do come across snowmobiles. But that’s no biggie, as I can hear them approach well before they reach me. We just step off the trail until they go by.
We pretty much stay off the snowmobile trails. My main riding buddy and myself are really nervous about them because around here the sport of choice seems to be drunk snowmobiling. We stay in the woods off the trails. Also we found that the trails get icy from over-use. The footing is just too dangerous.
RR - yes, we rode for 4 hours. The weather and footing were beautiful. Today, not so much. It’s raining and I had to spread 50 lbs of barn lime just so the horses could hobble from hay pile to hay pile. The entire farm is a skating rink. Our winter riding may well be over now unless the temps drop again and we get a lot more snow. We’ll see.
That helmet is great! It’s much cooler in the summer than the shiny schooling type helmets.
Sounds like someone is paranoid. That place doesn’t bother me one whit.
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That helmet is great! It’s much cooler in the summer than the shiny schooling type helmets.[/QUOTE]
I just got it in black last month! I’ve never had a helmet fit so well and not make me feel like a bobble head! :yes:
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Oh, this is hilarious. Isn’t that what your gang does in “the box”. Waiting for A2 or some others to post so you can copy it over there and ridicule or “jump on your prey”? Too, too funny.[/QUOTE]
If you’ve got a problem with what goes on at that board, why bring it up here? Since you lurk, just go ahead and voice your opinion there.
AV2: no one called your horse – or any trail or endurance horse – a “$400 nag.” You’ve implied many times that you think the ability to put up with trail obstacles is the be-all and end-all of horsemanship. It was simply pointed out that if putting up with boogers is your top criterion for a mount, then there some very inexpensive horses available – “$400 hillbilly nags” – that can do that, too.
If you’ve got a problem with what goes on at that board, why bring it up here? Since you lurk, just go ahead and voice your opinion there.
Oh, I have no problem, trust me. Just thought I would point out the apparent contradiction and hypocrisy, IMHO of course, of the statement I quoted.
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Oh, I have no problem, trust me. Just thought I would point out the apparent contradiction and hypocrisy, IMHO of course, of the statement I quoted.[/QUOTE]
It would be hypocritical if it were a closed board and you weren’t allowed to post there. But it’s not. TLB is open, for all to see and enjoy and say what you think, including you and AV2. No one is hiding. Except maybe the lurkers.
Really, mp, I was just pointing out, in case there were some on this thread that weren’t aware, that not all is at it seems, in terms of “intentions” or “motives” from certain posters that joined this thread, but are regulars on the pile.
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