Who is from the "olden" days

[Peggy]

California Memories

Rode in Malibu from the mid 60’s to 1973. The local ETI corral initially had one LA County rated show a year, back in the days when it was essentially all western with two english flat classes. We sure thought those people had really fancy horses. My mom took over running the shows and ran a number of rated shows at Crummer Field in Malibu. The group was ousted, allegedly so a developer could develop something, but the land still sits there with no buildings in sight. I remember Larry Langer when he trained part time and had a day job (as an aerospace engineer, IIRC) and wore blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

There was a GP at the Rose Bowl. There was also one inland in San Diego someplace that I remember going to watch.

Remember the Forum shows?

[ponybreeder]

I feel like I must know everyone on this thread! I rode with Nimrod from 1969 to 1977. It is true, that my horse, 20th Century, Ltd was a fabulous mover, but in 1976 when one still just counted blues to get into New York, we qualified with more blue ribbons than any other horse entered in the horse show. They weren’t just hack classes as he was A/O HOTY that year. After I went out on my own, I was at Coach House as trainer and Kent’s girlfriend. From there, I went to Boulder Brook for a few years and then to Shannon. While I was trainer at Shannon, Patty Peckham was manager and we are still dear friends.

My first riding instructor was Dick Ulrich, round about 1960, when he and Julie were in Dennis, Ma. I grew up on Cape Cod and rode at a number of barns there before going to Nimrod.

My mother ran the Cape Cod Horse Show and I have lots of stories from those years. That show was so much fun! Lots of crazy stuff went on there every year.

Barney Ward and Ronnie Mutch were best friends, and Barney even lived at Nimrod for a while. I have known Mclain since he was born. Many of you may not know that Mclain has a baby brother. Barney and his wife have a five year old son, Dillon.

Years later, I leased 25 stalls at Old Salem, and ran my business, Grand Central from there between 1987 and 1996. I had the best of all worlds, as I married the owner and still had my own business. We sold Old Salem in 2002 and now have a breeding farm in North Salem.

I have memories of almost everything that you all have discussed that happened on the East Coast!!

[clearound]

@ponybreeder;3652028

My mother ran the Cape Cod Horse Show and I have lots of stories from those years. That show was so much fun! Lots of crazy stuff went on there every year.

Robin -That was one of my favorite shows as a kid!

[Janet]

@ponybreeder;3652028

I feel like I must know everyone on this thread! … While I was trainer at Shannon, Patty Peckham was manager and we are still dear friends.

Were you at Abe’s funeral, or Mrs. Peckham’s memorial ? If so I may have met you!

[ponybreeder]

I was away for Patty’s mom’s memorial, but I was at Abe’s funeral.

[SILLYSADIE]

Janet

I had the ponies Bantam, Georgetown, and Master Craft, This was before Poluanna. I also broke Twyeford Gone Away. When I left Mrs. Waller was getting Chantain and Polyanna. All GREAT ponies. Broke and galloped the race horses as well.

[BAC]

@MAD;3651535

Susan Heller is not related.
I went to St. Pat’s with Lilly and keep in touch with Fella a little. There are 9 girls.

Yes, Lilly was one of the daughters.

[MintHillFarm]

Apologies ponybreeder, for being inaccurate on that fact - I just remember how well your horse moved, even to this day…he was exceptional!

[BAC]

@SILLYSADIE;3652697

Janet

I had the ponies Bantam, Georgetown, and Master Craft, This was before Poluanna. I also broke Twyeford Gone Away. When I left Mrs. Waller was getting Chantain and Polyanna. All GREAT ponies. Broke and galloped the race horses as well.

I remember Bantam, Polyanna and Twyeford Gone Away. There was an article about Polyanna in the Sunday edition of the NY Times sports section when Mrs. Waller imported her to the US. And every year I would admire Chantain’s ad in COTH’s stallion issue.

[SILLYSADIE]

Had lots of fun riding for Mrs. Waller but she was not easy to work for. Mr. Waller was a GEM !!
Also stabled my hoprse at Shannon stables when Artie Hawkins ran it. Wow

[ponybreeder]

[QUOTE=MintHillFarm;3652723]
Apologies ponybreeder, for being inaccurate on that fact - I just remember how well your horse moved, even to this day…he was exceptional![/QUOTE]

No offense taken. I remember the expression “hacking your way to indoors” really well!!

[ponybreeder]

seems like we were all floating around here at the same time! Do I know any of you???

[MintHillFarm]

Yes we go way back… You rode my horse (I still have that photo from Farmington in the pre-greens from 1980 or so) we also shared a cottage in Bedford in 1982-83 ish…along with Albert, Jill Russell and Lion!

[miss_girl]

And how about the saddles? I still have my old potato-chip saddle – talk about “close contact”! It’s an antique!

I still have my saddle too! No, knee rolls or blocks. Yeah! That’s real close contact!

I started riding when I was 8, stopped when I aged out and started back up again 3 years ago. I’m now 40. My brain remembers what to do but my body is still catching up. And boy! The jumps look a whole lot bigger now. :eek:

[ponybreeder]

[QUOTE=MintHillFarm;3653233]
Yes we go way back… You rode my horse (I still have that photo from Farmington in the pre-greens from 1980 or so) we also shared a cottage in Bedford in 1982-83 ish…along with Albert, Jill Russell and Lion![/QUOTE]

Aw, what a joy that was!!! How are you??

[Plumcreek]

[QUOTE=debsinsb;3648262]
OK, I’ll chime in from the West Coast…

I remember when the Grand National was a BIG show. Sleeping in the tackroom. Watching the jumper classes, Jimmy Williams taking a wild fall in about 1968 or so, then coming back the next night to win the go-round.

The first GP out here, at the Rose Bowl, maybe '73 or so…seeing Rodney Jenkins…he was such a legend I couldn’t say a word.

I rode/showed western mostly in the late 60’s/early 70’s, though I had some lessons with Barbara Worth, then worked at a couple of BNT H/J barns in the early 70’s. The shows had different disciplines, and you had friends that rode H/J, saddle horses, western. It was a different time.

Fences were 3’6 and more…I think regular hunters were 4’. No short stirrup, and no pony classes out here in those days.[/QUOTE]

SB here also, San Marcos '67. I was at the Rose Bowl when Idle Dice won - still remember him sticking a hind down into the last oxer, then pulling it up and over the back rail to win. Screaming exciting first Grand Prix. Rode at Hope Ranch riding club early 60s then dressage with Bunny Klein Funke and Col. Earl Thomson, then Eric Bubbel (when he still had John Galvin’s horses). Wrangled at Rancho Oso, rode the back country with Al Moss. So glad I grew up then rather than now. Did you know Shelly Ewing? I remember sitting on the fence at Earl Warren and watching JW and his group of future Olympians (Mary Mairs (Chapot), Ann Kursinski, etc. ) walk by. You KNEW they were going to be Olympic riders.

[Plumcreek]

[QUOTE=Peggy;3651980]
Rode in Malibu from the mid 60’s to 1973. The local ETI corral initially had one LA County rated show a year, back in the days when it was essentially all western with two english flat classes. We sure thought those people had really fancy horses. My mom took over running the shows and ran a number of rated shows at Crummer Field in Malibu. The group was ousted, allegedly so a developer could develop something, but the land still sits there with no buildings in sight. I remember Larry Langer when he trained part time and had a day job (as an aerospace engineer, IIRC) and wore blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

There was a GP at the Rose Bowl. There was also one inland in San Diego someplace that I remember going to watch.

Remember the Forum shows?[/QUOTE]

I remember Larry Langer and Twiggy.

[MintHillFarm]

I am fine and hope you are too… Love your website, and am so happy your ponies are doing so well! I did forget one member of the group we had in Bedford; Bad Cat…

[WhiteSox]

When I was about 8-9 years old, I had an 11 hand dun pony that we took everywhere. She was the BEST! A neighbor of ours had a pony that could have passed as her twin. Same size, same color. We were at this show and they had a jump off. They started at 3ft. At the end of the jump off, all the big horses had dropped polls. It was just the two of us on our little 11 hand ponies SOARING over 4ft jumps. Mind you, the “jump” was one single poll, no ground lines. These two ponies could have gone under the jump with ease. Finally, when we both cleared 4ft 2in our parents called it and made us quit. We were fearless in those days! Wish I had a video of THAT day! Now 3ft on a 16.3 hand horse looks gigantic to me…LOL

[SILLYSADIE]

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