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Post by marisacf on Dec 21, 2003 20:46:15 GMT -5
Hi everyone  My name is Marisa, I live in Hellertown, PA. Grew up on Long Island (NY) My husband and myself own a small hunter/jumper/dressage barn. I manage our farm as well as train and teach. I also coach the Lehigh University Equestrian Team. We don't have any 2 legged children yet, but we do have 18 four legged children  3 dogs: Sadie (white german shepherd) Winston (Black English Lab) and Duncan (chocolate lab- Winston's son) 2 cats: Bo and Tye 12 equines: Hershey QH, retired jumper Hana Dutch WBx Calvin OTTB Louie Belgian WB Meadow OTTB Money OTTB Mocha paint pony Jose welsh x pony stud Star QH pony One TB Rain TB/welsh x pony weanling Echo QH/welsh x pony weanling 6 of these guys were rescues and they are the BEST! I'm a sucker for a skinny, beaten, sorry looking horse ;D I've been enjoying the forum tremendously. And look foward to hearing from more people!! |
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Post by tjh82703alb on Dec 28, 2003 2:37:46 GMT -5
I'm Audrey, 16 yr old, I live in Blythewood, SC. I own a 16 yr old 16.2h gray TB gelding, Raced until he was 6. won a little over $200,000 on the track. He came from kentucky. We've done 1st level dressage. He's school to 3rd. and has jumped to 3'6" and has done novice eventing. In Jan. I ::crosses fingers: pray I am getting Chance, a 3/4TB 1/4 QH. Jumps 4'6", WONDERFUL jumpers horse. Has done 2nd level dressage. and evented. and he's only 13!! I can't wait to FINALLY event with him! I've been riding for 11 yrs. Everything from 3yr olds to my retired 27 yr old QH. I've had my share of some special horses. Other than my personal horses we have 2 appys, 1 qh, 1 friesian/morgan X, 1 andalusian stallion, and 1 lusitano/holstiener X. I LOVE to jump! and I don't mind dressage! lol, But my heart is in Eventing! we also have 3 dogs, Karma, Molly, and Ally, who I call Puppy. two cats, Pinky and Hissy. and a cockatoo named cockatoo! lol how original!
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Post by LoveMyTB on Dec 28, 2003 22:35:29 GMT -5
Hey guys, Welcome!!!! I think you all will enjoy this forum. Welcome and have fun!!! |
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Post by MaryAnn on Jan 2, 2004 9:23:50 GMT -5
Let's see; my name is Mary Ann. I'm old, have 4.5 horses, three dogs, and two cats as of today. I work as a trainer in a nice barn on a beautiful farm about ten minutes from me. I used to teach about horses on the college level, worked as a farrier, and worked in a tack shop. I love being around other people who love horses as much as I do! My horses include a 16.2 bay hunter that I'm showing now, my retired show horse which is an appendix, my retired mare's baby which is 19 months old as of this date, and an ancient mare that had belonged to my daughter. She's been retired about fifteen years. I also have a Friesian baby due to arrive around April 25th! I can hardly wait! My dogs are all Pembroke Welsh Corgis, and are far too 'helpful' with the horses. I have an assortment of horses in training, from English pleasure horses to a reiner! I love taking on 'projects,' the lost souls that other trainers find incorrigible or unmanageable, but my chiropractor doesn't approve!  I think I'm going to love this place! I see so many names of people I've enjoyed on other boards in the past and admired; I'm so glad to have found you again! |
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Post by Luci on Jan 2, 2004 11:14:00 GMT -5
:wavey: Hi again. You are one busy person. Wow a Friesian baby? How exciting.
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Post by chrisnstar on Jan 2, 2004 13:31:57 GMT -5
Mary Ann is NOT old, LOL... a grandma maybe, but not OLD...
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Post by Goalie on Jan 5, 2004 18:06:01 GMT -5
Hi this is Terrie,proudly owned by a great 13 yr old OTTB Goalie. who by the way believes in mud, carrots lots of slurpy beet pulp, His Majesty rules our little farm in southern Michigan. I would not have this wonderful horse in my life if not for a few ex-racer members who i would like to mention but not sure if i should.( let me know okay guys you know who you are.) My husband Rick and I are are also lovingly owned by a rescue dog DakotaGirl and a barn cat named Precious. no kids just our 4 legged ones. happy to be on this board.
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Post by Skye Pilot on Jan 5, 2004 18:20:13 GMT -5
All these new people!
Welcome Deb, marisacf, tjh82703alb aka audrey, MaryAnn, and Goaliemom! :wavey:
Yea Goaliemom! Another Michigander! :clap:
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Post by Darlene on Jan 10, 2004 0:36:24 GMT -5
Wow, I made no less then 40 posts before I noticed this introduction page! :loony:
Hi Everyone :wavey:
My name is Darlene (yes, I was obviously not feeling creative with my forum name) I live in Bellevue , WA. a suburb of Seattle. Born and raised in Florida.
My husband is a constuction project manager . I am currently on a self imposed layoff from the jewelry industry to spend some quality horsie time at the stable.
We have a grown son, 2 kitties , a 150 gal. saltwater tank and
....the reason I am here.....our newest addition, one spoiled rotten 9 yr. old exracer named Elvigor.
(& Have to mention a RIP to our old boy, Spud.)
I am active with the Exceller Fund (www.excellerfund.org) which assists race horses in need. We are forming a new Emergency Care Fund this year of which I am to be on the committee.
Welcome to all of you new people too. This is a great forum. :wavey:
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Post by missgrey on Jan 22, 2004 13:53:02 GMT -5
oh gosh, i posted elswhere b4 i saw this thread. my name is amy, i am 32,married with an 8 month old baby girl. i live in chester county,pa near king of prussia. i use to work at philadelphia park with my sister and worked at walnut green, a farm where we prepared yearlings for saratoga and keeneland. i am waiting for my first exracer. i know who and where he is, i just have to contact his trainer to let him know he is mine when he is done with him. ;D
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Post by Truth on Jan 27, 2004 15:08:32 GMT -5
Oh, Larimor. :wavey: You're not nuts ;D A woman at a barn I used to board at (before I bought my farm) rode her 23 year old OTTB in endurance races. He did really well coming in in the top three at the majority of races.
welcome ;D
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Post by simone on Feb 4, 2004 16:03:35 GMT -5
Ooops. Like some other people here, I made a buncha posts to the main board before I found this topic here.
I'm Janet, and Simone is my 13-year-old daughter. She's the proud owner of Quasar (registered name: Dr. Pete Stagg), a 5-year-old OTTB. We live in Berkshire County, Mass., and keep Quasar at Sunridge Stables, housed at Eastover Resort in Lenox. There are 20 horses there, many of whom are exracers that the owner, Joan, has retrained to be trail horses.
For the past two years, Simone has spent nearly every Saturday and school vacation/summer day riding at Sunridge, and helping out with the trail rides for the guests there. She has taken lessons off and on (mostly on) since she was 5, and has been to two different summer horse camps.
Up until a year or so ago, I figured that riding was just a nice little thing she liked to do (the barns we'd picked out were low-key, not much into events/showing, though she did win some ribbons at a few small, local shows). I thought she'd outgrow it. But it finally dawned on me (duh!) that this was her real, true passion in life (piano, soccer, softball, karate--none of all that stood a chance). So I talked it over with her and with my dear hubby (Simone's stepdad) and together we decided she was ready to own her own horse. And, from her experience at Sunridge, she knew she wanted an OTTB.
Trouble was, I didn't know Thing One about horses, really. But once we'd made the decision, I plunged in. I started scouring books and Web sites, cornering any horsey person I could find to ask questions, and (best of all) hanging out at Sunridge myself on Saturdays. Besides learning a lot in a year, I fell in love with horses--something I hadn't actually expected. I'm a book editor, more at home with a pen than a hoof pick, so I was amazed to find the smell of manure growing on me. I'm still a rank beginner at riding, but I can now manage to trot on the trails a little. (I'll never be able to keep pace with Simone, but that's not the point.)
So, with help from a broker, we found Quasar. Simone loves him, and for such a young horse fairly fresh off the track, he's really easygoing (except for the being-groomed issues he has, which I posted about on the other board--in fact, it was while I was searching for info that might help us with this problem that I stumbled across thie site). He's also quick to learn and got right on board with the trail riding.
Simone and her best friend Lindsay (who also bought an OTTB recently, an 8-year-old mare named Royal Laughter) now ride every day, either on the trails or in the ring, where they practice a lot of basics and some beginner-type jumping. They also want to start some endurance riding; we just recently learned about the Eastern Competitive Trail Riding Association, and they're hoping to enter a ride or two this year in the junior division. (Anyone else here an ECTRA member?)
The people at Sunridge (Joan, the owner, and Jenn and Jackie, who also board there) are great about helping the girls with any daily care issues that arise, and they give riding pointers as things go along, but they have their hands full with running the trail rides and can't really give formal lessons. So we'll probably have an instructor come in for lessons (as soon as it's not so bitterly cold--there's no indoor ring).
OK. This is really long. I'd better start editing myself! But I'm glad to have found this forum--people here have been so nice already.
Take heart, all. Spring will be here soon.
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Post by rummy on Feb 17, 2004 18:07:25 GMT -5
Hi Everyone, I'm Myrna. My horse, Rum Car just celebrated his 32nd birthday on Sunday. He was a race horse way, way back when. After his racing career he became a 3-day eventer. He has a championship eventing cooler. Then a couple more women owned him and finally, in 1989 he came to live with me...forever. He is the joy of my life. He's going into his 8th year of retirement and looks wonderful. His back is still perfectly straight and his legs are completely clean. The vets are pretty amazed. As for me, I work with Old Friends. We got our first horse, a mare by Exceller, this week so we are very excited about that. We are waiting the arrival of two stallions from Japan to join the mare, Narrow Escape, at the Old Friends facility in Kentucky. The stallions are Creator and Sunshine Forever. If you want to read more about the organization, go to www.oldfriendsequine.com and you'll find out lots of cool stuff. See you on the forum! |
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Post by Darlene on Feb 19, 2004 19:41:28 GMT -5
Welcome Everyone!
Rummy, I am a member of the Exceller Fund and we are so happy about Old Friends acquisition of the Exceller mare.
Thank you all !
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Post by nora1611 on Feb 21, 2004 14:53:02 GMT -5
Hi Everyone! My name is Nora, I'm 21 and a college student. I have a TB gelding "Vegas" a 2yo Rottweiler named Belle and a 1yo Terrier/Shnauzer mix named Ollie. I've been riding for about 13yrs, mostly exracers. I'm originally from Chicago but go to school in Urbana IL.
Nice to meet everyone!
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