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Post by Skye Pilot on Feb 8, 2003 8:20:04 GMT -5
Wish me luck. After my 2:00 lesson in English riding (I can't quite call what Red and I are doing Dressage yet), I am heading over to a farm to try my hand at team-penning on their horses. :brian:
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Post by Lynne on Feb 8, 2003 10:06:56 GMT -5
oooh! That sounds like fun! Can't wait to hear how it goes  |
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Post by ZenRider on Feb 8, 2003 10:09:42 GMT -5
Oooo, have always wanted to try team penning with Flynn. Sounds like fun. Better get pictures if you can. :tongue:
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Post by Christi on Feb 8, 2003 10:50:58 GMT -5
Ohhh, how fun! I want to try team penning! :brian: Post an update as SOON as you can! :horsie:
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Post by Big Tee© on Feb 8, 2003 11:19:29 GMT -5
The question that bears asking is which team are you gonna pen, and what game do they play?  ?? :tongue: |
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Post by CatB on Feb 8, 2003 11:45:31 GMT -5
Have fun! Team penning is a blast, as long as you don't get a cantankerous cow chasing YOU! (It HAS happened, ya know. :  Are you going to be riding in your dressage saddle, 'cause I recommend something with a 'handle'!  !! |
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Post by Big Tee© on Feb 8, 2003 12:56:21 GMT -5
Have fun! Team penning is a blast, as long as you don't get a cantankerous cow chasing YOU! (It HAS happened, ya know. : Are you going to be riding in your dressage saddle, 'cause I recommend something with a 'handle'! !! Well, THAT just blew away a wonderful mental image of a football team in full gear being herded about by riders waving bull whips and ropes!!!  |
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Post by Skye Pilot on Feb 9, 2003 12:10:29 GMT -5
  Drove all the way out to team-pen after my lesson with Red.... They cancelled because of the weather being so bad... and we are getting another 8 inches tonight and tomorrow! and it is only 6 degrees out today.... AGAIN..... and this is our heat wave OK.... I've got a grip.... sorry..... anyways... on a good note....actually 2! I had the best ride ever with Red yesterday... we did patterns!!! YAHOOOOO! Dressage test here we come. It was the first time he and I connected and it felt awesome. ;D 2nd... there is a group organizing for an Eventing club in our area.. a support group! YES! :horsie:
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Post by RavensMom on Feb 10, 2003 9:36:54 GMT -5
Hi there,
Team Penning IS a blast! The last time my AQH was pregnant, I got bored with dressage and tried it. Now I want a cow horse! The best way to learn to team pen well is to start slow. If you get too close and go too fast you'll lose your cow. They're so small, they can always turn a little faster than you think. Believe it or not trotting is the best way to start and stay back a hair further than you think you should so that you have time to head off their next move. If they do any "sorting" at the session, that's a good way to learn cows too. It's slower and more precise. Of course, if you're trying it out on a seasoned cow horse, ignore the above, all you have to do is HOLD ON!!!!
Hope you get to go when the weather is better. Have fun!
Raven'sMom
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Post by Skye Pilot on Feb 10, 2003 16:44:36 GMT -5
My old horse was a cutting/roping horse....... I just hung on to the horn...... use to use him to catch horses when they broke out. He use to get so mad at me when I didn't throw a rope on the PoNees. Good thing I didn't know how to rope being in a barrel saddle.
apparently he did barrels too. I tried to go around a telephone pole with him...... wrong move ... I had to climb out of the saddle or get my head knocked off. I did a lot of not so smart things as a kid...it's a wonder I am alive.
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Post by Skye Pilot on Feb 10, 2003 17:45:28 GMT -5
actually we were cancelled because of snow, but this is what we would have looked like! here is Red and I teampenning aka cantankerous cow and dressage  |
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Post by CatB on Feb 11, 2003 8:49:39 GMT -5
exactly what WE looked like, although, I was riding in a western saddle (thank goodness for those horns!). One ol' cow did have horns and it turned on my green 3 year old. Lizzie, although pretty cowy even as a youngster, high-tailed it for Dodge, with me hanging on for dear life!  Too bad your deal got cancelled, you would have loved it! They closed the arena a while back and I sure miss that fun!  |
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Are you going to be riding in your dressage saddle, 'cause I recommend something with a 'handle'! 
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Too bad your deal got cancelled, you would have loved it! They closed the arena a while back and I sure miss that fun! 
