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I was watching races on Dish this morning. They had some quarter horses at 300 yards and some thoroughbreds too. Interesting, the thoroughbreds were marginally faster on the sprints, pushing up toward 48mph.
Chow down folks, and keep our folks in harms way safe.
Ya, and its there for life. My old ones act just like the young ones. That fuse was lit when she was born.
Marty, Marty, Marty....
How many ya short Marty?
See, thats always the question.
Five more wins and my compeditors will have heart failure.
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- At 7:16pm on October 28, 2009,
Alexis Knauss said… - ya need to be on facebook more Rob. It's a lot easier to talk back and forth. I sent you a friend request. Marty found ya for me. I have to say that Dixie is funner to ride than Zombie, just because the it seems like q pilot light is always lit under ya waiting to be turned up. I turns a whole lot better than I thought she would. She can really make a lot tighter turns than Zombie, and she out strides him about 2 to 1. She loves to run, and ya don't have to ask her twice to do anything. She loves to rear and pose for the audience. She loves to show off. She gets real prancey when a lot of people are around. She does high step if you hold her back when she wants to go...:) But I never did get her to gait, I don't think it'll matter much, her prissy little trot is not bad at all. She is also loping really tight circles both directions. her flying lead changes are great, and turns are really good. I'm trying to tone her up a little. She looks really skinny and boney, which I know is normal for her breed, but I think she could use a little muscle on her, and I think it'll come with a little more ago too, seeing as how she's only 4. We are still working on take off. And I'm still trying to figure where to set her up for the barrel. I took me about half a year to figure Zombie out, and he never has to slow down to make a nice turn, and I think I'm almost there with her. I want to get all this stuff figured out before I fire anything off her. She has been around when I was training other shooting horses just over the fence, and the first shot she lifted her head, then she ran over the fence to see what it was. So, I'm hoping it wont be to much of a new thing for her. Really only one more thing to master than she graduates to collage, and she has a few majors she will be taking including mounted shooting. She's gotta be the bomb just like Zombie, and she's got big horseshoes to fill. But I think she'll manage. Our biggest problem right now is the transition from a trot to a canter in the correct lead. But a few figure 8s should fix that. Zombie has gotten so good, that you just think about it, which unknowingly changes your body position, and he picks it up and changes leads, and he's the same with turning or anything. Pretty much all of his ques are from the seat. It's so neat, and that is what Dixie and I are working towards. I think we'll make it eventually.
- At 1:14pm on October 28, 2009,
Alexis Knauss said…
- see I was taught that walking horses were bred for the southern plantation to proved a smooth ride for folks to get around and oversee their fields, and the work being done. But my sources have have failed me. on a different subject. Are you on facebook?
- At 11:23am on October 28, 2009,
Alexis Knauss said…
- I though Saddlebreds were sons of walkers?
- At 9:04am on October 28, 2009,
Alexis Knauss said…
- I haven't shot off her yet,but I'm taking her to a shoot this weekend to watch.
- At 9:04am on October 28, 2009,
Alexis Knauss said…
- couldn't find it Rob, and I don't have a pic of me shooting off her yet either.
- At 2:23pm on September 24, 2009,
Alexis Knauss said…
- yep. She was a dream to ride.
- At 12:48pm on September 24, 2009,
Alexis Knauss said…
- Well I don't think I'm going to take Dixie to this shoot. I don't have a coggins for her, and IL is pretty strict about that stuff, so I'll have to wait a little longer to take her with me. She has been around while we shot off other horses, and she actually ran over to the fence to see what was going on. She is very energetic, but she is not real spooky. She doesn't spook bad on trails either. I really see potential in her. I need to do something pretty soon, and I hate to say it but, Zombie seems to have reached his limit, and is really straining to keep up. I really don't want to run him into the ground. He gives it his all every time, and it is wearing him down really bad. Being of shorter stature he works twice as hard as any other horse running the patterns. The Easterns were a disaster for us. The arena was too big for Zombie. He actually went down really sick while we were down there. He was so exhausted, that it actually lowered his immune system, and he caught a really bad cold, and wouldn't eat or drink. His gums turned totally white, and his eyes got real cloudy. It was so scary, he didn't even want to stand up for very long, much less run a pattern. I felt so bad for putting him through that, and it's not going to happen again. Zombie is staying in the small arenas from now on. He works way to hard to run in those big arenas. One run in a big arena is like two local sized for him. We got our feet wet, and found out the water was too hot for us. I was ready to pull out of everything, when Zombie went down, but my friend offered his horse to me to run. I figured I had nothing to lose, so I did. I didn't do too bad, and I don't think Zombie minded getting the rest either. I think Dixie could have a little better chance at the big arenas, since she has such a long stride. There is an advantage to her really long legs. And the close to double rundown patterns that they pulled for the Easterns, didn't help Zombie and I either. It took the short horse advantage from us. You could tell that it was definitely a tall horse event. But Zombie is just about back to normal now, and I think he's ready to shoot again, so this weekend we're trying our luck out in IL. I can't wait to get Dixie going though. Maybe by next year hopefully, but I'm not going to rush her. Thanks for the motivation.
Lexi
- At 11:46am on September 11, 2009,
Wildkatts Kitty / Bonnie Jorgenson said… - Added 3 more songs to the playlist. Got some very non-country ones from my riding Ipod that I'm thinkin about addin
- At 9:08am on September 7, 2009,
Wildkatts Kitty / Bonnie Jorgenson said…
- I was trying to ignore that shirt myself
- At 7:47pm on May 9, 2009,
Alexis Knauss said…
- All right that gives me an idea now. I'll work on her with that. Like I said I've never had a Saddlebred, only Walkers.
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