Recent content by Trakehner

Better to be careful than remorseful. Serial killers, rapists, robbers depend on people to be embarrassed and not wanting to "insult" them. It's a useful tool and makes the victim a lot easier to attack. Sort've like getting on the lift and a grubby guy gets on...too many women won't get off...

Not your fault at all. I had a lovely mare who hated small dogs, especially Corgis. When she was a filly she'd been chased and bitten by a pair of Corgis. Big dogs she loved, small dogs---she hated. I was at a show and way apart fro everyone else. My mare was happily nibbling grass and...

Another Story....at one of the fairs where Deacon was being "The Shire" a 13 year old girl came up with her mum and was talking about horses, that she hoped to get a horse soon and mum was nodding away telling me how she loved horses (no surprise there). It came time to do the parade of the...

This is my Shire "Deacon" Deacon was talented in both riding and driving..a lovely gelding who I brought to the draft horse days at the local fairs. He was the Shire in the group. He loved children and especially seemed to have an even gentler spot for the handicapped kids. He'd put...

This is my Shire "Deacon"...tall and fuzzy (17.3+)

I used to judge way back when...I ran everything like a dressage show. I loved when the show secretary would be telling me who the yard riders were, who their instructor was etc....I'd give my best, "And this matters why?" look and would head off to the rings. I'd find the most unhappy and...

I think I was exposed to way too many of the "Barn Dragons" when I was a child. These old ladies ran the barn, knew God when he was a corporal, and you didn't want to make them unhappy. Even two old cavalry colonels at my barn recommended, "don't cross the dragons!" I think their style stuck...

I'm tall, so I prefer to not look like the Thelwell cartoon of the girl riding her pony with skates on her feet. I ask, 'How big is he?" "OH, he's at least 16 hands". OK, I think to myself and head 3 hours down the road. I arrive and two girls are washing a cob. So, he's not only short...

Camilla is 4 going 5, has only been with her fellow Fjords and Dale ponies as a group. I bought her and she quarrantined with 2 OAP ponies...squeel, kick butt and good to go. Quarrantine's over, went to put her out with another group in a better pasture...Sigh! She trots, and trots, meets...

A woman was visiting with a friend. Friend: "My husband makes so much money, it's almost embarrassing" Woman: "Well, aren't you special" Friend: "And for vacation, we're going to charter a jet and fly to Canada" Woman: "Well, aren't you special" Friend: "Do you like my new jewelry...

This is my 17.3+ Shire gelding "Deacon"

I've been trying to do too much with my left hand...I sprained my wrist a bit and opening doors/jars etc. is a challenge..won't even think about zippers right now and buttons aren't my friends either. Sleep...I catnap and wake up at odd times. I've tried every chair in the house...no wonderful...

I've had Passier Military II monoflap saddles forever. 5 Kg weight without fittings and comfortable (if you fit in an 18" seat.

Way back when (I was 22) I was in a Gold Cup race with my lovely TB. I came around a corner and my horse dug in a foot, his leg snapped and down we went. He broke my leg, ankle and foot. I'm hanging onto his head yelling "shoot my bloody horse!" They didn't. The got him off me and he had to...

The surgeon looked at my radiographs, said the bones are nicely together and since the shoulder is so mobile they don't worry about a degree or two difference in angle. He's hoping no surgery! When they handed me the sling (with a very painful pain shot) I was told I'd see th orthopaedist...