Never been so disguisted in my life

Regandal said:
Hi Lee, that chestnut is absloutely gorgeous! What height is it?
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He's 14.2

TrasaM said:
Lee.. Your horses are lovely. I especially like the foal with the large spot . What lovely markings. Not for sale eh .. Whereabouts do you live as I may make a detour on my next trip to Connemara with a horse box in tow. :D


I've been looking at those type for a while and wondering about how suitable they'd be for general riding but didn't know anyone knowledgeable and now I can just quiz you about them. :)
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10 mins from castlerea, as for riding there raced in the north under the saddle, as for general hacking out not a bother just need to get used to a 30mph + trot....
tallyho! said:
Just a pondering... are all trotters shod? This may be detracting from the "spelling" and "traveller" arguments but I just wondered what thoughts were on barefoot trotters?
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never in this world would I barefoot trot on road/concrete, there feet would be smashed to bits, now and again I take them up to strandhill beach on the sand un-shod purely for exercise change of scenery but thats about it.
 
I have a soft spot for pacers!

Rb's horses are just lush. My favourite is the one with a black and a white ear.
 
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TrasaM said:
:eek: 30 mph trot! Flaming Nora ! They'd have to have a smooth gait at THAT speed! I'm assuming that they can be taught to canter?
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Chip & pin avg's at 35-36 over 2 mile, yes they can be taught to canter look on the stagbi website alot of track horse's go on to another life after there track-life is finished,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2PHOc5L94
 
welcome rileyboy, lovely horses you have there:) been watching this thread with interest as normally there are a few people who are very happy to bad mouth members of your community, funny how quiet they have been when actually faced with a traveller;)
 
There are always a few giving a bad name from every community they come from, travellers, council estates, middle-class, upper-class, working-class and everything else.

People never remember the good ones always the bad ones, shame really as there are good people found everywhere, from every walk of life, but that's human nature.

I am guilty of being closed minded about certain people, but I like being proved wrong lol :D
 
This is a really lovely thread, have just sat and read the whole lot :-o

Your horses are beautiful! Especially love the skewbald and the foal with the coloured ear :)
 
Do you race at Appleby?

Only ask as my neighbours do and the photos are amazing. They spend a lot of time and effort all year round into getting the stallions into top condition, I have photographed them racing on the beach and it's awesome to see.
 
Brucea, I think I can answer those ones... Sulkies have quickhitch harness, so the shafts are clipped onto the driving pad, the pad is both brakes and go on a sulkie, as the weight is minimal and they don't have to push into a breast collar to pull the carriage like usual drivers. Same for braking, they slow down gradually and the pad takes the weight.

The bands on the legs are called hobbles- to ensure that te horses paces rather than a usual diagonal trot :)

Think I'm right...! I'm just a carriage driver though :)
 
Rileyboy your horses look well cared for and happy so shouldn't worry too much about comments from people who know little. Love the skewbald(sorry I am sure there is a more accurate colour name for him but I am old and still go by skewbald, piebald, coloured!) As to them not being rugged my own mother tells me how cruel I am for not rugging my Welsh Sect D even though she is terrified of horses complains that she doesn't know where I came from to like them and admits that she knows absolutely nothing about them other than they kick at one end and bite at the other, everyone has an opinion in seems!
 
brucea said:
Daft question - I have a driving pony and a gig - love driving - here's mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr0oFqbncFo&feature=share&list=UUGuhS817lAmNUvReAVithAA

See on the sulkies - you don't need any breeching or overbreach on that kind of sukly? And what was the purpose of that contraption round the hocks and forearms? Is that to prevent kicking?

Been on a sulky in Columbia Ohio - they go at one hell of a pace.
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do you mean the hobbles as shown In pic?
there for keeping him in gait instead of braking to a canter.

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Welsh said:
There are always a few giving a bad name from every community they come from, travellers, council estates, middle-class, upper-class, working-class and everything else.

People never remember the good ones always the bad ones, shame really as there are good people found everywhere, from every walk of life, but that's human nature.
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very true welsh, very true, we moved into a rented ex council house in the middle of a 'bad' estate 2 years ago, half of my friends were saying 'omg what do you want to live there for' etc etc. but in all honesty our neighbours are all friendly, much more welcoming than on the private owned estate we live don before, even the little 'hooligans' are good as gold with us, we don't judge them just treat them as i expect to treat me and it works. The daily police drive bys make it very safe too;):D


Rileyboy said:
Am 6 ft 3ish so I av been called dauntin but na it is funny how people stop bad talkin when faced to you, am harmless tho :)
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lol i find most people are harmless as long as you treat them fair, people do like to stereotype though don't they:rolleyes: I had it years ago when i had my rottweilers, i had red hair and a couple of tattoo's and people would cross over the road to avoid me:eek:
 
Not read all thread but had to comment, love love love how:

Couple posters attempted to mount an assault but the cavalry didn't show so they later came back to suck up to OP (c l a s s i c)
Other users attempted to flirt, shamelessly
The "anti-cob" brigade either turned coat openly on the thread, or stayed out of it.

Fair shout Rileyboy, you put me in mind of an old gypsy man who used to land up on a lovely big couple of verges on my old route to work. His couple tethered cobs were in stunning condition and made me drool. I was so tempted, each day he was there for years, to one day pull over and just go and ask him about his horses, who were really something else. After this thread I hugely regret never doing so.

ETA a good friend of mine has a huge Suffolk cross came from Stow, she got him a good few homes after then (4 months and 3 homes later) when he was well and truly poop scared of folk and awful messed up. Only thing that has us both intrigued: The brain fry was blamed on him being originally from gypsies, however she knows for fact he went for in excess of £4k at Stow many many years ago, yet how he came to her he would never have coped with a big Fair like that. He was mentally destroyed. So she has concluded (quite rightly I think) that the gypsies did him ok. It was whoever got him next in England who messed him right up. Makes you think, doesn't it?
 
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Not had chance to read all the posts but what a shame the OP got jumped on yet again, the poster came on here saying he is getting judged just because he is a traveller and he is on here by some people. Travellers are allowed internets you know and can go on forums.
 
Just to say, that stallion has the best moustache I have ever seen.

All beautiful horses in a nice condition. Certainly no reason to be concerned for their welfare by the look of them! Even their feathers look silky and knot-free :D
 
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