SOUNDS PERFECT!!!!
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darksided
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Oh my!!
Sooty
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Hmmm. Not big on health and safety in the US, are they? We always wear hats when leading our yearling, he is (as are all young horses) unpredictable. I agree with you totally. The best combination is young rider, old horse.
GTs
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And the fact that daddy can't afford it................
Weezy
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Am I the only one who cannot see a pic - not even a square with a cross in it!
Sooty
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I like the half gate, no danger of horses getting their feet stuck in that. Although the smaller ones may attempt to crawl under it...
GTs
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Am I the only one who cannot see a pic - not even a square with a cross in it!
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It is a video - here is the text version.
FORT COLLINS - It is a dream come true for an 8-year-old girl after she won second place in a national essay contest.
Sheridan Lintz, from Fort Collins, wrote about how horses can be used as therapy for people with disabilities.
"They help injured soldiers learn to walk again," said Sheridan. "Most importantly they make people joyful."
Sheridan titled her essay: "On Top of the World."
"When they're in a wheelchair they see people's waists so when they're on a horse they feel like they're on top of the world," she said.
That's how Sheridan felt last week when she got a call from Texas and was told she had won a yearling. "I was so excited I started jumping in circles," she said.
The second place prize is named "Dream" and Sheridan says she is a perfect match. "She's just a little goofy girl," said Sheridan.
Sheridan must now learn to feed, groom and train Dream. Her father may also take on extra work to help pay for the new horse.
The first prize in the contest was a more valuable horse.
Am I the only one who cannot see a pic - not even a square with a cross in it!
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It is a video - here is the text version.
FORT COLLINS - It is a dream come true for an 8-year-old girl after she won second place in a national essay contest.
Sheridan Lintz, from Fort Collins, wrote about how horses can be used as therapy for people with disabilities.
"They help injured soldiers learn to walk again," said Sheridan. "Most importantly they make people joyful."
Sheridan titled her essay: "On Top of the World."
"When they're in a wheelchair they see people's waists so when they're on a horse they feel like they're on top of the world," she said.
That's how Sheridan felt last week when she got a call from Texas and was told she had won a yearling. "I was so excited I started jumping in circles," she said.
The second place prize is named "Dream" and Sheridan says she is a perfect match. "She's just a little goofy girl," said Sheridan.
Sheridan must now learn to feed, groom and train Dream. Her father may also take on extra work to help pay for the new horse.
The first prize in the contest was a more valuable horse.
H-J
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I had to watch with my hands half over my eyes! That little girl standing in the arena as it was charging round!! Must admit it was very well behaved but the girl was very young!
Weezy
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Christ!!!!!!!!!!
jo1
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Is it me or did the horse JUMP out of the arena and go walkies??? Havent got sound on works pc so could only watch and not listen
GTs
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Yes the horse did jump out of the arena and went on its on merry way.
Kelly1982
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OMG that is so bad!!!
Not only have they given a yearling to a young girl who doesn't seem to know that much about horses, they have given her a horse that her family cant afford so it may be taken away from her anyway!!!
How is she gonna feel then?? Heartbroken!!!
Not only have they given a yearling to a young girl who doesn't seem to know that much about horses, they have given her a horse that her family cant afford so it may be taken away from her anyway!!!
How is she gonna feel then?? Heartbroken!!!
Claireg9
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Mmmm Americans is all i can say, nice thought in theory but in reality totally different scenario!
PiebaldHorse
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I couldnt believe that!!!! The horse was not suitable for that girl at all!!! Why couldnt they have give her a few horsey gifts or if they had to give a horse, what was wrong with a nice quiet pony that she could ride now!!!!
GTs
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What is wrong with riding lessons?? Generally a good place to start when you are 8, and your family can not afford horses.
Sooty
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She may be eight, but it appears she can't do joined up writing yet. I was enormously distracted by the newsreader's face - it's more orange than an Easyjet air steward, and with about as much makeup...
GTs
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She may be eight, but it appears she can't do joined up writing yet.
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She is eight - lay off the kiddies.
She may be eight, but it appears she can't do joined up writing yet.
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She is eight - lay off the kiddies.
Boxers
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Where's the video? I can't see it!
Onyxia
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Onyxia
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What is wrong with riding lessons?? Generally a good place to start when you are 8, and your family can not afford horses.
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Cant agree more GTs!
Most 8 year olds would LOVE lessons,esp if her family isnt horsey.Would have been quite a few, and much more apropriate then a yearling.
We have a "win a horse" comp over here (yearly I thin ) in one of the big horse mags, not keen on it but at least they ask you to prove you could affored the horse and have enough knowledge to care for it.They also work pretty hard to find the right horse, not just buy one and send it off as a prize.
What is wrong with riding lessons?? Generally a good place to start when you are 8, and your family can not afford horses.
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Cant agree more GTs!
Most 8 year olds would LOVE lessons,esp if her family isnt horsey.Would have been quite a few, and much more apropriate then a yearling.
We have a "win a horse" comp over here (yearly I thin ) in one of the big horse mags, not keen on it but at least they ask you to prove you could affored the horse and have enough knowledge to care for it.They also work pretty hard to find the right horse, not just buy one and send it off as a prize.
Happy Horse
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I don't know if I dare say this after your Soapbox post but "only in America!"
tarzipan06
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Sorry GTs but 'only in America'
What are people thinking, they need their heads testing
What are people thinking, they need their heads testing
JadeWisc
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It doesnt matter "where" it happened....It is just ridiculous!
I just cant stop laughing at what a terrible idea and (sadly) dangerous situation it is. I prefer not to handle very young horses and I have been around them in some form my whole entire life.
I just cant stop laughing at what a terrible idea and (sadly) dangerous situation it is. I prefer not to handle very young horses and I have been around them in some form my whole entire life.
GTs
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How can you 2 say that when the post above you says they have a contest in a magazine where you win a horse???
Also there was no explaination on the 'contest'? It seems odd that she got second prize in a national essay contest for kids and won a horse! More then likely the horse was a gift from someone who heard about her, and her essay!!
Also there was no explaination on the 'contest'? It seems odd that she got second prize in a national essay contest for kids and won a horse! More then likely the horse was a gift from someone who heard about her, and her essay!!
JadeWisc
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but didnt it say that first prize was a more valuable horse?????
Happy Horse
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Does that meanone that has been trained already instead of a yearling for an 8 year old kid to practise on? I have heard of horses as competition prizes over here but the competitions to win them have always been based on equestrian knowledge and have had practical tests as part of the entry. I have never heard of an unbroken horse being given away as a prize
JadeWisc
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Every year at the Midwest Horsefair they raffle off several yearlings of various breed for a $1 ticket
You do have to be 18 yrs to win though
I suppose it should be the judgement of the parent ,not the sponser, as to what is to be done with the horse. I hope that they have the common sense to find her an alternate solution. However, if dad and mom know very little, they may not be aware of the problems ahead. ( and the true cost)
I suppose it should be the judgement of the parent ,not the sponser, as to what is to be done with the horse. I hope that they have the common sense to find her an alternate solution. However, if dad and mom know very little, they may not be aware of the problems ahead. ( and the true cost)
GTs
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but didnt it say that first prize was a more valuable horse?????
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No.
HH - but again we do not know tha facts behind the contest, who is helper her, what discussion went on, or agreement was in place before the horse changed hands. Also I have ridden yearling QH - they are pretty mellow!!!
but didnt it say that first prize was a more valuable horse?????
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No.
HH - but again we do not know tha facts behind the contest, who is helper her, what discussion went on, or agreement was in place before the horse changed hands. Also I have ridden yearling QH - they are pretty mellow!!!
JadeWisc
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not all of them.........
Happy Horse
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The first prize in the contest was a more valuable horse.
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This is in your earlier post GTs.
Do you think they will have found out who her helper etc was before they awarded the prize - it didn't sound like it from the clip.
The first prize in the contest was a more valuable horse.
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This is in your earlier post GTs.
Do you think they will have found out who her helper etc was before they awarded the prize - it didn't sound like it from the clip.