What is your 'Moment'?

i don't have pictures of my moments- the first as there are photos but not digital.
1. when i met Gilly, he was a skinny, fluffy, 8 yo ex-race horse, who was a sweet heart, but he had lost his spark after a year out after being injured as a racehorse, being bullied by other horses. i can still picture the tiny yard that he was being retrained on, and the stable he was in when he got tacked up and the little school i rode him in. actually making me well up writing it! as at the time i was very ill, and getting him really turned my life around :) still have him 8 years later.
2. the day i first sat on Dotty- i was on my own at the yard in glorious sunshine. it was an amazing moment, as to cut a long story short, she had lost her trust in humans and has very crazy when i met her, but after 9 months of handling her i just decided to pop on...
like many of you, i have had many up and downs with my horses, but these moments were magic
 
like you Pippixox mine to was that first time i sat on baby after months of winning her trust and confidence. And that time when we had started quietly hacking and my daughter on big lad said "lets try quiet canter?". It ended up a flat out gallop and when we pulled up i was crying such happy tears as I knew she had finally come out of that dark place in her head. we had made it :) A moment i will always remember
 
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This is the moment for me; bringing a rescue horse to the point where he can compete with his peers after a horrible life of abuse and misfortune. I was so proud of him, and he did me proud too, placing in all his classes and trusting me when all about were losing their heads.
 
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I have had a number of real moments with my lad, i got him at 2.5 and started him myself.

I know this is just an ear shot, but just after i took this photo i asked him to trot, and he offered canter, it was the first time we had ever cantered from him backing him, and he took me on the lightest most beautifully balanced canter i think i`ve ever experienced. He pulled up as soon as asked, even in this big open space, and he was only wearing a rope halter. When we came back up this track we cantered and galloped, we flew like the wind:

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Shortly after our amazing flight together, he had an horrific accident in the field, he was very very poorly and we nearly lost him, he ruptured his windpipe allowing air to leak under his skin with every breath he took, he was in the vets for weeks:

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He took months and months to heal properly, he had severe skin sensitivities among other problems ..... But here, this photo was when i knew we/he was going to be ok:


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I know, photo over load, but i love the bones of this boy .... he has pushed me to my limits and beyond, but i`d be lost with out him:

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Probably this one. Had massive confidence blips last year, at start of show season needed so much hand holding, wouldn't ride from box to warm up, had to lunge before warming up at a show etc... We grew as a partnership and.started to trust each and as the season went on we just.grew and grew as a team... Below was final showing pic from last year at a massive show with a big crowd, we weren't placed but in my eyes the journey won us a secret red rosette :)
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Second to that would be taking out my chap hunter trialling ( was nervous jumping back then and only had him couple of weeks) which I hadn't done since I was a kid and getting around the entire course!
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Stunning stunning horse!
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This is the moment for me; bringing a rescue horse to the point where he can compete with his peers after a horrible life of abuse and misfortune. I was so proud of him, and he did me proud too, placing in all his classes and trusting me when all about were losing their heads.
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wow i love everyones moments, totally worthy of that back page in H&H:)

while i have many, one that stands out was my first proper muster, i always wanted to be a cowboy since i was a kid and when i finally got a job working horses remotely with cattle it was all i'd ever imagined and more

my moment is captured in a blurry pic , pushing cattle down a river bed to yards, on this muster we were so late coming down the mountains that day it was nearly 3 in the morning when we got to the yards, by then i was following the light of the boss who smoked, all i could see where shadows and a tiny glowing cigarette in the distance. magic.
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This pic of a lovely moment between me and my best friend Apaat a few weeks back became extra cherished this week...

On Thursday I thought my faveourite horse wasn't gonna make it. Can you believe the vet suspects someone deliberately went at his leg with a cutlass/machete?!? (common garden tools here)
Don't ask who or why - if I knew, I sware that person would have no feet by now!

It looked like they tried to cut off his hoof with one blow - but thank God as bad as it looked it missed his tendons/ligaments and was stitched up under local anaesthetic. He is even putting weight on it and walking fine!
Barring infection (including tetanus - God forbid!) he should recover.
I love this horse so much he didn't deserve such wickedness :(
Please pray for his speedy recovery.
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That's appalling... hope he recovers quickly x
 
This is my moment, having ridden as a teenager and then a massive gap due to work, having my daughter etc i became the proud owner of this fabulous lady, this was my first gallop on her on Ainsdale Beach, could hardly see for the tears streaming down my face:



Miss this horse every day, but so proud to have known her. RIP Impy xx
 
Mahoganybay I can imagine that wa an amazing moment. I'm in a similar situ - ride as a teen, then a big gap for work, child, life etc. now 33 & looking to finally buy - its exciting hey?
Can't wait for this moment myself on my very own horse - childhood dreams hey!?! :)
 
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This is my moment,
Long story short.
wanted a horse for 30 years
went to worst irish dealer in the country and bought a horse because it needed me for much more than it was worth
bought the chestnut at the back in the picture
Four visits to a&e
Bonded with horse after many tears
Went to beach...........
Then shortly after this picture was taken went plop!
 
This was the warm up fence (taken by my dad) as I don't have the rights to post the professional photo over the last fence but this was the only competition I ever won on this little mare. I was terrified of jumping and XC when I got her on loan and despite being a total nuttcase she gave me me so much confidence! We went to camp and led poncey warmbloods and tb's through water and up steps, we hunted and kept up with everyone, we both hated stressage and most of all we had the best fun hacking. I'm now horseless and I know I will never find another her but when I do start looking again, I want to find as close to her as possible (but taller!)

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And with my youngster, when I got him at 3 he was a nervous wee thing, would never lie down when you were in the stable with him and couldn't touch his legs. This was him a couple of months later having a wee rest before his showing class!

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