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Don't ya know, it's better for your horse to use that stump....go right ahead Kathy.
Dawna
--- Kathy Mayeda <kathy_mayeda@atce.com> wrote:
> Yes, I just forego all pride and look for the
> nearest stump. I just have
> to choose carefully where I plan to get back on my
> horse! I had taken
> a lot of hunt seat lessons, therefore don't have a
> thing about using
> a mounting block like some of our weekend cowboys in
> our area. It also
> helps because there are a lot of short little girls
> riding 17H+
> thoroughbreds
> and warmbloods so I don't think that I stick out too
> much!
>
> Yeppers, and jeans don't work for me either when it
> comes to mounting.
>
> At my last endurance ride, a guy with an old style
> metal construction
> hard hat yelled out to me "hey no. 59, you've got a
> problem!" I held
> my breathe and said "What?" "Well your horse is
> too d**m tall and
> you're too d**m short!" I just replied "no s**t!"
> Then we all burst
> out laughing.
>
> I thought about getting a pair of those "cheater"
> stirrups but I ride
> with cages on my stirrups and don't know if that
> would work. Anyone
> tried that?
>
>
> Kathy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julienne Rha [mailto:Julienne.Rha.B@bayer.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:29 PM
> To: - *ridecamp@endurance.net; -
> *kathy_mayeda@atce.com
> Subject: Tall horses
>
>
> Just curious, Kathy.. how do you get on your horse??
> Do you have
> difficulty?
> I'm 5'2 (with short legs!)and my QH gelding is a tad
> over 15.1hh.. I have
> to
> do the splits and literally climb/pull myself up
> into the saddle if I have
> to
> mount from the ground.. and if I'm wearing jeans -
> forget it, I can't get my
> foot that high! I use a mounting block most of the
> time and I have Harley
> trained to align himself to the nearest
> rock/fence/whatever..
>
> Julienne (STRETCH!!)
> & Harley
>
>
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