Well, I find the current thread about abuse and its relations very good
actually - some true attention to a real problem. I do have a question on
another subject.
We have a 12 year old mare who done several LDs and I THINK 2 50s - top
tenned once....my daughter rode her. She is the dam of our exceptional yearling
filly, Romance, and this mare is a good 15 hands of sofa comfort to ride. She is
like an easy chair at a working trot! She is kind, not spooky, and an easy
keeper. So what's the prob you say?? She is VERY blonde (no offense to the
blondes out there). I call her the Tourist, because EVERYTHING is of interest to
her, which would not be troublesome since she is not a spook - until she forgets
where to put her feet. She is like a Laurel and HArdy scenario then (am I dating
myself?). She will stare at a bird in a tree, and I think she is thinking "wow,
a BIRD!!!!"; then she maybe trips over her own foot, then her head goes up to
balance herself, then she smacks her mouth on the bit and goes OUCHIE! then down
she goes and has to scramble to catch herself. Now mind you this full scenario
has not fully been played out to the point of going DOWN - and only a handful of
times has she actually made me LIVe this scenario - but she continues her
slightly blonde ways.
She is related to my dear departed old Abu Farwa Fadjur mare who had NO
sense of humor and relatively no fear - but who in her early years had
some goofy issues and no sense of humor whatever. My old girl never really came
in to her own until she was about 13 or 14, and became stupendous at 15 or so.
She died at almost 31. My questions - opinions please - I feel that this younger
mare even at 12 is worth spending more time on before we resign ourselves to her
being a broodmare. She is comfy to ride - especially after me having to
ride the Jackhammer for all these years - my Raffon mare who hits like a ton of
bricks - What do you all think? I believe that she needs to go to Suzy and maybe
she can make a man out of her:). She certainly has demonstrated that she CAN do
it - but as my daughter said "mom, you have to RIDE her EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY!"
