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At a small Florida show in 71 back where the local
English and Western people didn't mingle I was waiting
near the arena entrance in the shade for a Western
class and the lone Hunt Seat rider schooling her horse
finally came out and just because I thought she might
want to come over to the only shade with her tired
horse I warned her my battle ax alpha mare "will bite"
as she was a good 20 feet away- She laughed and and
said "Not this far away" and rode off to tell her
friends about the crazy redneck kid with the
"dangerous" horse.  Lucky for her all her friends were
the other side of the arena and she didn't get closer
but went the other way instead because my mare already
had her back hunched up and was "puffing". Her mouth,
the only slight control I had was totally dead from
too many years of go and whoa kids riding her. I had
only had her a few weeks and we were still working
things out.  That girl would have never known what hit
her if she had crossed the invisible line of death
that existed in my horse's mind.  Yes I know ( owner
must be in control) but I can plead I was only 13 at
the time. 
Barbara in Idaho


     
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