Re: RE;Pony prices and training (long)

[Trishmare <Trishmare@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-01-12 02:18:44 EST, you write:

<<  I'm keeping your posting for the know it
 alls who think I should keep my young horses.>>

Tell them to go ride them!  The folks up here who told me I wasn't approaching
David's training aggressively enough all seem to be riding old, broke QHs!  My
friend Linda who actually has trained a baby has supported me 100%.  In fact,
she told me NOT buy a greenbroke horse!  She told me that if I did go ahead
and buy David, I'd get hurt.   A month after buying him, on the way to the
emergency room--I thought about Linda's advice!

 <<After getting hurt twice this
 summer, >>

David hurt me more in the first year I owned him than I had ever been hurt in
20 years of riding.


<<and finding all kinds of excuses not to train,>>

The second summer I owned David I sent him to the racetrack--partly because I
was intrigued with the idea of owning a "racehorse," but in a good part
because it gave me a good excuse to not ride him myself!

 <<I'm going to look
 for an older horse thats trained. I also found it funny that one of the
 people giving me unsolicted advise, turned me down flat when I offered to
 let her ride my young ones!. >>

I'm still determined to see it through with David, but next time, I buy a
trained horse!

Trish