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#206622 - 08/21/2008 12:21 PM |
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With a horse like TR Dual Rey you could herd CATS!!! What a guy.........oh right there's olympics going on somewhere.......
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#206623 - 08/21/2008 12:21 PM |
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Shweeet....sorry I missed it, but I bet it'll end up on youtube at some point 
I caught a little show-jumping today, but it's just not the same.
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#206627 - 08/21/2008 12:37 PM |
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Yes, let's talk about horses!
I haven't been following the Olympic Equestrian Events though. I'm a cow horse guy.
This is the horse I keep telling my horses to use as their role model.
ETA: I've just found out the Norwegian Jumping team (bronze medalist) was disqualified because one of their horses was doped.
I never got into western riding, maybe it's a location thing. It's hard to picture someone herding dairy cows   and that's pretty much what we have here in the northeast. There are a few western folks, I have a friend that does barrel racing, but it seems like most of the horse people I know are into the European equestrian sports and fox-hunting (we use a drag-line here) so it's what I'm more familiar with.
Somebody gave me a western saddle once, so I thought I'd try using it out on hacks (trail rides), but I didn't care for it. I felt trapped between the pommel and cantle and it KILLED my knees. Maybe I didn't give it a fair shake, but my horse wasn't really a western type anyway. Was it the just that saddle or do western saddles in general do a number on knees?
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#206632 - 08/21/2008 01:03 PM |
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Horse needs to be marinated a lot longer than a comparable cut of beef, just as an FYI........... 
And yes, I actually learned that in my Culinary Program! 
It has a lot to do with the age and genetics of the animal. I know that some beef animals are naturally more tender than other individuals (there are breeding programs using ultrasound diagnostics to established tender beef genetics).
I have butchered some pretty darn tough beef, and others that were much more tender (based on ease of cut and how quickly my knife dulled). I'm sure individual horses would have a wide variety of tenderness too. I know that horse skin is much thinner than most beef hide so they would be easier to field dress than most beef.
I recently butchered an 1800 lb bull from a very high powered/expensive genetic line. His hide was only 1/8th of an inch thick on his whole body and he was pretty tender. Most beef hide is 1/4" on the belly and ends up about 3/4" on the crest of the neck and back. Horse hide is about 1/8" to 1/4" thick.
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#206635 - 08/21/2008 01:20 PM |
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Horse needs to be marinated a lot longer than a comparable cut of beef, just as an FYI...........
And yes, I actually learned that in my Culinary Program!
Pretty expensive meal when the 'meat' is $25,000 (local price for an average, unstarted warmblood) or more on the hoof 
There are people around here who get a bill from the auction barn because their horse sold for less than the Coggins test fee, commission and yardage fees (about $30). Other people drop off their horse at the sale barn and give a false name and address so that when the horse doesn't sell they don't have to pick it up again (or pay the bill).
Horse would be cheap dog food here.
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#206640 - 08/21/2008 01:57 PM |
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Hey, another cow-horse gal (and reining, and poles/barrels) here. I sold my QH (Poco Bueno on top and bottom) not long ago. They don't let you keep horses on city balconies. 
I've also got a real nice light-oil western Billy Cook saddle (real comfy!) and matching headstall for sale if any of you horse folk are interested. I almost refuse to part with it, but with the dog thing going the way it's going and my sights set on the nationals within the next couple years, I don't think I will be getting another horse any time soon.
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#206681 - 08/21/2008 06:24 PM |
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I, too am in the horse camp.
I have an Andalusian/Thoroughbred cross that I event with. When I'm not working, or with the dogs, or...
We're currently competing novice level, training at intermediate novice level.
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#206684 - 08/21/2008 06:38 PM |
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When i get my farm(how many people say that, lol), i will have Gypsy Varner horses, and do carting and shows with them....
talk about a breath taking animal...
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#206686 - 08/21/2008 07:00 PM |
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We have a few Vanners at our barn and a TON in Santa Ynez and Solvang! Got lots of pics!
I am an Arab girl myself . Mojo is Polish/Crabbet bred with a strong foundation in Dressage, (showing 1st, training 2nd) and playing with reining and cow work (team penning & sorting). He has some lovely movement and balance with a lot of “go” to him and pretty cowy for a non-cow breed! 
He is locally competitive, maybe up to regional, but Region II is pretty competitive.
Jessica
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#206691 - 08/21/2008 07:22 PM |
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I, too am in the horse camp.
I have an Andalusian/Thoroughbred cross that I event with. When I'm not working, or with the dogs, or...
We're currently competing novice level, training at intermediate novice level.
My daughter is into eventing. Eventing is pretty hard-core...not for the faint of heart! She has a hot black thoroughbred X that she and I started. I tried to turn her on to dressage but her favorite part is the cross country phase. I'm too chicken! Or maybe too old....? I was injured quite badly jumping a stadium course when I was 19 or so, and have been a little twitchy about jumping ever since. I can't even watch when my daughter jumps.  She's only fallen four times in six years....but it was because her horse fell. It's pretty exciting to watch, though, when it isn't my daughter competing! And Andalusians are pretty cool. Have you seen the "Thrills and Spills" video? It's more fodder for the worried mum.
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