Poverty is owning a horse.

[Goblin]

How many people here are or were involved in horses? I know Chanceyy and flame are horsey types but who else?

I've just been looking back at some old Pony Club pics and reminiscing about the old days....trekking and pony club camps were so much fun! Then I found motorbikes and boys....and the rest is history.

So how many of you still have the real horse power?

[Hitcher]

Eew. Horses. Evel (sic) things. No kill switch.

[Meekey_Mouse]

I use to fully be into horses, got my first pony at 5 yrs of age. Planned my future in Natural Horsemanship and got an apprenticeship offer in it. Planned to go to Australia and France from there. Was stoked but my health kept declining. Was too stubborn to even think that being allergic to horses could be a possibility, until I was incredibly sick and had no other choice. I still love them but I'm still paying with poor health even though it's been a year and a half since I gave up.

So bikes have been a really good thing to keep me busy

[98tls]

Horses would be ok if someone could work out a way to fit handlebars to em......steering them with the ears just seems dodgey to me

[Swoop]

I fail to see the need for "horse float" trailers.
Horses are a mode of transport. Get on the damn thing and ride it to whatever destination is intended rather than clogging up the roads with these abominations!

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[ajturbo]

they are very dangerous.. OSH should be told about them...

you sit tooo high from the ground...

they go way... WAY to fast.... and stop when THEY fell like it!...

[chanceyy]

waves of course well Maggie in my profile pic is coming up 20 & still going strong & looks like butter will not melt in her mouth the dirty lil grommet

then there is charlie hmmm he is a total boy, but lovable & trys really hard to please, was gonna get him well & sell him on but .. nahhhhhhhhh he is way to much fun & far to soft & sensitive to just pass off to someone who may not appreciate his attributes .. ohh yeah at least he likes to stay clean .. for a wee while

pics taken two weeks ago .. charlie white blaze on face .. mags looking angelic as usual

[98tls]

waves of course well Maggie in my profile pic is coming up 20 & still going strong & looks like butter will not melt in her mouth the dirty lil grommet

then there is charlie hmmm he is a total boy, but lovable & trys really hard to please, was gonna get him well & sell him on but .. nahhhhhhhhh he is way to much fun & far to soft & sensitive to just pass off to someone who may not appreciate his attributes .. ohh yeah at least he likes to stay clean .. for a wee while

pics taken two weeks ago .. charlie white blaze on face .. mags looking angelic as usual

Maggie...............sure thats not Helen

[chanceyy]

Horses would be ok if someone could work out a way to fit handlebars to em......steering them with the ears just seems dodgey to me

so ya wanna ride one when ya come up to the north island Mike ???

they are very dangerous.. OSH should be told about them...

you sit tooo high from the ground...

they go way... WAY to fast.... and stop when THEY fell like it!...

ohh you can have a ride too AJ .. hmm if Clivoris is brave enough to get on a hot blooded horse, and ride bareback with no bridle should be easy enough for you guys

or ya both not that brave

[chanceyy]

Maggie...............sure thats not Helen

hmm nope .. she is branded MB on one side .. redhead so Maggie short for Maggie Barry

besides mags is much better looking than helen .. she is more of a mule or dare I say it .. an ass

[98tls]

so ya wanna ride one when ya come up to the north island Mike ???



ohh you can have a ride too AJ .. hmm if Clivoris is brave enough to get on a hot blooded horse, and ride bareback with no bridle should be easy enough for you guys

or ya both not that brave

They scare the shit outta me mate,i tried the steer by ear thing many years ago but sadly it just threw me off,truth is it probably cost me a shag and the owner of the 4 wheeled thing ended up in the back seat of my car with a mate

[Goblin]

I use to fully be into horses, got my first pony at 5 yrs of age. Planned my future in Natural Horsemanship and got an apprenticeship offer in it. Planned to go to Australia and France from there. Was stoked but my health kept declining. Was too stubborn to even think that being allergic to horses could be a possibility, until I was incredibly sick and had no other choice. I still love them but I'm still paying with poor health even though it's been a year and a half since I gave up.

So bikes have been a really good thing to keep me busy

Awww Jas that's tragic! Cant imagine being allergic to something ya love....mind you, could be like marriage.
There was one girl, Amanda Crow, she was allergic to dust, icecream, dogs, hay, pollen, you name it, she reacted. It was the drought of summer 1985 at Tikitere shearer's quarters, five day camp and 20% of our girls were in hospital on the third night. Amanda ate Icecream and had a wicked asthmas attack. Kathryn, Melly and I were 3 up on the farm bike when Phillipa came at us with a broom and we nose-dived off a 3 foot bank onto the gravel road. Kathryn broke her nose on the handle bar, I landed face first and put my teeth through my lip and Melly grazed her hands. Those were the days!

[chanceyy]

They scare the shit outta me mate,i tried the steer by ear thing many years ago but sadly it just threw me off,truth is it probably cost me a shag and the owner of the 4 wheeled thing ended up in the back seat of my car with a mate

then the shag would not have been worth it ppsttt horses dunna steer by the ears very well unless they are trained too :

my horses are really really really good .. clive & 86 can attest to that ..

[Goblin]

hmm nope .. she is branded MB on one side .. redhead so Maggie short for Maggie Barry

besides mags is much better looking than helen .. she is more of a mule or dare I say it .. an ass

Im trying to get away from political and thugby threads here...

I'd be keen for a geegee ride when I get down to visit.

[98tls]

then the shag would not have been worth it ppsttt horses dunna steer by the ears very well unless they are trained too :

my horses are really really really good .. clive & 86 can attest to that ..

Well those bits of rope are no good.......there to loose.....by the time you give em a good yank your leaning so far back the front wheels should come up,instead the fa%kin thing stops on a dime and away you go over the bars..