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barbara.gregory
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 Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 08:29:18 AM
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Sounds more my size glo!!! I have never done ir; too late now but would have loved it. Prince Philip still drives, although O don't think competitively, now.
Garnet, your horses are lovely and I wish I had had the time and the money to do it when I was younger. I was just a "happy hacker"!
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FireLight
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Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 2:22:17 PM
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Love the pics Garnet. Driving always looks so elegant, love to watch it when we go to the Lincolnshire Show, one lady has a donkey and he loves showing off.
It looks far more difficult than riding! |
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barbara.gregory
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Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 2:42:25 PM
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And I think it would be far more dangerous if anything went wrong.
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garnet
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Posted - 15 Jun 2016 : 7:55:25 PM
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| I love to see donkeys driving! It is certainly more complicated if things go wrong with the horse and carriage to deal with, which is why we have to have an able-bodied groom when competing, but the good points outweigh the bad! It's not for everybody though - we had a girl on the yard who was a lovely rider and would jump anything but no way would she get up on the carriage with me! I don't think it is that difficult for anyone who is used to horses - the hardest part is learning to hold the reins and whip correctly - and a common failing with people who have ridden is to lean forward and 'try to get on the horse's back'! |
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sab2
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Posted - 20 Jun 2016 : 12:05:55 PM
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Garnet I can send you my Donkey down if you want to have a go, he loves feeling important and going to shows, nativity plays and pleasure rides, I am sure he would love carriage driving bless him  |
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garnet
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Posted - 20 Jun 2016 : 4:44:48 PM
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| Sab, I'd love to but don't think yard owner would approve! He's such a gorgeous Donk - is he going to any shows this summer? Well, I say summer... |
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sab2
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Posted - 20 Jun 2016 : 7:02:38 PM
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| Not in donkey classes as he's a bit on the porky side at min, he may get to a short pleasure ride with my friends children, he did one last year with them and he loved it. We may get children to take him to a young handler class if we are allowed as not sure if others in class will be happy if donk goes in. They may not get the trot mind as he's a bit lazy if he can get away with it |
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lulu
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Posted - 22 Jun 2016 : 10:49:35 AM
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| Can't imagine not being around horses OH never says anything but I'm sure he wonders when. Ridden since quite young my sister used to take me wherever she worked - stables near Rotten Row and then Wimbledon Village Stables - althoiugh they were known as Hilcote then if I stop bits of me will stop working. |
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T42
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Posted - 22 Jun 2016 : 10:45:36 PM
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| My mother is still hoping I'll grow out of it, I've only been riding for nearly 50 years! She still resents every minute I spend with them, which is quite trying. My boys have got me through some bad times. I couldn't be without them. Like Lulu, I'm sure lots of my bits would stop working if I didn't have a horse to ride and look after. |
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barbara.gregory
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Posted - 23 Jun 2016 : 09:03:20 AM
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T42, that made me laugh. I have exactly the opposite problem. No one else in the family has the slightest interest in horses and they think I am mad. I got my first horse when my children were in their teens and I have been nagged to get rid of my "babies" ever since. You should have been my daughter and my kids should be your mum's and we would then all be blissfully happy enjoying what we have a passion for!!!
I have recently got a couple of Sphynx cats for the day when I do finally have to give up the horses and the nagging over them has started already, sigh! I didn't realise that once children were adult they decided for you what you should do; might appreciate it if I was senile (rather than just mad) but I guess if that happens they will not be so keen to interfere! |
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FireLight
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Posted - 23 Jun 2016 : 10:11:59 AM
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| My mother-in-law asked my hubby when I was going to sell my horses (only had horses for 45 years) and settle down!! Hubby's reply 'more chance of selling me' |
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garnet
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T42
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Posted - 23 Jun 2016 : 10:52:08 PM
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| Barbara - deal! Should have added my mother is only 100, so plenty of time to change |
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barbara.gregory
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Posted - 24 Jun 2016 : 09:37:18 AM
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| Ha, ha, not quite there yet T42!!! My mum wouldn't even have been 100 yet. Some days I do feel as if I am when I am very stiff and sore but having to get out and do the horses loosens things up a bit. |
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Goldenmane
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Posted - 24 Jun 2016 : 12:18:54 PM
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I was wandering around the field this morning pulling ragwort, listening to the radio,it was 5am! My 2 horses followed me and that makes it perfect (dogs still asleep on bed). My mum is 83, I'm an independant person with my own house and she still doesn't understand when I have to sort out fencing!
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Sharea
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Posted - 23 Aug 2016 : 7:01:03 PM
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| It's a really good topic! I'm the only horsey one in my family and they're all waiting for me to be sensible. I lifelong addiction I believe. |
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Obsessed with horses...
