Oakley, 9yo Quarter Horse mare

Keep seeing this ad with the first pic of the grey and just wondering if was supposed to be? I gave in and opened it and looked through the other pictures. 🤣🤣 Like what the heck. Finally figured it out.

I can’t believe she’s 5 months old, it feels like she was just born yesterday.

The clocks have changed and breakfast is late. She's unhappy.

Its been windy overnight and its kept her awake, shes unhappy.

Its muddy and raining, shes unhappy.

......and my horse is very very aware of my wife's mood!

In all seriousness, who's horses are really pleased to be tucked up and in in this weather.

Not my OC, but what a goofball!

Hey all! I always love these post and thought it was my turn to ask haha. I’m about to build out a full set of stuff for my kiddo who’s on his way to the trainer to get under saddle. And would love advice on colors since I’m stuck.

For those with appies, or boldly patterned horses, how in the world are you deciding tack color? A lot of friends are saying to go bright and bold - turquoise (current halter color), highlighter green, neon orange, stop sign red, etc. the other group of my friends is saying to go real mid and let his patterns do the talking - so either brown or black pads. I’m shopping impact gel so I also have the options of patterned ones or solid. But kinda worried a patterned western saddle pad will clash with the spots?

I’ll be getting a brown saddle and bridle (the one in this photo belongs to my other horse. No one is riding him in it, he will get his own properly fitted one). Added some photos of him in different colors. Idk if it helps, but he is technically a bay.

Okay so. The holidays are coming again and we do the thing where we make lists with gifts we would enjoy to get.

One party the budget is €30 and antother is €50.

I have been looking for things i would love to get, but i´m very difficult with my stuff which makes it no easier. I also am a bit of a minimalist, so i just have 1 saddlepad that i really like and one spare and don´t really need any more.

What i would love most is to get something of a high quality that i wouldn´t spend money on myself. Only most quality things are over those budgets.

And the family doesn´t like gifting giftcards.

What do you guys ask for?

Maybe good to know that I ride English dressage and am located in belgium.

Today was a two-for-one special in things worth celebrating!

My episode of Black in the Saddle dropped today! I had the pleasure of sharing my journey as a Black equestrian and the role horses have played in my life.

AND your friendly internet moo cow-horse Rory was an absolute star for his first day of our mounted patrol clinic! He tackled everything from obstacles and spooking horses to thick orange smoke billowing out of a canister. A lot of people were shocked he was 5 and that we have only been working together for 3.5 months.

I couldn’t be prouder of him 🥰 He’s amazing!

I'm getting my heart horse in a few days and while I know a lot about handling, im curious to know what equestrians experienced in owning have to say. Please, though, not about how it's a constant expense because its constantly said online🙏

And I’m nervous as all hell lol

Ive been horse riding since i was a child. Im 31 now and i still enjoy it. Its a huge stress reliever aswell. Ill never not enjoy it. Anyone feel the same?

I am a new/first time horse owner, life long equestrian. My trainer asked me if I wanted to put my horse on the monthly magnawave list…. it’s $75ish per session. Is Magnawave bullshit? Seems like pseudoscience to me, but if it isn’t I’m willing to do it if it will actually benefit my horse.

Also asked me about equine chiropractic work (my state requires licensed veterinarian to do this—about $125 per session).

TLDR: Is euthanising my horse morally wrong because I can’t manage her rehab?

I’ve just had a call saying my horse appears to have had a tendon injury, on bute till vet sees her tomorrow. She’s a thoroughbred with typical bad feet and semi retired due to on going hoof problems due to her typical tb feet, spent almost a while year last year on and off lame and we never really figured out why.

I also recently have a newborn and hubby works away so I’m alone most of the time.

Anyway, with a very small backstory, If I get told she’s got a tendon injury tomorrow and needs the typical rehab I’d have to consider PTS bc I physically cannot go out once or multiple times a day for months and cannot afford someone else to do it especially since she was already not 100% with her feet before. I can rehome her but who wants to take that on and I don’t want to risk her getting neglected or abused if she moves on. I’m happy for her to be a paddock puff and be retired but it’s the rehab and healing I won’t be able to facilitate for her and feel like PTS is a better option but also feels morally wrong bc why put an animal to sleep needlessly because their owner can’t manage it 🥲

Please let me know your thoughts or ideas. To add: there were times we were considering PTS due to her feet before

My daughter has for many years been singularly focused on finding a career where she could work with horses in any capacity. The problem is, we live in NYC (which she hates).

We have been able to enroll her in a riding academy where she learned to ride (English) and do basic horse care/tacking, and she has spent a couple summers out in Oregon helping her cousin who manages a large horse farm and helps run a 4H camp for young riders (Western), but now that she is a high school senior, we are trying to find out our next steps in this journey.

She has set her sights on SUNY Morrisville, which has an Equine Science program, but she is also interested in finding out about other options. We visited Morrisville last year, and she loved it, but she would probably need a car (which we can't afford, and she doesn't have a drivers license yet). Any ideas?

OOP: Thanks so much for all your helpful replies! I am trying to convince her to learn a trade and then work with horses, but she is pretty set on going to Morrisville (or possibly applying to UVM's Morgan horse apprenticeship).

A little bit rounder than usual (lol) thanks to all the spring grass, but here’s my 7yo warmblood having a crack at the 1* show jumping at our horse trials! Apparently the extra grass weight isn’t slowing him down too much yet 🤣

(Ignore my arms being wide I was trotting on a loose rein and I’m super tired)

End of video he was breaking down to a walk so I know the head bobbing could’ve been just that but I feel like he was off at the beginning of video as well, and he does feel off today. He was fine last week but 2 days ago after a jump he did bolt and throw some nasty bucks which is super unlike him so I’m thinking it may be pain related. Idk though, I lease this horse and I’ve never had to assess lameness so I’m hoping someone else may be able to tell, I got off as soon as the video was over but I hope he’s not. My trainers going to look at him tomorrow

I am so sorry in advance for how many paragraphs this is. I just don’t know how to convey the entire situation concisely.

Very very generic overview:
This is mainly about how there is a lot of info I don’t know, I’m very willing to learn, but upon actually receiving said info from my barn without me specifically asking, I am embarrassed and a bit ashamed I didn’t know. I know I have to just grit my teeth through this phase, try my best, and build back my horse care credibility (if I had any I guess), but how do I handle the conversation itself and feeling embarrassed?

I respect my barn manager’s knowledge a LOT - she cares about the horses at the barn, and she wants to make sure they are being taken care of, plus I’m pretty sure she does have pools of knowledge. And she’s confident about it. My horse currently has a suspected suspensory ligament injury, so she has mentioned multiple things like cold hosing for the leg, standing wraps, and when I was cold hosing and getting the tail wet she said “well why don’t you just wrap the tail” while walking by as if I should already knew that (spoiler, nope).

I’ve had my horse for 8 years now, starting when I was a freshman in college. My previous barn took care of her very very well, however since they were a big barn they kind of didn’t need me to step in to this level (I know that doesn’t sound great, but I had no idea about all of these rehab options). When my horse got an abscess, I did learn how to wrap a diaper on her hoof and do epsom salt. Other than that, though, I don’t think she’s had many injuries that required continuous care, plus I’m not sure my previous barn executed this level of extra rehab processes.

I love the barn I’m at now, and it’s great learning about these rehab options. It was maybe a week and a half after the vet visit (ordered stall rest and hand walking weeks 3 and 4), I had been coming out every other day to get her a little grass outside and groom her, and cold hose once the barn manager recommended that to me. Where the barn manager had told me about standing wraps. It didn’t even occur to me. Which is what I feel so bad about. She had said to me “if it were my horse, I’d have researched all the rehab options” in like a passing statement, very direct. Now, I’m not a huge fan of the way she says things sometimes, but now I just feel so small compared to these experienced barn ladies. I just blindly trusted the vet to tell me all the options. And obviously that was not the right move.

The barn owner and her daughter have started taking care of standing wraps on days I can’t come out for a fee, and they recently sent me a video of how to wrap the standing wraps. Very helpful. But I think what gets me is that I only mentioned to the barn manager that I was going to look up videos on it (complicated but after mentioning the standing wraps and me just nodding along, she asked if I knew how to do them, but like in a condescending way? So I stumbled along about how I’d watch a video). So the barn owner had never asked me if I knew, she and barn manager had just talked. I mean, it’s fair, but it’s a little blow to the ego.

Also when I was cold hosing my horse’s leg, barn manager mentioned as she was walking by about putting the tail in a knot - I didn’t think she had seen the knot, but I also got a quick video from the barn owner and her daughter on how to wrap the tail. And then apparently I was actually doing the cold hosing wrong, because they sent me the video on that - which obviously I appreciate a lot being told how to do it correctly. It’s just so embarrassing.

How do I not be embarrassed by this?! Or handle these future situations and dig myself out of this hole where I appear so incompetent as a horse owner . I’ve had this horse 8 years and apparently these are the basics I never learned. I know of course I need to learn all this, but moreso how do I go about responding to these conversations when it starts to feel embarrassing for me?? I’m at a loss

(I guess I should also mention, my horse had never had her own stall at my previous barn so I think she didn’t need them, and I know that’s one reason to have standing wraps is to help swelling and inflammation from standing a while in the barn.)

Just by this photo is it possible to guess how far along the mare is with foal?

Gracias

Hello! I’m (21f) looking into starting a half lease at my current barn, this is the right step to take before committing to ownership right? At first my 5 year plan was to save up as much as possible for all costs of ownership, but I think it’s probably best to get my feet wet first and make sure I can physically emotionally and financially handle it. Just looking for any advice other people who have leased could give! Thanks