So, the barn idea got scratched because the building the new house plan got scratched. Yesterday we placed a bid on an already existing house with 7.5 acres, fenced for horses but no barn... Hopefully we get the whole thing pretty cheap and can build a barn this summer after I graduate.
On another note, Claudia Misner clinic is this weekend and I've decided to take Buck to it on Sunday morning. I figure even one day of getting him off the property for a while and riding some where new is good no matter what we're doing. Hopefully I'll have some pictures and maybe even a video to post for you guys after the weekend. Wish me luck!
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Silver Lining
It's been hard trying to go on about everything after my disastrous weekend with Dolly. On Monday in my stable management class the lecture was about horse slaughter, then today we had to talk about what we would do if a boarders horse died on our property (of our imaginary boarding stable we are all going to own after graduation). That really sucked to have to listen to (so I tuned it out by reading Dressage Today behind my laptop).
So after the crappy lecture I decided to go out and see Buck who is still at New Spring at this point. I thought I'd take advantage of the fact he's in a barn with an attached indoor arena and go ride. He was brilliant as alway but we are having a couple of different problems I can't seem to get past. First, I just can't seem to get him around my leg. On a circle he feels like he's tilted into the circle, kind of like he's dropping his shoulder in, but his nose is pointed towards the outside of the circle. No amount of pushing him off my leg or opening reins seems to make a difference and I'm kind of confused. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Secondly, he is LAZY! I am constantly having to push him forward the entire time I ride him. If I do not ride him with a whip or spurs it's almost impossible to keep him forward. If he could get the head set right, I think he would be a fabulous western pleasure horse haha! Not to offend any western pleasure riders out there, I definitely do not think those horses are lazy I just think his normal gaits are slow enough to be good at that. He's got a gorgeous natural canter and a good active walk when I keep him motivated but by the time I get done riding him my legs feel like jelly.
Finally, the silver lining behind Dolly's tragedy. I am probably not going to be buying another western riding horse any time soon since that's not really what I'm interested in doing anyway. So I think I'm going to sell all of her tack and stuff. With the money I get from the saddle, bridles, and other western stuff I have I am going to put in a saving account with Buck's name on it so I will have money for different horsey things I might need (such as a cross country safety vest or the broken reins that I finally replaced last week). I never seem to have the money when I need something, this way that's no longer a problem. Has anyone else ever done anything like that before? Is that a little horse crazy?
So after the crappy lecture I decided to go out and see Buck who is still at New Spring at this point. I thought I'd take advantage of the fact he's in a barn with an attached indoor arena and go ride. He was brilliant as alway but we are having a couple of different problems I can't seem to get past. First, I just can't seem to get him around my leg. On a circle he feels like he's tilted into the circle, kind of like he's dropping his shoulder in, but his nose is pointed towards the outside of the circle. No amount of pushing him off my leg or opening reins seems to make a difference and I'm kind of confused. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Secondly, he is LAZY! I am constantly having to push him forward the entire time I ride him. If I do not ride him with a whip or spurs it's almost impossible to keep him forward. If he could get the head set right, I think he would be a fabulous western pleasure horse haha! Not to offend any western pleasure riders out there, I definitely do not think those horses are lazy I just think his normal gaits are slow enough to be good at that. He's got a gorgeous natural canter and a good active walk when I keep him motivated but by the time I get done riding him my legs feel like jelly.
Finally, the silver lining behind Dolly's tragedy. I am probably not going to be buying another western riding horse any time soon since that's not really what I'm interested in doing anyway. So I think I'm going to sell all of her tack and stuff. With the money I get from the saddle, bridles, and other western stuff I have I am going to put in a saving account with Buck's name on it so I will have money for different horsey things I might need (such as a cross country safety vest or the broken reins that I finally replaced last week). I never seem to have the money when I need something, this way that's no longer a problem. Has anyone else ever done anything like that before? Is that a little horse crazy?
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
When Is Too Much Really Too Much?
You guys probably read my post a few weeks ago about the ad I found in the Dressage Today magazine with the picture of the horse they were asking $225,000 and I thought that was a little excessive... I now retract my previous statement and that is a heck of a deal haha!
When is too much too much to pay for a horse? This past weekend was the 2011 Breeder's Cup Classic, a race I watch almost as tightly as the Triple Crown races. On November 4, 2011 a cute little filly by the name of Royal Delta swept the Ladies' Classic by 2 1/2 lengths which I considered to be pretty impressive. Anyway to make a long story short at Tuesdays Keeneland Sale, Royal Delta was the only 2011 Breeder's Cup winner to be offered at the sale. Needless to say she blew the roof off the sale going for $8.5 million, a Keeneland record for a horse still in training. She was purchased by Benajmin Leon's Besilu Stables and cosigned by Chanteclair Farm.
This puts Royal Delta as the 3rd highest price for a racemare or broodmare after the $10.5 million paid for Playful Act in 2007 and $9 million paid for Ashado in 2009. Of all the horses sold the day Royal Delta went through the ring (285) 22 of these horses went for over a million dollars.
So somewhere along the way I think I got involved in the wrong end of the horse business hahaha! Here's the video of the sale if you'd like to see what it looks like to purchase a horse for that amount of money.
This puts Royal Delta as the 3rd highest price for a racemare or broodmare after the $10.5 million paid for Playful Act in 2007 and $9 million paid for Ashado in 2009. Of all the horses sold the day Royal Delta went through the ring (285) 22 of these horses went for over a million dollars.
So somewhere along the way I think I got involved in the wrong end of the horse business hahaha! Here's the video of the sale if you'd like to see what it looks like to purchase a horse for that amount of money.
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