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Grex Nature Item 37: For Anyone Who Loves Horses:
Entered by rebeck on Thu Sep 29 15:11:20 UTC 1994:

For Horse People- or anyone Interested in Horses
I am interested in discussing Equine issues with others who own, ride,
or are just  "mad about horses". I am a dressage rider but I am interested
in all aspects of the horse world. Are there no other folks out on Grex
who love horses?

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by srw on Fri Sep 30 06:36:14 1994:

Katie?

#2 of 5 by rcurl on Fri Sep 30 07:01:36 1994:

My daughter, age 12, lovers horses, but has non local contacts for
riding. (She has gone to the "Y" summer horse camp, twice.) Can you
suggest stables to contact?

#3 of 5 by n8nxf on Fri Sep 30 12:07:14 1994:

My wife use to ride when she was in her teens.  she was going to try for
the Olympics (Pie-in-the-sky) but that dream came to an end when she fell
off her horse, broke her arm and discovered there was more to life than
ride, eat sleep, ride, school, ride, eat, sleep, etc.  Her mother also use
to ride dressage... Long time ago.

#4 of 5 by katie on Sun Oct 2 01:08:17 1994:

I love my horses. Jeeves is a 17 hand thoroughbred, 4th level dressage
trained, who rode in the Olympics long ago. He has it very easy now.
Bucky is the one I bought for my mom. He is just plain cute.

#5 of 5 by rebeck on Mon Oct 3 16:20:51 1994:

Re #2:  Based on what is "local" for you, I would try calling feed stores,
"western" or tack stores, or just looking looking under "stables" in the
yellow pages. The horse world is a little like the  net; one contact
can lead to another and another... 
   I would like to caution you that there are a lot of really good
facilities out there but also too many  bad ones and folks just starting out
can really get took. At a minimum, look for well-kept facilities and 
horses. Ask around after you find a prospective barn to see what kind of
reputation the place has. I guess I may sound overly cautios, but I am 
especially interested in getting the young ones started off right. Couple
more things- an excellent guide to general "Horsey" stuff of both the
English and Western styles is the _Whole Horse Catalog_ which I believe
has just been updated. It also has some contacts on camps and programs.
Lastly- especially important for kids- Wear an ASTM approved hat when 
riding!

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