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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | No, could never have just one horse, thats un American, lol.. |
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| I have just one for now. In a year or so I will get another but I have not been riding for a few years and this horse is complicated enough right now. Once we both get legged up and comfortable I will get another prospect. I bounced back and forth on having her bred but I think I would be better off getting a nice yearling next year and maybe offer my mare up to someone would like a foal out of her. |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | Every time I try to have just one, I find another.  |
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Location: Northwest | I did have just one about 4 years ago. Ever since then I've been up and down between 2 and 3. Right now I'm at 3 and wanting to be at 2. One sounds fantastic though; easier to take care of, quicker to ride, less money spent. The thing that scares me is what if that horse got hurt and I didn't have a backup. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | I'm happy if one out of my five (well two of those are retired) is ridable at any given time..... I need a back up for the back up horse.....
It would feel very strange only picking up poop for one horse? What would I do with the extra time??? The extra money????
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Location: MN | Me! I went from riding about 17 head to just ONE when I moved about 3 years ago across the country. Took the one I had the most faith in and he's never let me down! I do really, and I mean REALLY miss my young ones though. My one now, you just send in and he runs the same pattern every time and it's just a matter of keeping him in shape during the week. I miss the challenge the young ones gave me. Hopefully within the next couple of years I'll have a few more again but for now, one it plenty for my situation. It is very hard somedays when I do see that one that I'd love to have in the pasture though!!! Struggle is real.
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Location: Oklahoma | Yup! I'm down from 7 to 1. It's so much easier |
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| I have had only one for most of my life. I rode multiple horses when I was younger for friends and the trainer I worked for but never owned more than one myself until recently. I liked having the one when he was young and I needed to focus on him but now that he is battling some soundness issues, I like having another to putz with. |
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| I just have one and I've always only had one an my old retired horse as a pasture pet. I would LOVE to have more but I can't afford it right now. Actually a few weeks ago sold the one barrel horse I had and I'm in the market for another. That's what is not great about it, if you don't get along with them or they're injured---that's it.
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I have 3 that think they are only children...
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| I like finding those Backyard types that aren't " Supposed" to be barrel horses that you can pick up for a reasonable price and train yourself. Thats kind of the market I am looking at now, not spending 10,15,20k on a prospect. lol |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I had three when we moved here. Then had four. Then went to two, then back to three and now I am back to Two again. I have my mare whom I rope on and my gelding whom I would run barrels on but he's been on and off for about two years now. Once I get him up and going again I may buy another to season while I'm running him. A back up is always a good plan. Lots of work but worth it.
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Location: South MS | I am down to just one. A broodmare that's in foal. If I could still ride, I would gladly have more.......but having one is nice (easier on the check book, easier to find someone to take care of when on vacation, less stalls to clean, etc)!
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| I have one MAIN stick that I compete on, but I have another I am brining along, another that will get broke soon, and old retired fella, a broodie, and several finished and started rope horses. |
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Location: British Columbia | Southtxponygirl - 2017-02-06 11:28 AM
No, could never have just one horse, thats un American, lol..
Haha, I like this answer! 
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Location: OH | TwistedK - 2017-02-06 2:03 PM Yup! I'm down from 7 to 1. It's so much easier
YEAH---but you don't like it. LOL |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | TMEquine - 2017-02-06 2:40 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-02-06 11:28 AM No, could never have just one horse, thats un American, lol.. Haha, I like this answer! Maybe I'm a closet American, cause my pasture is sure getting full.
In my whole life I have never had just one horse, right now I have 4 up here at the house and 1 mini, 3 out in my back pasture and 3 donkeys in my front pasture..
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Location: Jersey Girl | FLITASTIC - 2017-02-06 1:27 PM I went from 3 barrel horses down to 1 in the last month. LOL Its pretty darn weird feeling BUT it sure is nice on the pocket book!!!! Just wondering how many of you only have 1 horse and if you like it? I'm going through withdrawl and SHOPPING like crazy.. lol
I WISH!! I had one horse for about 3 months....it was nice on the pocketbook for sure! Honestly I enjoy having 2 tho. Thats my "magic" number  |
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Location: Oakdale, CA | I use to be a 5 horse woman but about the last 6 or so years I'm a 3 horse woman. also I prefer quality over quanity.......so this year I'm breeding my good mare to blazin jet olena. I'll have a 3 year old and a 4 year old to camp out on...............Its super affordable to me to. However I need to get a open horse to have something to run by may or June.
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Location: NE TX | I have just one, my spoiled brat of a diva and she takes all my time and money right now. I do want to get something young coming up behind her in case something did happen to her. It is very nice to only have 1. I have had 3 at once and that was hard on me financially, so when I had two it was better. Now with one it's even better. |
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| FLITASTIC - 2017-02-06 10:27 AM
I went from 3 barrel horses down to 1 in the last month. LOL Its pretty darn weird feeling BUT it sure is nice on the pocket book!!!! Just wondering how many of you only have 1 horse and if you like it? I'm going through withdrawl and SHOPPING like crazy.. lol
No...I went from 4 to just 2. So now you might see me at a race again. LOL I would like to go down to just one, but hubby needs something to rope on and the baby needs something steady to ride.
My current 4 year old colt just isn't it...yet. |
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Location: Illinois | I have 3 horses, but only one can be ridden. One is a retired pasture pet and the other isn't big/old enough to get on yet. I don't mess with those two much, mostly just check to make sure they're on 4 legs and breathing. I've only ever had one horse of my own running, so I'm used to hauling just one. Last year I hauled a friend's horse that I was training & taking to exhibition. By the end of the season I was entering him and after the first time I had to warm up & run 2 horses in a class of 30, I had a newfound respect for anyone who hauls multiple horses. I had to start running mine in the open and hers in any adult/novice type class that was available. Normally I run mine in adult and open, but with so few in adult sometimes I didn't have time. Hers needs a lot of loping down before he's mentally ready. I'll be hauling both a lot at the start of this year too, and I enjoy running the extra as he's just easy cruising and can hold his own with my horse already. I'll be happy to go back to just one for awhile before I start hauling the young one next year & after that. |
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Location: Phoenix | I do. I board so owning more than 1 horse the costs go up exponentially. I barely have enough time to ride my one! Not sure hat I would do with 2+. |
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Location: Arkansas | I didn't know it was possible to have just one. . . . |
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| Sometimes I wish I had only one. I have 5 and my daughter has 2. I have 3 riding geldings. One finished, one ready to exhibition and the other not to far behind. I have a crippled mare I just temporarily rehomed to be a buddy to geriatric gelding. Last but not least, is a yearling filly that was a gift from my boss. He dispersed his race horses(not by choice) and she was out of my favorite mare I owned/rode for awhile after her track career anyway he bought her back and gave her to me. After taking on the projects for years I'm so excited to have a blank slate to mold all my own instead of cleaningu p someone elses mess.
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Location: on my horse | I've only had one for most of my life but last year I got another on accident  I really enjoy having my own colt putter around on and not always someone else's. It's also really nice to have the two because my mare has been off for the last 9 months or so so this little black horse has been a real sanity saver. The expenses are double of course but I do feel like its worth it. |
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Location: Montana | I did for a long time...I couldn't afford more, and I boarded about 30 minutes from town, so I didn't have time for more. Now I'm boarding closer to Great Falls, so now I got another, but he didn't work out (long story) and I thought I'd go back to one. It took me about 6 months realize I needed another. So now I have two, with a possible 3rd on the way (my main mare may or may not be pregnant, not sure yet, and yet another long story). So long story short, I did, but I'm happy to have 2. :) |
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | I've only had 1 horse throughout University (I board, so that's the main factor) and she's bred right now so I have nothing to ride. Figured I'd just work like crazy to not think about how much I miss barrel racing. Working so far. But I have really mean friends who are horrible influences on me and send me links on horses to buy and it's only time before I cave. I miss having a colt to mess with. |
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| I have the opposite problem! My herd size doubled this year, and now I have a whole barn full of horses. I don't even know how it happens, I just can't stop bringing them home!!!  |
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Location: OH | AH---the good ole days of only having one horse---wait, I have never had just one horse. LOL |
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Location: Silver Lake, MN | I only had 1, then I bought a weanling last year so still just have the 1 to ride. It is kind of strange sometimes but does free up time for other things which is nice. I also have none name brand horses and its been fun and rewarding. I like those kind and they are easier on the pocketbook. Although my dream horse is a Streaking Ta Fame although I will probably never be able to shell out the money for one. LOL. |
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Location: north dakota | I haven't had one since I was in college. I have kids who love horses, so even if I didn't raise horses, having one wouldn't be possible. |
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Location: British Columbia | I had to sell all of my horses (except one) when I got divorced.
And then told myself, this is nice, it's so cheap... then I bought 4 more.
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| My fiance and I only had one horse each when we moved in together. We left our other stalls open for training horses. That number has quickly grown and now all of our stalls are full of our own horses (8).. not sure how that happened. Only having one horse was excellent on my pocketbook, but not so much if something happened and then not having any back up was no good. I do enjoy playing with colts, and not putting all my time into other peoples horses and having nothing to show for it at the end of the day. Its a lot of work, but if I dont want to ride one day, I dont have to.. When we sell one, I quickly find something else I want.. its a never ending cycle  |
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Location: Lost in the corn of Iowa. | I have always had at least 2 for the past 25 years. The kids grew up and got away from riding so it was just me and I sold the kids horse and kept my good mare. I told my husband and everyone else that I was only going to have one horse for a while because it was so much cheaper. Yeah...that lasted about 3 months. I'm back up to 2 and honestly I like it that way. 1 was much easier for sure, but I enjoy having 2. |
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| I've only got one... in each stall. I just went under 10 and I'm feeling pretty good about it. |
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Location: Always in the Jungle of Ohio | Mighty Broke - 2017-02-07 7:16 AM AH---the good ole days of only having one horse---wait, I have never had just one horse. LOL
Mighty Broke --- Get off this thread clearly it doesn't apply to you!!! Bahahaha!!!    |
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Location: never in the right place | I only have room for 1 but for a 2 yrs I had 2 and I hated it. no time, with working, and more money. Now not working so 1 is perfect. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | FLITASTIC - 2017-02-07 1:39 PM As of this posting I may now have TWO........
Yeaaaa |
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| I have one, but my daughter has 3 and my son has 2. LOL! They keep me plenty busy! |
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Location: OH |
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Location: Always in the Jungle of Ohio | And I would Love to hoard one of your!! Maybe two...or three!!! |
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| I bought a Dash for Royal Gold/ DUal Pep bred 3 year old. Already cutting Buffalo and has a nice handle and stop. So I will have plenty of time to bring him along nice and slow! I got a fair deal and they are hauling him 1000 miles for me. Couldnt be happier!
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | Southtxponygirl - 2017-02-06 2:50 PM
TMEquine - 2017-02-06 2:40 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-02-06 11:28 AM No, could never have just one horse, thats un American, lol.. Haha, I like this answer! Maybe I'm a closet American, cause my pasture is sure getting full.
Yes you must be American deep down, lol..
What does having 25 mean then ... Lol I'm bad Sh!t crazy I know. Sometimes I miss having only a couple but then I think about how hard I've worked to collect these guys |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ndiehl - 2017-02-07 4:07 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-02-06 2:50 PM TMEquine - 2017-02-06 2:40 PM Southtxponygirl - 2017-02-06 11:28 AM No, could never have just one horse, thats un American, lol.. Haha, I like this answer! Maybe I'm a closet American, cause my pasture is sure getting full.
Yes you must be American deep down, lol.. What does having 25 mean then ... Lol I'm bad Sh!t crazy I know. Sometimes I miss having only a couple but then I think about how hard I've worked to collect these guys
Oh I could be like you, its so easy to get there having 25 or more, I have to really watch myself, lol, I do have another mare but I load her out to a so called friend so he could raise a baby out her but have not seen him are my mare in more then a few years. |
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| I have just one and have only had one for several years. Thought I would like that better but actually I don't. It makes me obsess too much about the one I have - plus I like to have a project horse. I am actually shopping for another one. :) |
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Location: WI | I spend too much money on my one horse, I'm pretty sure I can't afford another one! I board, so that definitely makes a difference. Once I have my own place I'd like to get another 1 (or 2 lol). |
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| FLITASTIC - 2017-02-07 3:58 PM
I bought a Dash for Royal Gold/ DUal Pep bred 3 year old. Already cutting Buffalo and has a nice handle and stop. So I will have plenty of time to bring him along nice and slow! I got a fair deal and they are hauling him 1000 miles for me. Couldnt be happier!
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Location: Arkansas | FLITASTIC - 2017-02-07 1:39 PM
As of this posting I may now have TWO........
Pictures??? |
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Location: Illinois | Had 3, down to 1 since last year, already having withdrawals for another.....
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| Chandler's Mom - 2017-02-07 6:32 PM
FLITASTIC - 2017-02-07 1:39 PM
As of this posting I may now have TWO........
Pictures???
Would love to post one but it never works on here! LOL |
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Location: Cocoa, Florida | I went from 3 to 1 and my life has never been better!! Although I do miss having multiple horses especially when one goes lame, but my wallet sure is happy! I like having one and being able to put everything into him, and have extra money for some fancy tack if I want it! (Which I don't, I'm cheap lol)
I have a family now so family comes first, I'm sure later in life I will go back to having one or two more when we have more time. |
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Location: Arkansas | FLITASTIC - 2017-02-08 10:15 AM
Chandler's Mom - 2017-02-07 6:32 PM
FLITASTIC - 2017-02-07 1:39 PM
As of this posting I may now have TWO........
Pictures???
Would love to post one but it never works on here! LOL
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Location: Southern Alabama | I started with one, then got to 13. Then, down to six. Then, down to 3. Then, down to one for a year or so. Now, 2. I have an older paint mare, who is my son's horse. And, then, the grulla roan mare who isn't broke yet. I enjoy having something to fool around with. But, I miss having something to run. She'll get there, slowly buy surely. She's a nice mare, so I like being able to sink a lot of my time into her. The paint mare is a saint... can leave her standing fo 6 months and she is the same horse every time. |
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Location: Idaho | Yep, only have one right now! I had 3, but one passed away and I sold the other one because he just was not a barrel horse. One horse works for me right now, he is still young and I have been doing a lot of riding, exhibitions, exposure etc. on him and I know if I had a more broke horse, I probably wouldn't have gotten as far as I have with this one!
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Location: Somewhere around here | Technically we have 4 horses right now; 3 Haflingers and 1 Quarter Horse but that one QH is all mine and I have nothing to do with the Haffys. In high school me + my parents had about 4 or 5 at the max and only had 1 in college. So I've been at both ends of the spectrum and it's nice to have two horses, especially if you need a backup horse, but I love giving all my attention to one horse too ?? |
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Location: Northern Ontario | As a teen growing up, my sister and I had 4 at one point. Now, I just have one since I board. in 3-4 years, we are planning on buying our dream house in the country and then who knows how many I will get :) I already want another one, but not for boarding because of time and money. |
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Location: Texas | I have 1.5 lol. My mom keeps my ole woman, 35 yrs old, then I have my horse I haul. I have only had one pretty much my whole life. I did have 7 at one time, those had to go. I stayed around 4 for a while, with oldies and a neighbor horse. Now down to 1.5. |
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Anyone have just 1 horse????