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Location: SE Louisiana | doglady - 2015-08-18 9:05 PM
I too am in the 2nd half of the century. I have always been competive and years ago went to the big show. Five years ago I had a bad wreck at Mandan,nd on July 2 at the pro rodeo. 9 broken ribs, collarbone, foot, punctured lung. I didn't have any insurance so I sold both of my good horses. I just played around training some when I started riding again. Then two years ago I got bucked off. Three broken ribs, collarbone, shoulder blade, and my foot again. This summer I am finally feeling good again. In the last couple of years I have gathered up a little herd of rehab horses that needed me as much as I needed them. I also had a chance to get back one of my horses I had sold five years ago. It has been an up and down roller coaster with my horses but this summer some of them are starting to come around and they are working great. I am placing in the 1 d on some of them and I am not asking them for their lives- just letting it come to them. Now I am the old lady on the nice horses that people are wanting to buy! Haha. I am enjoying every run- good or bad because I know what it has taken to get them to this point. I am not going to quit anytime soon because I don't know how to do anything else. I have no hobbies- I spend all my money on my horses. I just go to the local things because I don't feel competive enough to drive very far. But I did surprise everyone- myself included when my fat little Mojo,horse won 3rd in the 1d at the bonus race finals in Lincoln this summer. That was a fun ride. So anyway it isn't time to quit until you absolutely just can't make yourself go ride one more time
So.... In other words???
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Location: Oregon | I quit after 50 years, realized I had NO other hobbies or life and am now trying to figure out what the rest of the world does for fun! We bought a boat, everyone says a boat is a money pit but after having horses all my life I think a boat seems rather cheap. |
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 As Good As I Once Was
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Location: frozen tundra of pa | I am with dog lady. I am also into my second fifty years and have slowed waaaaay down. used to go every weekend , now once or twice a month weather and body permiting. I changed jobs several years ago and dont ride or have the time to ride like i did i am lucky that i have a great weekend warrior and if everything falls right we end up in the 1d against the tough horses. Just recently I turned the good horse over to my wife who due to an accident lost a hand 25 years ago and he has put her in the 1d after just a couple of runs. i get more enjoyment out of watching her run than doing it myself anymore. I have a nice 4yr old that is going to be a real nice horse and waiting to see if he is as good as i think he will be is what keeps me going to the shows. But the wife and i have pretty much decided that the 9 yrold and the 4yrold could be our last competitive horses barring any major injurys to them or us. I am 53 the wife is 51 and i have been showing for almost 50 years. I still have not found a hobby that i like better than the horses i just dont push them or myself anything like i did years ago. Like doglady said i will go until i cant go but at my own pace. |
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| I wish I had an answer. I've been pretty competitive all my life. Can't now .. non-horsey husband, kid not interested, so if I go, I'm usually by myself which isn't all that fun either. My job takes time away from time I need to spend riding. There are days when I say I don't want to … but at the same time I need something. I'm sitting here with a bruised foot as my horse spooked at the wind this morning as I was unsaddling and stepped on my foot. I don't think its broken … just bruised … I guess I'll find out in a few days since if it is broken it would be a hairline fracture that won't show up for a few days anyway. My dilemma now … I'm trying to find a pair of dress shoes to wear to work … my foot is swollen a little bit and is a lovely shade of purple … today, I'm feeling like it's time. Next week when my foot is feeling better … I might change my mind. |
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Location: run2win land | I think your heart not your mind will tell you. I had a bad horse accident last fall and was in the hospital for 5 days. It was a long recovery. I still never lost the desire to get back into the barrel pen. I had to face alot of fears and I didn't go very fast at first. I added yoga since all my friends who are over 50 told me it was what they did to keep their strength and balance. I think what motivated me the most was hearing some people had written me off, said that I was done and would never run barrels again. BY God that lit a fire in me...I WAS NOT DONE!
I am happy to say that I have crawled my way back from the 4D, 3D to the 2D at times. My heart told me I still had the desire even if my mind wanted me to quit. Heart wins every time. |
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