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Location: sunny california | sodapop - 2015-10-05 5:59 PM Oklahoma and Texas have extreme temps. Oklahoma can be humid, snowing, blowing, raining, sleeting, freezing, etc all in one day. It is about 63 right now. It will be 90 hot and humid next week in October. If weather is a factor, Oklahoma may not be your choice. We're a fickle weather state. lol
everytime I weigh my options I end up back in california and I really hate that. we are taxed way too much |
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Location: Ky | God put everything in balance. When he made Ky he put the lakes in the west, the rolling hills and plateaus in south central Ky, the limestone to make the beautiful bluegrass of the horse country, the mountains in the east and the best **** college basketball program ever in Lexington. Just the perfect state.
When Jesus asked him about the balance, God said, that's why I'm putting Tennessee right there next to the perfect state. |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | kwanatha - 2015-10-05 6:40 PM Anniemae - 2015-10-05 8:57 AM kwanatha - 2015-10-03 7:41 PM Thanks everyone. I guess I will have to think about the whole tick thing LOL was hoping it wasn't too humid as I don't do that well in humidity LOL... no humidity for me as well! What other states have you considered?
I think Southern Utah would be right up your alley. They can get snow but it is usually melted by that afternoon. No humidity, they have a lot of barrel races down there and you can also go into Nevada for them as it isn't a bad drive. In the warmer months you can head North and there are barrel races galore! |
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Location: Wherever the Army sends my husband | cavlier - 2015-10-04 10:39 AM
KD Running Horses - 2015-10-03 8:53 PM
I'm in the Clarksville area and I'm not a huge fan of it. There are plenty of places to haul but it seems that its mostly local clubs that run for ribbons and are 1-2 hours away. It sucks to haul and then the ground is full of rocks( I swear rocks are a cash crop here!). It rains a lot! So if you don't have a covered arena its difficult to keep your horse legged up. Don't get me wrong its not all bad. I went to a show(that's what they call barrel races here) last weekend in Milan, TN and the ground was perfect. Saw a big name farm there and some really nice horses. But I'm from north Texas and if given the chance would go back in a heartbeat. Point is, it's not my first choice.
I don't know where you are looking for shows but within 20 miles of you there are like 5 indoor arenas that have winter shows with awesome ground. Get out and look around. Go into Kentucky and down around Murfreesboro lots of places to ride and run. Muarry, Ky is only 1 hr and 40 mins from you if you go the long way. Short way is 1 hr. 20 mins.
I don't want to hijack the thread but could you please pm me? I know of McEwen, Nolensville, and Freedom Farms but they are all at least 1.5 hours away. I also know of Bearwallow and Clarksville 79 (both are under and hour and pretty darn close) And to the person that mentioned Frontline, I'll try that next year! |
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Location: West Tennessee | Three 4 Luck - 2015-10-03 9:35 PM Any volunteers fans reading this? If so nanana-na-nana.  We finally won a game and it was against y'all.
Why, why, why did I open this thread. LOL -- I guess congrats are in order |
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Location: Home....Smiling M Farms | I live in middle TN, just north of Nashville, have lived here my whole life.
There are lots of barrel races, from IBRA, NBHA, jackpots, winter series, and all that. We don't have them during the week, but there are usually several to pick and choose over the weekends. Good grain is relatively easy to find and so is hay, this year was really wet and a lot of it went bad before it ever got cut, so it'll be rougher this winter to find any. Bugs are a pest, but they aren't like south texas bugs. lol The weather is a PAIN and frankly, if the opportunity ever comes for me to move, I will just because of the weather. I'm tired of it pouring rain for months on end and everything being literally above ankle deep in mud. Then 100% humidity on a 105 degree day in August, then -9 in January. If you don't have an indoor arena, it's really hard to condition one.
Having shows every weekend is nice but I am OVER the weather here. |
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Location: Home....Smiling M Farms | jd&ez - 2015-10-06 6:48 AM
God put everything in balance. When he made Ky he put the lakes in the west, the rolling hills and plateaus in south central Ky, the limestone to make the beautiful bluegrass of the horse country, the mountains in the east and the best **** college basketball program ever in Lexington. Just the perfect state.
When Jesus asked him about the balance, God said, that's why I'm putting Tennessee right there next to the perfect state.
Except for all the taxes taxes taxes! lol |
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Location: West Tennessee | kwanatha - 2015-10-05 7:41 PM Fairweather - 2015-10-05 12:08 PM I live in east TN and south of Knoxville as well. Great area, plenty of places to run with some good competition, the weather isn't too extreme. Decent variety of feed. i was actually looking in that direction. one thing i can not do is fleas
Good luck in your search.
While I love TN, we do have unpredictable weather & when the humidity is bad, it's BAD! Bugs are an ever present (even in winter) issue, especially fleas, ticks, & mosquitos.
West, Middle, & East are about as different from each other as possible, both physically and culturally -- It can seem like 3 different states at times. I'm on the west side of the state, but my mother grew up in East Tn.
Regardless though, you truly can't beat the people!
Edited by dme0324 2015-10-06 2:02 PM
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Location: TN | I live in west/ middle Tn
Sep-Nove are great Dec-Feb is cold and wet but seldom see a day below 20 degrees. sun make the "cold" days great. March -june great again. Mid July-aug SUCK hot humid.
This is a good saying to sum it up" if you don't like todays weather just wait a day or 2"
we get every weather combo God made.
I show year round every weekend I am alive and breathing, except for end of July and all of August every one gets off.
Edited by horsingaround 2015-10-09 1:20 PM
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Location: Foot of the Smoky Mtns, East Tennessee | We live in East Tennessee about 20 miles south of Knoxville. There is somewhere to race every weekend. We are even close enough to be able to be in North Carolina or Georgia within two hours if we had to. We live at the foot if the Smokey Mountains so the seasons are beautiful. Yes...it gets hot in July and August but not hot enough to keep us from riding. We just don't ride in the heat of the day. We have eight horses and I've only had one tick this year. We have 3 medium size dogs in the house (one is out half of the time) and we feed the flea pills and don't have a flea issue. We have Tractor Supply and Co-Ops so finding quality feed has never been an issue either. I've lived here my whole life and love this area. |
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