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grinandbareit Reg. Jan 2007	Posted 2018-10-04 10:47 AM Subject: Awesome Q&A with Lisa Thornton...
Go For It! Location: Texas	https://www.facebook.com/rebarranchnaturals/posts/1947179692038699?_... For those without FB... Q & A WITH LISA THORNTON... RRN: How long have you been riding horses? LISA: Since I was about three years old. RRN: When did you start barrel racing? LISA: I started barrel racing around the age of four. RRN: What do you do for a living? LISA: I train barrel and pole horses but also have a side job as a production analyst for oil wells. RRN: Tell us about your main mount? LISA: My main mount is a 9yr old gelding named Straight Toasted aka Hunter. I purchased him as a two year old off the track. RRN: Tell us a little bit about your horse’s personality? LISA: Hunter has a mischievous personality. He is like the kid that is always picking at other kids and then ends up getting his butt kicked. RRN: What's it like to ride Hunter? LISA: He is fun most of the time because he thinks everything is a game. But, sometimes, he is a pain because he thinks everything is a game. RRN: Is he push style or more of a free runner? LISA:He is definitely a push style horse. I feel like a crazy screaming banshee when I run him. RRN: Shoes or barefoot? LISA: Hunter has always been shod. RRN: What is Hunter's favorite thing? LISA: His favorite thing is when we get home, he rolls right away and then jumps straight up in the air bucking and kicking and running. RRN: What does Hunter like to avoid doing? LISA: Work, lol. He is very lazy. RRN: Is he stalled or turned out? LISA: He has a small trap with a shed. RRN: Do you ride him daily? LISA: Mostly every day. RRN: Do you still do barrel work on him during the week? LISA: About once a week I will do an imaginary run at a trot and do everything I want to do during a real run. RRN: What’s your favorite saddle to ride in? LISA: I love my Coats. I feel like I can trick ride in it, and sometimes Hunter makes me trick ride to keep barrels up. RRN: What’s your favorite bit? LISA: I really don’t have a favorite because every horse is different, but I do start most all of my horses off in a Rosie gag with a chain mouthpiece and a string curb. RRN: Tell us about one of your most memorable moments with a horse/horses. LISA: One that comes to mind is running the fastest time at Old Fort Days Futurity/Derby in 1999. I was riding a little paint mare that was lucky if she was 14.2. She was by a western pleasure paint stallion and a running bred quarter horse mare. Her name was Piglet because her only concern in life was where her next meal was coming from. She was also a 20 second pole horse. I bought her off an ad in the San Antonio Express News for $1200. Ended up selling her to a 15yr old Brittany Pozzi. RRN: Tell us about one of the biggest challenges you have had to overcome in order to do what you’re doing with horses. LISA: One of the biggest challenges of course, is not having a big bank account. Another is finding good help. Sometimes when you get into the day to day monotony of every day riding you can find yourself doubting your abilities. RRN: What is the next goal on your list regarding your riding? LISA: I would like to go all the way at the American. RRN: How long do you see yourself doing this? LISA: As long as I can get on a horse I think I will be riding. RRN: If you could ride any horse out there today, which one do you think you would choose? LISA: I would love to ride Hailey Kinsel’s mare Sister. Thanks so much to Lisa Thornton for being our Rebar Ranch Naturals October Spotlight! We love learning new things about our friends and clients! We'll be cheering you on Lisa and praying that you reach all your goals, and then some! For more info on our nebulizers and nebulizer products you can check us out online at www.rebarranchnaturals.com. Be sure to LIKE and FOLLOW our Facebook page to keep up with where we'll be and to check out our monthly RR Naturals SPOTLIGHT! #rebarranchnaturals #lungheatlhformula #flexineb #equinenebulizer Edited by grinandbareit 2018-10-04 10:52 AM
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lilpeppy Reg. Apr 2013	Posted 2018-10-04 11:17 AM Subject: RE: Awesome Q&A with Lisa Thornton...
Member Posts: 37	Lisa Thornton is one of my heroes.
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Southtxponygirl Reg. Nov 2006	Posted 2018-10-04 11:27 AM Subject: RE: Awesome Q&A with Lisa Thornton...
A Somebody to Everybody Posts: 41354 Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas	I knew Lisa when she was still wet behind the ears and boy she was a hand with horses then too, she was such a toot always with a smile.. I miss the good old days
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