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 No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | I only have sons. That means we shipped a generation. Granddaughter now rides the best horse that I have ever owned. (I actually bought him with her in mind since I can't ride fast horses anymore) lol | |
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 Born not Made
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Location: North Dakota | Yup. Stole my Beau from my mom when I was 14.
He was 4 years old when I was 14 and I begged her to let me start riding him. She put a few rides on him in the spring (he was a colt, after all) and then finally gave me the reins. She didn't get him back, LOL.
I'm 30 now, and I may still steal her horse from her.  (She's got a QUICK Frenchman's Guy grandson.) She just doesn't know it yet!
Of course, I have a daughter of my own now (5 months old) and I'm sure she's going to steal my Shotgun from me in the future. I'm hoping to get a good year on him next summer, but he's so laid back that I think he's going to turn into a peewee horse sooner rather than later, haha.
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 Lone Wolf in my pack of One
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Location: North Texas | ND3canAddict - 2016-11-14 1:44 PM My daughter is 14. She's fearless and has ALWAYS been mounted on something safe and competitive for her level- maybe a tish undermounted, but she's able to get all of the goodie out of one. We know she's probably ready for a step up horse... I just didn't think it would be MINE.
I hurt my knee last week, and let her ride my work in progress. He's just started going fast this fall, but I've struggled with him bowing out of a random barrel almost every time I enter him. I went to a clinic, reviewed videos, sent videos off for review, etc. and couldn't figure out what was going on, because he wins the world every time I run him at home.
So, my daughter rides him the night before. He's super soft and responsive and WAY lighter than anything she's run before. She says she has him figured out, so she runs him the next day at the JP. It was beautiful! She was a little more "handsy" thanhe was used to, but made a 2D run that was 10th overall. Because we didn't know how it would go, she didn't roll her time to the youth. She pulled on his face a little too much and drug down the second barrel on the way out. If we would have rolled, she would have won the youth by a full tenth. I am SO PROUD of both of them, but also selfishly disappointed that I can't seem to get that out of him. I trained him, and wanted him for myself. Of course, if she can ride him better and likes him, she can use him. He's quite a lot faster and more powerful than her gritty little mare, and she will be a freshman next year...
I'm hoping my bittersweet feelings are normal, and guessing there are a bunch of you who have experienced this either as the mom or the kid!
I am the daughter that used to take my mom's mounts lol
What we kind of figured out is she tended to stay in "training" mode so she had a hard time getting as much out of her projects as I did. After I made several runs on them, however, she was able to go back and make the same kind of runs. I had the same issue with a couple of my projects. Sometimes it is a mental thing that is causing you to not get the same kind of hustle out of the horse....just a thought since you said you weren't getting the same out of him. | |
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 Straight Shooter
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Location: SW North Dakota | dkcowgirl - 2016-11-15 11:24 AM ND3canAddict - 2016-11-14 1:44 PM My daughter is 14. She's fearless and has ALWAYS been mounted on something safe and competitive for her level- maybe a tish undermounted, but she's able to get all of the goodie out of one. We know she's probably ready for a step up horse... I just didn't think it would be MINE.
I hurt my knee last week, and let her ride my work in progress. He's just started going fast this fall, but I've struggled with him bowing out of a random barrel almost every time I enter him. I went to a clinic, reviewed videos, sent videos off for review, etc. and couldn't figure out what was going on, because he wins the world every time I run him at home.
So, my daughter rides him the night before. He's super soft and responsive and WAY lighter than anything she's run before. She says she has him figured out, so she runs him the next day at the JP. It was beautiful! She was a little more "handsy" thanhe was used to, but made a 2D run that was 10th overall. Because we didn't know how it would go, she didn't roll her time to the youth. She pulled on his face a little too much and drug down the second barrel on the way out. If we would have rolled, she would have won the youth by a full tenth. I am SO PROUD of both of them, but also selfishly disappointed that I can't seem to get that out of him. I trained him, and wanted him for myself. Of course, if she can ride him better and likes him, she can use him. He's quite a lot faster and more powerful than her gritty little mare, and she will be a freshman next year...
I'm hoping my bittersweet feelings are normal, and guessing there are a bunch of you who have experienced this either as the mom or the kid!
What we kind of figured out is she tended to stay in "training" mode so she had a hard time getting as much out of her projects as I did. After I made several runs on them, however, she was able to go back and make the same kind of runs. I had the same issue with a couple of my projects. Sometimes it is a mental thing that is causing you to not get the same kind of hustle out of the horse....just a thought since you said you weren't getting the same out of him.
I think this is exactly what's happening with us. I thought I'd let her run him a bit at some jackpots, then I'll rodeo on him next summer and she can crack out next fall on him at the HS rodeos. | |
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| ha ha sounds awfully familiar - I never intended for any of my horses to become my daughters mounts, she ended up getting 4 of my horses over the years. Life and circumstances always seemed to work in her favor. Welcome to having daughters who share your passion. | |
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