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| I ran barrels for the last time in 2007 on Bender.
Today, I took Tres to the local arena and made a run. He totally babied me thank goodness and I didn't fall off. I almost did not make it up the alley though................in fact, it took me two tries before I could ask him to do more than slow lope. |
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I'm a Cry Baby
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Location: n.c. | 
You did it! Great! |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Sock Snob
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| I havent rode in 6 months since my horse been sore i let him off. |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | That is AWESOME Tia, so proud of you and very happy you did it!!! One step at a time |
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Location: Southwest Minnesota | Good for you! |
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 I Am Always Right
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | I got bucked off a year ago and broke a bunch of bones, so now I am looking at back surgery. I guarantee you, when I'm cleared to ride again at more than a walk, I'll only trot around the barrels if I have enough courage to even do that.
Congratulations!!! |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | Good for you...the best thing is to get up there and do it. |
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Location: Canada | Congratulations!!!!! Now the first one is out of the way there will be no stopping you now!!!
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Way to go Tia!!! |
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Location: Living in my Promised Land | You go, Girl. I don't care how fast, just do it! |
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Goat Giver
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| Linda D - 2014-04-05 8:32 PM You go, Girl. I don't care how fast, just do it!
You are right, but this is the issue I have. I used to be a decent rider.......now I am fat and don't have a finished horse. I don't want to go and be 5 seconds off, but if I don't start SOMEWHERE, I'll never go again........... |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | kmcsunshine - 2014-04-05 9:05 PM Linda D - 2014-04-05 8:32 PM You go, Girl. I don't care how fast, just do it! You are right, but this is the issue I have. I used to be a decent rider.......now I am fat and don't have a finished horse. I don't want to go and be 5 seconds off, but if I don't start SOMEWHERE, I'll never go again...........
I'd bet a lot of money you looked a lot better than what you think you do. If it takes baby steps than take them. It will do your heart good to compete again. |
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Location: In my own world | kmcsunshine - 2014-04-05 9:05 PM Linda D - 2014-04-05 8:32 PM You go, Girl. I don't care how fast, just do it! You are right, but this is the issue I have. I used to be a decent rider.......now I am fat and don't have a finished horse. I don't want to go and be 5 seconds off, but if I don't start SOMEWHERE, I'll never go again...........
Don't feel bad Tia I'm in the same boat as you! I haven't competed in 10 yrs until last summer! I use to be a 1d rider in my teens. 2 kids later I have to stand on a bucket to get on! Last summer I trotted my daughters horse around the barrels because my horse that I got in Dec of '11 has been lame etc. finally got her figured out now. She is 5 and we are going to our first show tomorrow!! We won't do more than canter an exhibition. I'm scared to death!! |
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Goat Giver
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| livinonlove&horses - 2014-04-05 9:43 PM kmcsunshine - 2014-04-05 9:05 PM Linda D - 2014-04-05 8:32 PM You go, Girl. I don't care how fast, just do it! You are right, but this is the issue I have. I used to be a decent rider.......now I am fat and don't have a finished horse. I don't want to go and be 5 seconds off, but if I don't start SOMEWHERE, I'll never go again...........
LOL, I've been using a step, but today, just to see if I could, I got on the old fashioned way. It wasn't pretty, but I made it up. |
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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint | kmcsunshine - 2014-04-05 9:05 PM Linda D - 2014-04-05 8:32 PM You go, Girl. I don't care how fast, just do it! You are right, but this is the issue I have. I used to be a decent rider.......now I am fat and don't have a finished horse. I don't want to go and be 5 seconds off, but if I don't start SOMEWHERE, I'll never go again...........
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| Same boat!! I went last Sunday for the first time in way too long. I got there too late to exhibition, so I had to ENTER! Oh my goodness, I can't believe how scary it was to enter the arena. My old man took off and I just held on for dear life! The worst part is, I felt like we were going so fast...and we really weren't -lol! That really bothers me because I used to be pretty competitive.
I told hubby, I would give anything to have a video of that, because I don't remember a thing! But no way was I going to draw any attention to myself by asking them to video, I was trying to be invisible. |
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | Atta girl, Tia! |
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