pnalley
04-02-2006, 06:25 PM
OK 1st let me say Sandy, I lied.
When I said I only posted the best photo's on the BB, I didn't take into account that I would have one of you & Bronce (sp?). It makes him look like his butt is slight and he actually has quite a round, cute butt.
Sandy & Bronce in the front, don't know who in the back
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/99f72ff8.jpg
Sandy in the green shirt, talking to the Cloys who rode really nice mules
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/Mulessmall.jpg
Bronce head shot. BTW folks this little horse is awesome. A great attitude, very much the gentleman. If I was going to breed Nieve or any mare for a good minded, well (and naturally gaited) family type horse I would certainly consider him.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/Broncehead.jpg
Next is Nieve (grey) with my husband up, Renata on her 25 yr old Saddlebred x and the little girl in the background was the trail boss. She's about 7, rides the he!! out of a tennesse walker and stayed out in front for the majority of the ride.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/100_0036small.jpg
The next photo shows a little boy (6) riding a 35 yr old App, the reason I showed the little boy is because when he saw Bronce with his eye mask on he asked why he was wearing it. Sandy told him he was blind, then she cortoed away. As I came up beside them he asked his mom if my horse was blind too since she "walked funny" like the other one. Smart kid at 6 to see the difference in gait. I explained in very simple terms about the breed, and it's history.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/100_0033small.jpg
We only had a few slight mishaps:
Renanta got kicked in the leg by a non-kicker (yeah right) She's OK though.
While we were doing a fast corto, almost a largo side by side Nieve stumbled & went down to her knees. She took about 6 to 8 strides on her knees and got back up (with my husbands 200lbs on her). She barely skinned her nose and had 2 tiny scrapes on one knee, but she's moving fine today. My husband kept his weight back & gave her her head so she could use it to best balence herself.
And one lady was standing still, her horse shook and it shook the bridle right off. No problem there though, and one lady had a unexpected dismount (her horse had a bucking fit).
Bronce is amazing, I rode next to Sandy for a while and watched her ride and que him. She gives half halta a lot to let him know something is abot to change and talks to him quite a bit. He's a really cool horse.
I'm very impressed with Nieve as it's been about a year since she's been ridden and she's never been in a crowd of 50+ horses. Onle little boy told my husband "your horse is cute but she sure is a cry baby" Nieve was whinnying quite a bit.
When I said I only posted the best photo's on the BB, I didn't take into account that I would have one of you & Bronce (sp?). It makes him look like his butt is slight and he actually has quite a round, cute butt.
Sandy & Bronce in the front, don't know who in the back
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/99f72ff8.jpg
Sandy in the green shirt, talking to the Cloys who rode really nice mules
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/Mulessmall.jpg
Bronce head shot. BTW folks this little horse is awesome. A great attitude, very much the gentleman. If I was going to breed Nieve or any mare for a good minded, well (and naturally gaited) family type horse I would certainly consider him.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/Broncehead.jpg
Next is Nieve (grey) with my husband up, Renata on her 25 yr old Saddlebred x and the little girl in the background was the trail boss. She's about 7, rides the he!! out of a tennesse walker and stayed out in front for the majority of the ride.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/100_0036small.jpg
The next photo shows a little boy (6) riding a 35 yr old App, the reason I showed the little boy is because when he saw Bronce with his eye mask on he asked why he was wearing it. Sandy told him he was blind, then she cortoed away. As I came up beside them he asked his mom if my horse was blind too since she "walked funny" like the other one. Smart kid at 6 to see the difference in gait. I explained in very simple terms about the breed, and it's history.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v103/pnalley1/100_0033small.jpg
We only had a few slight mishaps:
Renanta got kicked in the leg by a non-kicker (yeah right) She's OK though.
While we were doing a fast corto, almost a largo side by side Nieve stumbled & went down to her knees. She took about 6 to 8 strides on her knees and got back up (with my husbands 200lbs on her). She barely skinned her nose and had 2 tiny scrapes on one knee, but she's moving fine today. My husband kept his weight back & gave her her head so she could use it to best balence herself.
And one lady was standing still, her horse shook and it shook the bridle right off. No problem there though, and one lady had a unexpected dismount (her horse had a bucking fit).
Bronce is amazing, I rode next to Sandy for a while and watched her ride and que him. She gives half halta a lot to let him know something is abot to change and talks to him quite a bit. He's a really cool horse.
I'm very impressed with Nieve as it's been about a year since she's been ridden and she's never been in a crowd of 50+ horses. Onle little boy told my husband "your horse is cute but she sure is a cry baby" Nieve was whinnying quite a bit.