#standardbreds

[roamingtigress]

ride cowboy, ride

[lilu-the-almighty]

If I made a side blog to post about my horse boy job and other pony nonsense would yall follow it yes or no

[all-things-equine]

N.J. foundation helps abused, neglected standardbred horses - WHYY

Please help anyway that you can

[shadowofthebells]

He has a few quirks we need to work out…

[horsesarecreatures]

This is very nice. It is not easy to get some standardbreds cantering consistently at all, neverminded comfortably slowly. Indy had great heart when jumping when she was feeling good, but she was so chaotic because she'd abruptly switch between speed cantering, speed trotting, and speed pacing. I didn't mind the speed at all, but the constant gait changes made it hard to balance and count strides (particularly at a break into fast pace with it's strong side-to-side motion... which of course she usually did right before the jump). And even when she did do a canter streak without breaking, there would often be constant lead swapping.

From these clips Ed seems to have less of these problems. He should polish up real nice and looks like he could be successful in hunters as well as jumpers, while Indy would only place in the jumper ring.

05.12.2024

1.5 years of confidence in the making! 💪

It’s taken a bloody long time to get to where we are now -which looks exactly the same as where we were- but with a trail of blood, sweat and a LOT of tears in between 🫣

I’m a walking (sometimes limping!) testament to the old saying that “green and green makes black and blue” and felt every single ache and pain and the doubt that it brings, but it’s awesome to look back and see how far we’ve come - even if the jumps are the same piddly 35-45cm height as they’ve always been 😅

This time last year I was seriously regretting getting Ed back from Waimak after our first rally back resulted in yet another fall, having a meltdown over a course of poles on the floor, too nervous to have lessons, didn’t wanna ride in case I fell off again, and was constantly doubting whether I was a good enough rider to bring out the best in him (and had even considered selling him at one point! - bullet dodged on that one 😅😮‍💨)

I’ve always had doubts if Ed was the right one for me (and very public ones too 🙈) but it’s hard to believe this is the same team as last year, it feels like we’ve finally hit our stride and are really working as a partnership - Ed’s strengthened up and matured so much in these last couple months alone, and that pesky swinging lower leg of mine has done her dash and getting better every ride (one more thing I can thank Molly for, if my leg wasn’t on then I was coming off 🤣)

If you were on the outside looking in you’d think we’ve stagnated, but we’ve done a lot of growing this year! I might not be jumping 65 oxers this year but I’m just proud to not be crying over 25! 🥳

It’s easy to lament over how far a journey you’ve still got to go, it’s hard to look over your shoulder and see how far down the road you’ve come 🙌💕

[dharmaart]

A simple portrait of Prinsen, one my all time favourite horses. I used to help look after him a couple of years ago. He was a warmblood trotter that had been schooled as a riding horse.

[horse-breed-a-day]

Horse breed of the day: Standardbred

Height: 15-16 hh

Common coat colors: bay, chestnut, and grey

Place of origin: US

[horsesarecreatures]

Call Belle - Standardbred Mare for adoption at New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program

[blue-ancolia]

American Standardbred Danceuse thank you to my dear friend @nv-games for the Gif CC used: . Smaller eyes + Eye Geom Fix (with eyelids) by @objuct . Default Skin by @minervamagicka . Default eyes by @doptera-ts4 . Western saddle pad by @doptera-ts4

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[millesaniclaim]

arthur morgan and american standardbred. exploring colter and the adler ranch

[arthursfuckinghat]

Trying to take pretty pictures but my horsey is too nosey

[roamingtigress]

He feels badass, okay? (feat. Cleveland Masha, Standardbred mare)

[shadowofthebells]

[track2hack]

08.10.2024

Some very happy ponies blowing off a bit of steam before our ride tonight 🤣🤣