Ajierene

So, the scenario is that I ended up leaving my horse saddles in my trailer for 3 weeks due to being injured. I did not notice this until I went to move a horse. After an hour long trail ride and waiting around for an hour for direction, I loaded the horse and noticed a nest with five pink and brown speckled eggs.

So, I had touched the nest a bit, rolled and egg a bit, and thought they were goners because it had been about 5 hours since someone had sat on them.

A week or so ago, there were four eggs and a baby bird. Now there are 5 baby birds in a nest on my saddle. I need that saddle but I don't want to be the cause of the demise of the little birds.

So, my question - can I move the nest or will the parents lose it? I can move it to above a box in my trailer that is about 18" from where they are now. I would prefer to move them out of my trailer. There are two trees right by the trailer - one that the birds seem to frequent right next to the trailer, near where the nest is and another behind the trailer.

Will moving the nest mean the bird parents will not be able to find it? How far can I move it? I will use gloves and be REALLY careful and make sure the nest is secure, but I want to know the likelihood that the babies will survive this.

I just got an update e-mail from the USEA. The following changes are taking place:

A fall off a horse used to be 65 penalty points and the second fall would be elimination. The first fall is now elimination. Any references to helping riders back on horses or anything has been eliminated.

The first fall of a horse is mandatory retirement.

If a rider is apparently injured or concussed, they must be examined by a medical professional to determine if they can continue or ride another horse. Refusal results in a $100 fine.

Obstacles for which frangible technology is available must be built with frangible pins - this technology allows the cross country jumps to rotate. Jumps already built must be retrofited with this technology before December 1, 2009.

More rules may change after the safety summit. The committee is also working on a 'red card' system to penalize dangerous riding.

It is just amusing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQSkmsFCjSA

I am breeding my mare to a Trakehner stud. I am going to have her inspected to see if she can get into the stud book and I am going to have the foal inspected. It got me thinking - why don't all breeds do this? All warmblood breeds have an inspection stage where the horse is inspected in order to be able to breed them.

I always wondered why the Paint registry allows solid horses in the registry - or why they allow them in and breedable. Many warmblood breeds will allow a horse in just by lineage, but may not approve them for breeding. Maybe the paint registry needs to do this with solid horses - after all, they are not a good example of the breed.

Why don't quarter horses and thoroughbreds do this either? Any thoughts? Anyone else think inspections for all breeds is a good idea? It may cut down on the stallion population a bit, and backyard breeders (understanding that some backyard breeders don't care about papers) if a horse has to be inspected to be able to breed.

OK, someone asked this question a week or so ago and I searched the net and couldn't find anything definite. Someone said they thought something was said in the special features of the movie.

So, I suffered through the movie - which I didn't like much. It did look like a Fresian, but I was a bit skeptical since the movie was shot in Morocco and Thailand.

Well, Oliver Stones says in the Director's Commentary "Three horses were used, they were Fresians, I think. Becephalus was a big, strong, black horse, so we wanted something to reflect that"

So...apparently three Fresians were used - anyone have any other information to support this?

I have seen some crazy thoroughbreds in my day, but I have seen some really crazy quarter horses as well. Personally, I think all horse breeds are equal when it comes to sanity.

When I was in High School, I even consistently won a trail class on a Thoroughbred at a show series I went to. It included opening a gate, backing up in a U shape, moving a shiny yellow rain slicker, ground tying and moving a grain bucket and other obstacles.

Someone posted a question of good You Tube videos and Hunter.jumper165 posted her videos.

Here is one, showing some really crazy quarter horses:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9jpsI7ldk

So my question is: Do people really think thoroughbreds are more crazy or is just because they see more English competition falls and horses acting up on Youtube and the like?

On a completely other note, isn't this the cutest thing ever?

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rg9l7fqevA&NR=1

I have had this on my mind for a week now and am wondering if anyone else has been in a similar situation. I 'acquired' a nice Thoroughbred when my ex-fiance abandoned him when we split. He is nice, has great ground manners...is 17.2HH. He has had a bad hind end from the day he was picked up at the auction for $300. The only other bidder was a 'killer'. Recently he had been tossing his head a lot when I asked him to trot - recently as in the last month. He had an unjury around Christmas that I wasn't sure was completely healed. I had my riding instructor out last week and she diagnosed a suspensory injury. Basically the suspensory is pulling away and one day it will no longer be attached.

He is only 12 years old, far from retirement. He is also unridable and most likely not fixable. Has anyone else been in this situation? Any ideas on what to do with him? (other than euthanasia or slaughter - only serious answers please).

In reading answers to questions, I have noticed that people seem to be misinformed about the Pinto and Paint breeds. So, out of curiousity, can anyone tell the real difference between these two breeds?