Tell me about your very first horse EVER!?

Okay, my first horse is the horse I got a month ago! He is a Quarab (well, not to the Quarab occasion, he just a Quarter Horse X Arabian Cross) He's pretty patient for what he's been through. He's fifteen years old, or around that age. He is Bay with two front white socks, a white smudge on the side of his nose, a star on his for head, his front hooves are white while his back are black. He's the best riding horse ever, now. He's a rescue

His story: Some kid (around 10 years old, a boy) owned him. He just rode him, never used a saddle blanket so a lot of his name got rubbed off where the end of this mane is (it's about an inch long now) He worked him hard for hours, then when the kid was done he'd get off, get his saddle & bridle, & just leave. No warm down, no brushing no nothing. Lots of getting beat though. He wasn't fed properly either, he was about 150-200 Pounds under weight when I got him. (I would show you before & after, from the first day he was here until today, but my dumb camera hasn't been working, I'll show before & after from the first day to two & a half weeks instead) His parents told the kid he needed to start taking better care of Tango or they'd sell him. The kid didn't believe him, kept treating him like crap, the parents sold him. Now he gets to live in a foot & a half of mud, crap, & pee at a horrible stable & with his new owner. He lived there for four months (still not properly fed) until he came & to live with me. Now he gets messed with everyday, has goat buddies, the whip no longer touches him, he gets treats, love, attention, exercised, fed correctly, & all a big pasture with nice green grass. Sadly, even though I've had him for a month, he doesn't trust me yet. if I hold my hands the wrong way he thinks he's going to get hit & gets spooked.

Heres the first day with me:

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After two & a half weeks:

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I know he is still skinny, but now you can barely see his ribs! He has to stand a certain way to see them.

How I talked my parents into letting me have him: I begged, got all my school grades up, showed them I'm responsible for a horse by taking care of boarding horses, & being nice.

Price: $420

Funnest story with him so far: Chasing the goats on him. It's fun! Lol. =]

Disastrous times: I used the whip for lunging (not to touch him with it) & I was lunging him, he was being lazy so I picked it up, I wasn't even done getting all the way out of the crouch to the the whip when he saw it, freaked, & tried to take off running from it, & tripped & fell. It was horrible. =[

The funnies Expression I have seen on him is when I fell off the first time. He stopped, look back at me, his ears where pushed forward & he was looking at me like "what are you doing down there?! Thought we were going for a ride!" Lol =]

He loves to run! That's what he wants to do everytime we saddle up. When we do bareback he listens great, doesn't trot unless I ask him to.

My first horse we bought as a 6 month old weanling. Not the smartest choice ever, but can't change that now!

His name is Impulsiv Magneto, and he is registered with AQHA (Appendix) and the American Warmblood Registry, and is an Indian Artifacts grandson.

He is a black gelding, is currently 2 years old and 15.3hh. We were planning to start saddle training this spring, but the vet says his joints are nowhere near closed, so we're probably going to have to wait until he's 3. He's just got too much TB blood in him I guess to mature as fast as the QH colts.

We got him when I decided it would be better to get a young horse so that it could mature and not need a lot of work while I was in college (so dumb!). I didn't have to convince my parents since I'm technically an adult. Anyway, we got up to his breeder's place before he was weaned and he was just the sweetest little quiet baby, and he moved so pretty, and the stud was just so mannerly and impressive. Got our baby vet-checked and paid $4000 for him, then after weaning made the 16-hour round trip to bring him home.

Currently, Magneto is... interesting, to say the least. He loves people and is really friendly, and goes so well when he wants to work, but sometimes he can be a right ***. Had to send him off to the trainer because out of the blue he developed a kicking problem that got worse despite trying all kinds of things and people's advice to get rid of. He doesn't do that anymore (thank god), but he can still get ornery if he doesn't want to lunge. He generally accepts new things calmly (loves his saddle and bridle and bit) though, and is a goofball- he likes to stick his tongue out the side of his mouth.

She wasn't MINE, per se, but I claimed her as such. First off, I was a 15 year old male. She was a 13.2 hand welsh pony with blonde mane and tail named Princess. I'll wait while you picture that and laugh.

She was a therapy horse at a therapeutic riding program, and she was such a B$@(*. But she was funny too, and everyone loved her :P. I used to graze her for an hour when we were both bored waiting around, or longe her and watch this usually pokey pony go running around bucking and kicking, haha. I used to feed her Cokes occasionally too, and she would steal people's muffins or coffee if they left them on tables, hahaha. She was a chunky horse, BTW, to complete the picture. Definitely a small girl's horse, haha (But I didn't mind). The best thing I remember was taking her to a horse show, and she had a miniature horse beside her. She got so angry with this mini, and I think it was because she thought it was smaller and cuter than her and that was just not allowed ;). She passed a couple years ago, but that was the first horse I ever really worked with!

My first horse is my current horse.

Mystic (aka Monster), grade (draft cross) dun, alpha mare, got her at a rescue, she was dirt cheap, and I didn't have to convince anyone since I was 21 years old and bough her with my own money. It was something I always wanted and my parents knew my flaky personality as a teenager so they wouldn't have bought me a horse during those years so when the time came, I just got my own.

Five years later, we've boarded at about five places now and I also spend thousands of dollars to ship my $400 across the border from Canada to the US and I wouldn't trade her for all the tea in China.

My first horse was called Giselle after the ballet. My grandma gave her too me when I was 6 (we lived in different countries...it was part of her plan to get us to move..it worked!). Giselle had been rescued from a township (in South Africa) where the family who had her tried to kill her with a brick when she was born as they couldn't feed her. The horse rescue asked my grandma to take her which she did. She was always a bit 'not right' so all I could do was feed her carrots and brush her every now and then. Her skull was all malformed due the brick and she didn't live long...but she spent her life munching grass and being petted so not a bad end. Not a great start to horse ownership and it took me 25 years to get the second one, but it planted a seed that grew into a passion!

heyyya;

my first horse was a 13.2hh gelding called marcus, who was 6 at the time when I got him. He is 1/2 welsh B,1/4 arab and 1/4 thoughbred. he was a completly lovely in the stable but would get scared and bolt and wouldn't trust you, but once we had him a year he had settled down and i could ride him again!!! he is now 13 and ive STILL got him! he is a brilliant jumper and has lots of brilliant moves in dressage he has done a little bit of hunting and x-country!! we got him from a lady who had to get rid of all her ponies and gust keep her horses. xx

i just keped strong willed and just show that you are able to have a horse of your own! im shore you will get a horse eventualy xx

A Spirit's Midnight Dream

aka Sprite

She was a little mixed pony.

She was palomino and white (pinto)

She was a pain in my behind to be honest.

She really taught me to ride though. I can't even tell

you how many times I fell off! haha I got her when I

was 8 and showed her for 3 years before I outgrew

her. She cost $900.00. I always had a little

shetland, but she wasn't mine. She was my grandma's

"pet" you could say, so I wanted my own to show.

So that's how I convinced her. She taught me SO many lessons.

Like NEVER underestimate a horse and always have

a healthy respect. Don't EVER think they wont do something bad.

One day, at our first fair after I had already "gotten sick" in the

bathroom from nerves, she decided that my arm tasted better

than her hay. :\ my 4-h leader made me keep showing all day

and she never bit me again. She also taught me how to canter.

One day, my mom was putting feed in the stall while I was riding,

and I had no idea she was doing this (i usually did it) and sprite just

took off! I was terrified and we werent going faster than a slow lope,

but to an 8 year old it feels like youre flying! Unfortunately, 4 years ago,

she got a really abd case of founder and we did everything from minerals

to corrective shoeing to fix it but her coffin bone rotated, and in order to

make her feel better, we had no other choice but to put her down. :'(

Now, 9 years after I bought her, the people I bought her from are asking me

to train their horses. It's funny how that happened, they sold me the pony

who taught me to ride, now I'm helping their horses teach other kids to ride.

Sooo..thats my first pony! :)

**R.I.P- A Spirit's Midnight Dream**

These were taken at fair.(:

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Oh Gosh. My First horse?

Babe:;

Appaloosa ; Mare

She was a blue/Grey roanish like color..lol.

She was completely psycho.. to be honest. I just really wanted a horse and settled for anything. I loved her a lot, but she just was moody. She was Gate Shy, and would rear to get her way. She took off on me a few times as well. I lost a lot of my confidence with her, but I learned sooo much. I have so much confidence now with my second horse.

I got her from 2buyhorses.com for 800$

I was bugging my parents for 2 years before I got a horse.

This is the only picture I have :(

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I got my first horse when I was 15. I babysat for 2 years just to save up and pay him off (150$) He was a registered QH...sonny bar 6...from swenson ranch in texas. A strawberry roan and my best friend for the next 22 years. I will never forget him, we did barrel racing, swam the lakes, went on many overnight trail rides and saved my life. He was the greatest horse alive and one I will never forget. I may have gotten a great price on him but none of my horses later in life could ever be better :)

My first horse was a stubborn quarter pony. She was 14.1hh, bay, and unregistered. I got her at age 9, and she was about 3 or 4. We only paid about $3k-$4k for her. I had my mom convinced, but I had to call my grandma and beg for her to convince her son (my dad) to let me get the pony. When I test rode her her only speeds were walk, trot like a 16hh horse, and run. She didn't even know how to back! I took her from there and trained her myself. I eventually ended up winning every local high point on her and competing in every class imaginable. Unfortunately when we would show in a large covered arena she would "dance." Sidestep back and forth, try to escape, paw, whinny, and become overall distressed. It was the worst in showmanship. I would set her up and the judge would have to give her about 20 feet clearance for her dancing. She also would try to escape the arena to get back to the stall for her food. She was extremely claustrophobic. We couldn't cross tie her after she pulled back once and almost pulled the barn down. She also flipped over backwards in the wash rack! I fell off her roughly twice. She had the biggest bucks of any horse I have ever ridden, and was extremely stubborn. She also had the biggest motor! She taught me so many lessons that have come in handy as I have moved up to world level competition in the paint horse association. She taught everything about patience, caution, knowledge of horses, soft hands, balance, will, sportsmanship, stubbornness, hard work, winning, losing, and everything in between. We sold her to a jumping barn where she gives lessons to little children on jumping. She was always the best with tiny kids. If she had any kid on her under 90 lbs she would walk on eggshells and always take care of them no matter what. I unfortunatley don't have any pictures of her on my computer as I only have print outs. (No digital cameras back when I bought her).

I got my first horse when I was five years old. He was a brown and white pinto gelding named Smores. I don't remember him very much which makes me sad but I know from stories I had a lot of fun with him. I still remember the day when I was 7 that Smores was gone. We couldn't keep him anymore. I cried forever. I'm now 14 and looking for a horse. I have pics of Smores that I still look at.