This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 3/10/00 7:52:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< It has been suggested to her that maybe she should send this horse to a good trainer to get him started on the right path. She doesn't want to do it. >> Oh geez, I hate to see when somebody's ego takes over around horses. It sounds like she's got the money to send the horse to a trainer. I've got a quarter horse mare in the same fix, but DON'T have a lot of extra cash to send her immediately to a trainer. I contemplated selling her, but she is such a joy, and has great gaits, and a wonderful attitude on the ground, that I think she deserves the opportunity to be properly and gently trained. I'll do a lot more groundwork with her through most of the summer, and then take her to a trainer to get her over her major riding hurdles. Sometimes, for the good of the horse, you just have to step back and assess where your strengths and weaknesses are. I know I can start a young horse out well, but correcting bad training is beyond me. She'll be going to Donna Longacres, who is a pretty good trainer (and my new riding instructor). She knows about the potential that fjords have, btw, as she has judged Anne Appleby! BTW Anne, your name came up when I mentioned that Juniper has a Misha baby. She had nothing but good things to say about you and your riding. How you are absolutely correct and your horses give 110%. Pamela
