Simply Sophia: The Few but Many I've known

Friday, September 13, 2013

The Few but Many I've known

I've decided to tell you about each of the horses I leased or cared for. I have a few but they act as if they were 3 or 4.

Double Stuffed Oreo or Stuffy

She was a sweet Paint mare. The first that I leased when I started 4-H in Rhode Island. She had a troubled past but was brave when it meant taking on a different rider. She didn't like her bridle path getting touched but we soon conquered that with time and patience. I didn't get to show her during the 4-H show season since I only leased her for about 2 months. I do know how she's doing cause I am friends with her owner.

This little lady was a sweet yet sassy little mare.

Buy Me a Rose or Rose

Now this mare was my absolute favorite because I was with her for a full on year before she was sold. She was a Quarter Horse mare. I started riding her after her foal Harley was weaned and in his own stall. I was able to show her in all the horse shows apart from one since I took her to 4-H Horse Camp in Connecticut. We were superb since it was our first showing together as we were both inexperienced. We won the blue in Command class and in Fitting in Showmanship. I was proud of her and myself because we worked so hard with my instructor for so many times a week while I was leasing her. We received Reserve Championship at two of the shows that we participated in. She was a great little pony. Little really isn't a good word for her since she had a big bum.

<--- That's her baby Harley!

-->The first picture was before a show when she was getting braided
by moi! My braids came out nice on the first time!

This was the first photo of her and me when we started riding together!

Sheza Tuff Leaguer or Lexie

Lexie was actually Rose's mom so the barn I rode at had three generations; granddam, dam, and foal. It was so cool though I didn't get to ride Harley. But Lexie certainly passed down the big bum gene to Rose, hehe. She was a sweet mare. Always aiming to please when I showed her the next 4-H show season. To switch things up a bit, I decided to show her western. We started riding English together but then we swapped to western which was so much fun. It was a challenge for me because I had to get her jog and lope down to very beat. She was a western pleasure horse, but she was the exact western pleasure show horse, but I loved working on her jog and lope, but we only showed walk-trot since it was our first time riding western together. It wasn't our greatest year but it was a good try. We did do well in showmanship! I had to roach her mane which means to shave is all off except for the forelock. That's how polo ponies look. Except I believe they shave the forelock. We tried our best and at one show we earned Reserve Champion which was amazing! I loved how I got to ride her and her daughter. It was an amazing experience for me.

Hotel Boogie or Boogie

Boogie was a little Morgan mare my instructor leased for her lessons. I leased her for maybe 3/4's of the year until she got an abscess in her eye which put her on stall rest. We showed and did fantastic in Hunter Under Saddle and Bridle Path Hack and in the state shows RI Pleasure Classic! She is a fantastic little mare. Big enough for me to ride but not too small. She was a very funny pony. She knows this trick when you raise a treat in the air and her upper lip goes up as if she was smiling. It's very cute! We did very good during show season, I don't think we got a Reserve Champion when we showed but we did get a few blues once and a while! We worked hard and it all payed off! I miss my little Boogs.