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Juli,

Glad to hear you like the Freeform! Also glad you are getting a HAF pad for 
it..It really does make a great system. If you cut about a 10" piece of the 
"fuzzy" side of velcro-about 1/4 " wide, run it through the loop on the 
front of your pad and then lift the seat of your saddle and plaster the ends 
onto the base of your saddle, your pad will stay tucked up and give you more 
clearance on the withers.

Just got back from a great ride..yahoo! 70 degrees in Auburn today!

By the way, about free horses, there is a 5 yr old Mark of Fame dtr who is 
out of LV Enticement who may be available FREE. If you like that breeding, 
her owner left her and moved back to TX without her. She is a sweet 
girl..and will be easy to start. We will know tomorrow if she is still 
available..and will have pics and pedigree then..

Email me privately if you want to be put on the list as I know she will go 
fast. A friend of mine has her, and her papers.

Ranelle Rubin
R.Rubin Consulting

raneller@xxxxxxx

916-663-4140 home office
916-718-2427 cellular
916-848-3662 fax




> From: "Juli Bechard" <dakoiah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   Cheap horses and saddles and other ramblings (long)
> Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:07:38 -0500
>
> I?ve been reading with interest about the ?cheap horses? and their use as
> endurance ponies.  Alpine was given to me.  He was a 4 year old Paso Fino
> who knew nothing but forward (fast) and stop.  His owners bought him at 9
> months, and when he was two, he was sent to a Paso Fino trainer.  The
> trainer (I?m using that word loosly by the way) was very abusive and he 
> blew
> Alpine up.  Then, the owners were afraid of him, because, well, he was bad.
> Not that I can blame him.  So they gave him to me.  I spent a year doing
> dressage lessons and the last 8 years desensitizing him to stuff and
> teaching him that not everything is going to eat him.  Some days he?s still
> bad (if anyone had been around this morning, he was for sale cheap.  He has
> since redeemed himself.  As Angie said, Al ain?t worth much to a lot of
> people, but I love the screwy twerp, so he?s great for me.
>
>
>
> Merlin was an accident. The neighbors untouched (literally) Arab stallion 
> of
> really nice bloodlines got over the fence to my friends pure Puerto Rican
> Paso mare.  The mare owner didn?t want the foal?for that matter, she really
> didn?t like him much.  He was an accident and as she put it, wasted an
> entire breeding season.  So she sold me a healthy four month old colt for
> $200.  Merlin is worth much more than that to me.  First of all, his
> bloodlines are impeccable for endurance.  His sire is a grandson of Witez 
> II
> and Witraz, he has Rasyn not too far back.  The Paso side has great
> bloodlines with a very even, calm temperament.  I can?t wait till he?s four
> and I can ride him!!!!!!
>
>
>
> As for saddles, I really put my new Freeform to the test this weekend.  We
> did a Donna West clinic this weekend.  For those who haven?t heard of her,
> she?s a natural horsemanship kind of trainer who is very common sense and
> just a great deal of fun to work with.  We had a blast, but she worked our
> little brains off (but not our butts, cause most of the clinic horses were
> not in great shape).  I was in the saddle half the day yesterday, and all
> day today on a jiggy, anxious horse who thought walking was highly 
> overrated
> and stopping was optional.  However, his back wasn?t sore, he was moving
> beautifully when he chose to listen to me, and when I took him out for a ½
> hour today at a full gait on the trails, he was fantanstic! He is currently
> out in his pasture doing Loopty Loops around the pasture with Merlin.
> Needless to say, I think it?s a keeper.  I?m going to buy a Haf pad I think
> to put under it, and then I?ll be pretty satisfied with my saddle options.
>
>
>
> Anyway, I?ve rambled enough.  If you ever get the chance to do a Donna West
> clinic, I recommend it.  She?s a lot of fun, a terrific horse person, and 
> is
> very good at teaching.  And she?s even willing to get on the psycho Paso
> when I?ve had enough of ?Jig, jig, jig, wiggle, squirm, tapity, tapity,
> AHHH!!!! It?s a tree!?.  I got told ?he?s a lot of horse???  Hehehe, like I
> didn?t know that already.
>
>
>
> Juli and the Herd
> Alpine (I?m HOME.  I can not stop all I want and no one will call me names)
>
> Merlin (Yay! Mom and Uncle Alpine are home.  But I bet she came home with
> all sorts of Ideas that she?s going to try out on me tomorrow?)



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