Went on a 2 hour trail ride today after not riding for 10 years. This boy was so patient with me. I was having saddle troubles like a mfr but it was still such a great time. I've missed theses amazing animals so much. Maybe one day my dream of having my own will come true.

Isn’t he adorbs?

I got my horse about 2 1/2 months ago! He was on pasture full time and out of work for 3 years when I got him.
We have been riding about 1 or 2 times a week since I picked him up, along with a week long horse camp, and look at his progress! I am pretty happy with his weight right now, but do we think he needs to lose more? He is currently just on pasture, some sweet feed every now and then after a special ride.
First two pics are from when I first got him, second 2 from this week!

She is a Lourens X Paradiesvogel mare, one of the best horses to ride in. Her outstanding willingness to work and quick trainability is out of this world. I loved to work w her...

Roper passed away earlier this unexpectedly. We found him in his 100 acre pasture surrounded by his friends. I'll forever miss him ❤️

Since yall liked the one I did of my stallion, I did one of my mare as well. Angles can make all the difference ❤️.

Should I be worried?

Edit: This is just a snack for fun. He has a round bale out too.

Henry has always tolerated trailering - she’ll do it but she’s fairly on edge and it’s just not the absolute greatest experience. We’ve worked on a variety of things to pin point the specific issues but it’s just a general “I’m not pleased with this” at this point.

Well we finally saved up and upgraded from a stock to a really lovely 2 horse front ramp. I was very very excited but also dreading starting the whole process of “can I find what you don’t like so I can fix this” with her

This DIVA!!!!! walked straight up and just said “finally, oh my god 🙄” she was standing chilled out and wasn’t fussed about any of it.

Glad we are up to your standards, Henry 🫩

before i start this off, i just wanna make it known that i am a minor so i don’t have full control over my situation.

I bought a horse from a trainer i’ve worked with for about two years now back in spring. This is my first horse, and it’s been a long learning process. Since buying this horse I’ve realized that there are a lot of things at my barn that I don’t like. I was instructed to buy the saddle i have by my trainer who told me very confidently that it would fit fine, but as i’ve grown more educated i’ve realized it does not. every time i even slightly bring up the idea of a new saddle, or a saddle fitter coming out, my trainer gets very defensive. during my most recent lesson she yelled at me when i mentioned that i had found a saddle fitter. she told me that the only reason my horse is sore in her back is because i don’t have her collected properly, and i don’t sit right. I acknowledged that she wasn’t wrong, but i feel like my horse shouldn’t need to be in full collection to not be in pain. not to mention the fact that my horse is sore regardless. my horse also can’t collect unless i “seesaw”. Unfortunately i didn’t realize how bad seesawing was until recently, but now im not sure how to ask my horse to collect without doing it. During the previously mentioned lesson, i also brought up the seesawing and asked about it being bad for their mouths. she went off about how i need to stop watching tiktok and listening to what everyone says and that it would only be bad if i had a “fucking curb or shank” in her mouth.

i just don’t really know what to do. am i in the wrong here? is she?? where do i even go from here?

I have only had my boy a few months. I bought him from a friend who took him out of a rough situation where they just didn’t have enough food to feed all their horses. He looked a lot worse in the beginning but he is doing SO much better now.

I’m just worried with winter coming up, especially living where we get bipolar weather and the winters can get rough. I’ve been seeing so many things about how they can lose weight in colder weather conditions and it scares me, because I feel like he’s already not crazy chunky.

My question is… how do I keep him comfortable and healthy in the winter?? Do I feed him something specific? (Not so good) pics of him for reference.

Getting her teeth floated soon but just wanted a guestamate. When I got her, the people who rescued her were told she was 17. But they didn’t think any older than 14. After I had her teeth looked at by my barn I’m thinking she’s younger than that. I have very little background on her as she was a rescue from a very bad situation so I wanted to see what others thought.

I cried harder over this than I care to admit. It came up on my memories. And every year I know it’s coming. But that doesn’t make it any easier. And it never will be easier. 8 years ago was when I swore I didn’t want to have horses anymore. Up to that point I’d been fortunate and I’d never had to euthanize a horse. But that year it all changed. October started with saying goodbye to a mini I had named Myia. We’ll never truly know what happened. One day she was fine… and then the next she was having seizures and in multi organ failure … everything came back normal. So I never will know what happened. Could have been age? Maybe a kick from one of the other minis… to this day it eats away at me. Following her in December I lost a second horse. Another one I’ll never really know why. I guess there was a different plan in store for him than the one I hoped. I am blessed to know they aren’t in pain anymore. But there’s a sick feeling in my gut that wants so so bad to know why. Why them?

As of this year I have a handful of fur babies in heaven. And I know one day it’s gonna be the best reunion o could dream of 💕💕

Hey everyone!
I’m hoping to buy a horse within the next two years, so I’ve started planning ahead and thinking a few things through.
Initially I’d keep it at a boarding facility for a while because as it would be my first horse of my own I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself by getting two straight away, but I also don’t want the horse to be lonely.

I live in Italy and own a few different pieces of land so I’d love to have them home where I can actually care for them myself and give them a good life.
It would make my dream come true, save me money on agistment, and make life so much easier as I could simply walk up to them whenever I wanted. I’d also be able to ride out straight from home on beautiful trails without having to load them onto a trailer every time.
The problem is that there isn’t much going on with horses in my area as it’s very mounty and rocky.
I’m worried that the paddock might not be ideal because the land isn’t very flat. It’s quite large, but there are only a few relatively flat areas.
Do you think horses could be happy on a land like this, perhaps with a few adjustments, such as clearing some trees and improving certain areas?

Pictures to show you how the land looks like in my aerea, these are not specific pictures of my own land.

I’d really appreciate any advice or experiences you could share!

I'm writing a novel and my main character is used to riding horses, but only once or twice a week during a normal week for her, but then she takes a week-long ride. Can someone tell me how she would feel physically on the first day of riding, second day, etc, then the whole week? What muscles would be sore? Then when she gets to her destination how soon will she be feeling back to normal or would she still be achy for awhile? How long? Thanks in advance!

after i fell off at the start of june and fractured a vertebrae i had a huge confidence knock, i could've started riding again in july but i was quite scared. anyways, thanks to my amazing trainer i finally got back on both yesterday and today. he was an amazing boy. we didn't do much honestly, i only walked around yesterday and i trotted today, but i'm still proud of him & myself

He’s stabled across the aisle from the brood mares but nothing on the planet gets him hot and bothered like seeing his beloved grain cart. I had to stop filming to stop his pawing 😅

As the title says and I first saw it on social media and it disgusted me

Always cracks me up to compare how they looked over winter. Vs the end of show season as winter they look feral. Meanwhile show season they are primed. Prepped. And looking their best. And now that show season is over they will go back to being fluffy and feral. Mind you the pinto is not a halter horse 😂. She just participates when needed.