Piper

ShutUpJoe · 11-06-2009, 07:44 PM

Let me tell you guys how I got Piper.

About 3 years ago I had a mare. I bought her off the people I was boarding my Appy gelding, Poncho. I bought her bred to a solid bay QH stud in hopes of getting a solid bay foal. She had been a resident of the farm for 14 years. We moved from the city to the country because of my husband's job. So I sold Poncho but decided to keep Val out there. Well the farm owner called me and told me that the vet had been out and she had lost her foal. He wanted to know if I would give her back to him because I wanted to move her. I decided since she had been there for so long that I'd give her back so she could stay where she spent most of her life.

Where we live we are surrounded by farms. Many of them have horses. About four months ago I started to post adds everywhere to see if someone needed someone to exercise their horses. The only person that answered was a Bashkir Curly breeder nearly an hour away. I decided to go anyway. I started working her horses for free.

Well one day she called and asked if I wanted to go to an auction. I agreed because I thought she said it was a tack auction and I was collecting tack. It was a horse and tack auction. All of the horses that are there are Quarters and Paints and they all are nice horses. They are all going for $100 for 2 year olds and under and $500 for saddle broke horses. I told the lady that if I had a place to keep a horse I'd get myself one because they were going for so cheap. Well she told me I could keep my horse at her place for free since I was working her horses for free and my horse would be in the pasture.

The horse that went before my horse was a little paint colt. He went for $100. Somebody walked a little solid bay Quarter filly in and I said "I've always wanted a solid bay". So she told me I should get her. So I did, I got her for $275!

Well about a month after I moved her the lady's husband came to me and said that my board would be $150 a month for pasture. I was still working their horses, in fact I hardly worked mine because they had nearly 50 horses that nobody did anything with and I could only make it out twice a week. It cost me nearly $40 a week in gas to get out there. I asked her about it and she said she didn't care but he obviously did. I told her that I wish I'd known that before I got her. I nearly ended up selling her after I had just gotten and fell in love with her.

So I started to pay board but it was obvious I couldn't afford it and it was eating our savings. Irritated, I started to ask around to see if someone had a boarding place open. Someone e-mailed me a couple weeks ago and told me that if I cleaned stalls and helped her exercise two of her horses that I could keep Piper out for the cost of her food. So instead of over $300 a month (including gas) I moved her to a place that is charging me $75 a month and is four minutes away. Not only that she told me she would help train Piper to be like her super cool parade, hunting, jumping, anything horse Impy!

So that is how I ended up with my beautiful girl. Her name is Challengen Tradition, she is a 14.3 h 2 1/2 year old solid bay AQHA filly. Impressive bred HYPP N/N. She nearly has the lines that the foal would have had had it been born.

HorseLovinLady · 11-06-2009, 08:23 PM

Pretty girl!!!

Horselady44 · 11-06-2009, 08:29 PM

I do LOVE those bays! Very beautiful girl you got there

algae · 11-06-2009, 08:31 PM

Wow! What a lovely girl!

Red Gate Farm · 11-06-2009, 08:47 PM

What a pretty girl!

Sounds like you got a better boarding deal too, with time to work your own horse.

AnChap · 11-06-2009, 08:55 PM

Pretty! Love bays. I accidently ended up with a bay too (from a black and white Paint stallion) and I couldn't be happier. maybe accidental bays are the best kind to have! haha

ShutUpJoe · 11-06-2009, 09:50 PM

Thanks you guys : )

Cutter'sGirl · 11-06-2009, 09:51 PM

she's very pretty..and nicely filled out..

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dproaps · 11-06-2009, 10:36 PM

Very pretty mare and a good story too!

Oran'sMom · 11-06-2009, 10:46 PM

Glad you got to keep her! she looks wel worth it

redboy · 11-07-2009, 05:53 AM

She's SOOO pretty,..., I love bays also!

dunamovin · 11-07-2009, 08:30 AM

It's amazing and sad what nice horses are going to auction. Glad you could save this beautiful girl from being dog food.

cinnamon_girl10 · 11-07-2009, 09:53 AM

She's gorgeous! Im glad you found a better option for you and your horse!

kanoo32 · 11-07-2009, 10:06 AM

This is one heck of a nice looking horse!! Good find!!

recklesshoundog · 11-07-2009, 10:51 AM

Wow, she's a really nice horse. I'm not a QH person but she could hang out in my pasture anytime! Just a lovely filly.

ShutUpJoe · 11-08-2009, 01:49 PM

Thanks you guys. I think she is super too.

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11-06-2009, 07:44 PM
ShutUpJoe Newborn Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 28	Piper Let me tell you guys how I got Piper. About 3 years ago I had a mare. I bought her off the people I was boarding my Appy gelding, Poncho. I bought her bred to a solid bay QH stud in hopes of getting a solid bay foal. She had been a resident of the farm for 14 years. We moved from the city to the country because of my husband's job. So I sold Poncho but decided to keep Val out there. Well the farm owner called me and told me that the vet had been out and she had lost her foal. He wanted to know if I would give her back to him because I wanted to move her. I decided since she had been there for so long that I'd give her back so she could stay where she spent most of her life. Where we live we are surrounded by farms. Many of them have horses. About four months ago I started to post adds everywhere to see if someone needed someone to exercise their horses. The only person that answered was a Bashkir Curly breeder nearly an hour away. I decided to go anyway. I started working her horses for free. Well one day she called and asked if I wanted to go to an auction. I agreed because I thought she said it was a tack auction and I was collecting tack. It was a horse and tack auction. All of the horses that are there are Quarters and Paints and they all are nice horses. They are all going for $100 for 2 year olds and under and $500 for saddle broke horses. I told the lady that if I had a place to keep a horse I'd get myself one because they were going for so cheap. Well she told me I could keep my horse at her place for free since I was working her horses for free and my horse would be in the pasture. The horse that went before my horse was a little paint colt. He went for $100. Somebody walked a little solid bay Quarter filly in and I said "I've always wanted a solid bay". So she told me I should get her. So I did, I got her for $275! Well about a month after I moved her the lady's husband came to me and said that my board would be $150 a month for pasture. I was still working their horses, in fact I hardly worked mine because they had nearly 50 horses that nobody did anything with and I could only make it out twice a week. It cost me nearly $40 a week in gas to get out there. I asked her about it and she said she didn't care but he obviously did. I told her that I wish I'd known that before I got her. I nearly ended up selling her after I had just gotten and fell in love with her. So I started to pay board but it was obvious I couldn't afford it and it was eating our savings. Irritated, I started to ask around to see if someone had a boarding place open. Someone e-mailed me a couple weeks ago and told me that if I cleaned stalls and helped her exercise two of her horses that I could keep Piper out for the cost of her food. So instead of over $300 a month (including gas) I moved her to a place that is charging me $75 a month and is four minutes away. Not only that she told me she would help train Piper to be like her super cool parade, hunting, jumping, anything horse Impy! So that is how I ended up with my beautiful girl. Her name is Challengen Tradition, she is a 14.3 h 2 1/2 year old solid bay AQHA filly. Impressive bred HYPP N/N. She nearly has the lines that the foal would have had had it been born.

11-06-2009, 08:23 PM
HorseLovinLady Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 5,462	Pretty girl!!! __________________ Baylee's Album: http://pets.webshots.com/album/570656187BCJmgs 2008 Foal pics: http://pets.webshots.com/album/569199962cPhBZd

11-06-2009, 08:29 PM
Horselady44 Started Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 2,395	I do LOVE those bays! Very beautiful girl you got there __________________ A happy horse equals a happy rider!

11-06-2009, 08:31 PM
algae Weanling Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 257	Wow! What a lovely girl! __________________ Proud 'owner' of: RogueBellaCottia

11-06-2009, 08:47 PM
Red Gate Farm Started Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,360	What a pretty girl! Sounds like you got a better boarding deal too, with time to work your own horse. __________________ "Humans is sneaky" - Scotty

11-06-2009, 08:55 PM
AnChap Weanling Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: West Virginia Posts: 400	Pretty! Love bays. I accidently ended up with a bay too (from a black and white Paint stallion) and I couldn't be happier. maybe accidental bays are the best kind to have! haha

11-06-2009, 09:50 PM
ShutUpJoe Newborn Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 28	Thanks you guys : )

11-06-2009, 09:51 PM
Cutter'sGirl Halter broke Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Northern CA Posts: 74	she's very pretty..and nicely filled out... __________________ If life hands you lemons, put them in your sweet tea and thank God your a southern belle.

11-06-2009, 10:36 PM
dproaps Coming two Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dickson, Tennessee Posts: 1,883	Very pretty mare and a good story too! __________________ Those who suffer with the suffering are dancing to the rhythm of God.

11-06-2009, 10:46 PM
Oran'sMom Yearling Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 811	Glad you got to keep her! she looks wel worth it __________________ Oran

11-07-2009, 10:06 AM
kanoo32 Seasoned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 4,501	This is one heck of a nice looking horse!! Good find!! __________________ "Animals are such agreeable friends--they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms..." --George Eliot In Loving Memory of Spikey...My Best Friend...I Miss You RIP 1988-2009

11-07-2009, 05:53 AM
redboy Started Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eastern Shore of Maryland Posts: 2,753	She's SOOO pretty,..., I love bays also!

11-07-2009, 08:30 AM
dunamovin Halter broke Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: where the blacktop ends Posts: 178	It's amazing and sad what nice horses are going to auction. Glad you could save this beautiful girl from being dog food.

11-07-2009, 09:53 AM
cinnamon_girl10 Weanling Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 363	She's gorgeous! Im glad you found a better option for you and your horse! __________________ ...Riding a Horse is Like Borrowing Freedom...

11-07-2009, 10:51 AM
recklesshoundog Greenbroke Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 3,162	Wow, she's a really nice horse. I'm not a QH person but she could hang out in my pasture anytime! Just a lovely filly.

11-08-2009, 01:49 PM
ShutUpJoe Newborn Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 28	Thanks you guys. I think she is super too.