Hello from Ontario!

paint pony · 01-05-2006, 05:43 PM

Well, I have to say that I have been reading posts and everyone seems very close, so i thought I should introduce myself before i join the family!

Well, my family has 20 horses, drafts and draft crosses. we run a horse drawn carriage business in ontario. We have Percherons, Clyds, spotted drafts, belgiums, and lots of crosses. We also have all of thoes breeds crossed with hackney, morgan, canadian, and ?. We tend to look for a type of horses, rather then using specific breeds. our horses range between 4 and 24. oh ya, and they all feel like lazy-boys when you ride them!

Personally I have two horses. A grade pinto pony and a trakehner. (my pony is 14.1hh, and my trakehner is 17.2!) My pinto, patches is 12. I have had her for 11 1/2 years! we are almost like sisters. Together we do western and english. She loves to run barrels, and well, any games. She does jump and do some dressage, although its not her faviorte. I have shown her halter and showmanship, just a bit. Mostly we just trail ride, she'll go anywhere, including up stairs, and in the house, but she loves to swim and will practically dive into lake ontario!

My Trakehner is 4. He is my project horse, and hopefully my future eventer. He's bay with four white feet and a sweetheart. He has an amazing attitude and work ethic and has been a pleasure to train. He was voted mr. personality by thoes who know him, and has also earned the title "war horse" because of his size! I am exited for his future, and as a boasting mother, i must say i think he's going to be wonderful on the show circuit.

I look forward to chatting with you and sharing horsey information and stories (I sure have enough of thoes!)

snickers · 01-05-2006, 05:44 PM

Wow what a horse family.
Welcome and hello from FL.

Rebecca · 01-05-2006, 05:51 PM

Hello from East Texas
Your horses sound wonderful!
Looking forward to your posts.

Rebecca

**Horsetopia-Annie** · 01-05-2006, 05:52 PM

Hello and welcome!

Twenty horses!

You must post photos of them (and especially your own two) when you get a chance.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the moderators or administrators. Also, if you haven't gotten the chance already, please check out our forum rules at: http://www.forum.horsetopia.com/viewtopic.php?t=2969 . We're glad to have you here!

Eagle Horse · 01-05-2006, 05:57 PM

Wow! You do have quite the family! I knew a girl once who owned a Belgium and she took that horse everywhere, on the trails, rode him bareback and without a bridle! He was about 17 hands too. She could even jump up on him from the ground without a mounting block!! Amazing! Welcome from Colorado!

**taelesean** · 01-05-2006, 06:11 PM

Greetings from Virginia!

I love draft horses....

Alberta Lolita · 01-05-2006, 06:16 PM

Welcome to the family,
Can't wait to see pictures!

pasomystic · 01-05-2006, 07:30 PM

Welcome from Alberta, your herd sounds very interesting, and your family business even more so--I want to train my Canadian gelding to pull in future if I can get the equipment together again--been a lot of years since I had cart horses.

joustinggirl · 01-05-2006, 07:32 PM

More greetings from Va. I love painted ponies.

appygurl · 01-05-2006, 07:37 PM

Welcome to the forum from Illinois. I think
you'll fit in great here!

UnderSun&Moon · 01-06-2006, 08:13 AM

Hiya from Middle Tennessee! all those draft crosses and drafts! my kind of heaven!

Sheila

**QuarterCowGirl** · 01-06-2006, 12:33 PM

Hello neigh-bour! I'm from Woodstock, Ontario, where abouts do you live?

pippy · 01-06-2006, 12:49 PM

Hello from MN!

Valkyrie · 01-06-2006, 01:02 PM

Sounds like a nice group of equines ... welcome from Sunny Nova Scotia!

WYJumper · 01-06-2006, 01:32 PM

Welcome from Wyoming!

A paint pony and a Trakehner, I am sooo jealous.

Pictures please, if you can!

Have you done eventing before? I am just starting eventing, didn't get to show last year for a bunch of reasons, hopefully this year I will get to.

paint pony · 01-06-2006, 03:23 PM

first of all, im from niagara.

Secondly, no I haven't evented yet, for a few different reasons, timing never seemed to work out, but hopefully ill get there with my young horse!

I will try to post pics, if i can ever figure it out!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcomes!!

01-05-2006, 05:43 PM
paint pony Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ON Posts: 208	Hello from Ontario! Well, I have to say that I have been reading posts and everyone seems very close, so i thought I should introduce myself before i join the family! Well, my family has 20 horses, drafts and draft crosses. we run a horse drawn carriage business in ontario. We have Percherons, Clyds, spotted drafts, belgiums, and lots of crosses. We also have all of thoes breeds crossed with hackney, morgan, canadian, and ?. We tend to look for a type of horses, rather then using specific breeds. our horses range between 4 and 24. oh ya, and they all feel like lazy-boys when you ride them! Personally I have two horses. A grade pinto pony and a trakehner. (my pony is 14.1hh, and my trakehner is 17.2!) My pinto, patches is 12. I have had her for 11 1/2 years! we are almost like sisters. Together we do western and english. She loves to run barrels, and well, any games. She does jump and do some dressage, although its not her faviorte. I have shown her halter and showmanship, just a bit. Mostly we just trail ride, she'll go anywhere, including up stairs, and in the house, but she loves to swim and will practically dive into lake ontario! My Trakehner is 4. He is my project horse, and hopefully my future eventer. He's bay with four white feet and a sweetheart. He has an amazing attitude and work ethic and has been a pleasure to train. He was voted mr. personality by thoes who know him, and has also earned the title "war horse" because of his size! I am exited for his future, and as a boasting mother, i must say i think he's going to be wonderful on the show circuit. I look forward to chatting with you and sharing horsey information and stories (I sure have enough of thoes!) __________________ Due to lack of intrest, tomorrow has been cancelled

01-05-2006, 05:44 PM
snickers Bombproof Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Twilight Zone Posts: 8,988	Wow what a horse family. Welcome and hello from FL. __________________ " You cant fix stupid " Ron White Life is to short to argue with ignorant people.

01-05-2006, 05:51 PM
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01-05-2006, 05:52 PM
Horsetopia-Annie Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,667	Hello and welcome! Twenty horses! You must post photos of them (and especially your own two) when you get a chance. If you have any questions, please contact one of the moderators or administrators. Also, if you haven't gotten the chance already, please check out our forum rules at: http://www.forum.horsetopia.com/viewtopic.php?t=2969 . We're glad to have you here! __________________ Annie Horsetopia.com

01-05-2006, 05:57 PM
Eagle Horse Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 334	Wow! You do have quite the family! I knew a girl once who owned a Belgium and she took that horse everywhere, on the trails, rode him bareback and without a bridle! He was about 17 hands too. She could even jump up on him from the ground without a mounting block!! Amazing! Welcome from Colorado!

01-05-2006, 06:11 PM
taelesean Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,756	Greetings from Virginia! I love draft horses.... __________________

01-05-2006, 06:16 PM
Alberta Lolita Weanling Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Alberta Posts: 457	Welcome to the family, Can't wait to see pictures!

01-05-2006, 07:30 PM
pasomystic Coming two Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alberta Posts: 1,530	Welcome from Alberta, your herd sounds very interesting, and your family business even more so--I want to train my Canadian gelding to pull in future if I can get the equipment together again--been a lot of years since I had cart horses. __________________ We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are.

01-05-2006, 07:32 PM
joustinggirl Greenbroke Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Boones Mill, Virgina Posts: 3,389	More greetings from Va. I love painted ponies. __________________ Pink Tiger says \'Grrrrrr\'

01-05-2006, 07:37 PM
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01-06-2006, 12:49 PM
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01-06-2006, 08:13 AM
UnderSun&Moon Weanling Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Springfield TN Posts: 332	Hiya from Middle Tennessee! all those draft crosses and drafts! my kind of heaven! Sheila __________________ Be good to one another

01-06-2006, 12:33 PM
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01-06-2006, 01:02 PM
Valkyrie Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 865	Sounds like a nice group of equines ... welcome from Sunny Nova Scotia!

01-06-2006, 01:32 PM
WYJumper Product Reviews & Conf. Clinic Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Least Populated State Posts: 1,342	Welcome from Wyoming! A paint pony and a Trakehner, I am sooo jealous. Pictures please, if you can! Have you done eventing before? I am just starting eventing, didn't get to show last year for a bunch of reasons, hopefully this year I will get to. __________________ Steph

01-06-2006, 03:23 PM
paint pony Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ON Posts: 208	first of all, im from niagara. Secondly, no I haven't evented yet, for a few different reasons, timing never seemed to work out, but hopefully ill get there with my young horse! I will try to post pics, if i can ever figure it out! Thanks everyone for the warm welcomes!! __________________ Due to lack of intrest, tomorrow has been cancelled