Hello from NEW YORK!!!

MLovely · 04-09-2006, 11:52 AM

Hi everyone! I just wanted to intrduce myself. My name is Marcie and I am a 23 year old undergraduate student from upstate New York. I have read many of the posts and would like to express how excited I am to have come across Horsetopia.com. There are so many horsepeople here that seem so knowledgeable and helpful.

I think I was born with a love of horses. When I was a little girl, the only thing on my Christmas list every year was a pony. Well, my parents did not fulfil my request for the animal...they did however get me lessons (English/Hunt Seat was my discipline of choice) and told me that if I stuck with it and could somehow pay for board (Our home being in a no horse zone), then they would consider buying me my first horse. I joined 4H which was almost a foreign culture to me seeing as how my father was a corporate buisnessman and native of Brooklyn (NYC), and I did some shows around the upstate New York area. I stuck with riding for a few years and it eventually got to be to much for me to keep up. I had been dancing since I was 2 years old (ballet, tap, jazz) and was at the studio 5-6 nights a week for 4-6 hours every night...when I wasnt practicing or training, I was all over the country competing and trying to balance school work. Alot for a little girl at the ripe old age of 12. High school came and went and I went of to college in the city (NYC).

I am now home, attenting college in Binghamton, and my mother has since purchased a new home equipped with 50 acres, a few ponds, and an absolutely beautiful barn (the home was listed as a mini horse estate). So as you can imagine, when this happened a little over a year ago, I was beyond thrilled. My only regret was that I had lost many of my prior riding skills and knowledge...but at least I knew that the passion was still there. My mother bought a TB mare and a QH gelding who are both beautiful, but I am still on my original quest to purchase a horse of my own. I have started taking lessons again from a wonderful trainer and it is all comming right back. I am no longer riding english, but have fallen in love with reining after attending a clinic about a month ago. I am looking to purchase a reining horse next summer (a little over a year from now) and I cannot wait to hear the tips and advice from all of you wonderful people here at Horsetopia!!

Thank you for listening!

Love,
Marcie

snickers · 04-09-2006, 11:59 AM

Welcome and hello from FL.

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KJUN · 04-09-2006, 12:35 PM

Hello and Welcome to horsetopia from Germany

Not for long

joustinggirl · 04-09-2006, 01:48 PM

More greetings from Va.

Valkyrie · 04-09-2006, 01:58 PM

Greetings from Nova Scotia, Canada!

sheri7785 · 04-10-2006, 08:04 AM

Hello and welcome from Nebraksa.

**QuarterCowGirl** · 04-10-2006, 04:25 PM

A big hello from Ontario!

MLovely · 04-10-2006, 04:35 PM

Wow, Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!!!

appygurl · 04-10-2006, 08:11 PM

Welcome Marcie, to the forums from IL.

pennyrain · 04-11-2006, 01:11 AM

Hello from Minnesota!

Arab Lady · 04-11-2006, 08:47 PM

Welcome aboard... from Michigan!!

Sundance · 04-11-2006, 09:01 PM

Howdy from the Mountain State!

Cowgirl Up 101 · 04-12-2006, 08:55 AM

Hello and welcome from Indiana!!

justmeinny · 06-03-2006, 05:03 PM

Hi, I live about 2 hours west of Binghampton NY!!

treasure1 · 06-03-2006, 08:24 PM

HI from michigan

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justmeinny · 06-03-2006, 08:38 PM

treasure..I just love the twins, you are so lucky!! I had a set of pinto twin boys born, about 18 years ago. the small twin needed lots of special care, I had him in the house, bottle fed him, as the mare gave up on him, he was about 35 pounds&too week to stand for a few days. He lived about 2 weeks, I thought he would make it, as he got stronger, and could run around. followed me like a pup..sure loved that baby. He died at Cornell vet hospital, he developed seizures and sometimes would stop breathing while he slept. I used to sleep by him on a electric blanket, and shake him to get him breathing again. I took him to cornell when he got weaker, and he died there one night... I was devastated...you are lucky thay yours are strong and healthy.

**gbarmranch** · 06-04-2006, 07:21 AM

Welcome from TN - my son, daugher-in-law and grandson live in Rutland, VT - beautiful country!!!

Trailrider Jo · 06-04-2006, 08:14 AM

Hello from NorthEast Tennessee.

VickiE · 06-12-2006, 08:50 AM

Welcome from Indiana!

04-09-2006, 11:52 AM
MLovely Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York Posts: 1,105	Hello from NEW YORK!!! Hi everyone! I just wanted to intrduce myself. My name is Marcie and I am a 23 year old undergraduate student from upstate New York. I have read many of the posts and would like to express how excited I am to have come across Horsetopia.com. There are so many horsepeople here that seem so knowledgeable and helpful. I think I was born with a love of horses. When I was a little girl, the only thing on my Christmas list every year was a pony. Well, my parents did not fulfil my request for the animal...they did however get me lessons (English/Hunt Seat was my discipline of choice) and told me that if I stuck with it and could somehow pay for board (Our home being in a no horse zone), then they would consider buying me my first horse. I joined 4H which was almost a foreign culture to me seeing as how my father was a corporate buisnessman and native of Brooklyn (NYC), and I did some shows around the upstate New York area. I stuck with riding for a few years and it eventually got to be to much for me to keep up. I had been dancing since I was 2 years old (ballet, tap, jazz) and was at the studio 5-6 nights a week for 4-6 hours every night...when I wasnt practicing or training, I was all over the country competing and trying to balance school work. Alot for a little girl at the ripe old age of 12. High school came and went and I went of to college in the city (NYC). I am now home, attenting college in Binghamton, and my mother has since purchased a new home equipped with 50 acres, a few ponds, and an absolutely beautiful barn (the home was listed as a mini horse estate). So as you can imagine, when this happened a little over a year ago, I was beyond thrilled. My only regret was that I had lost many of my prior riding skills and knowledge...but at least I knew that the passion was still there. My mother bought a TB mare and a QH gelding who are both beautiful, but I am still on my original quest to purchase a horse of my own. I have started taking lessons again from a wonderful trainer and it is all comming right back. I am no longer riding english, but have fallen in love with reining after attending a clinic about a month ago. I am looking to purchase a reining horse next summer (a little over a year from now) and I cannot wait to hear the tips and advice from all of you wonderful people here at Horsetopia!! Thank you for listening! Love, Marcie

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