Conference noted::equitation

    Oops - I should have run a spell checker on my message. I can't even
    get my first sentence out correctly -). (I'm "seating" should be I'm
    "sitting".
    
    I'd better stop reading my message.
    	Cindy

    Out of curosity which barn??? 
    			DOn

    Century Mills.
    

    Forget it Cindy....concentration is going to be impossible!
    I know, I just went through the same thing a few weeks ago.
    I ended up with a gorgeous Arabian Gelding and an Arab/Morgan
    mix.  My new babies are the limelight of my life right now
    and having to come to work every day is total torture.  I just
    want to look, hug, ride, brush, hug, talk, sing, hug....
    
    I'm very thankful that I only work "mother's" hours and can
    buck out of here at 3:00...I sure haven't been putting in any
    after-hours stuff lately.......wonder why!
    
    Its even more torture when you want the horse that badly and
    have to wait before you can even buy it!  Take your time though...
    I jumped the gun a month ago...bought an Appy Mare on a whim......
    she turned out to be a bad horse and almost killed me!  Couldn't
    buck me off so she decided to rear up, flip over, and land on top
    of me.  I'm still not supposed to be riding...but what does the
    Dr. know anyway!  I have a hairline fracture in my ankle and the
    biggest bruised leg and butt this side of the Mississippi river!
    Then I paid a fortune for two different trainers to come up and
    figure her out....she did the same thing to them..as well as try
    and bash them into metal fence gates, rocks, and so on.  After
    three weeks of anguish, I sold her to someone who will have to
    completely re-train her (at a HUGE financial loss I might add)
    
    SOOOO moral to the story...be excited, keep dreaming, get a little
    work done, but DON'T rush it ... no matter how badly you want it.
    
    CONGRATULATIONS..........I'll keep my fingers and toes crossed for ya.
    
    Wendy
    

    Well the previous horse that I tried out was bucking and rearing - I
    lasted one round when I said -forget THIS horse! I was not going to
    spend money on a horse that did that to me.
    
    Even though I was pretty tense and nervous (since I didn't have a good
    last experience to fall back on - what a pun!) Midnight did pretty
    well. He was fast at the trot and canter but my 2nd canter was better
    than my first. I remembered most of the things I was supposed to do by
    the time I did my 2nd canter - like SIT in the saddle and go with the 
    flow... 
    
    		Cindy - counting the days
    P.S. What's also killing me is that I've got pictures from last night's
    ride to show to my instructor tonight. So I can't wait...

    Well if you can go up to the barn every day...do it.  The more
    time you spend with Midnight, the more sure of the horse you'll
    be.  So what if the laundry piles up, your husband has to cook
    every day, and the kids have to finally get rides to everywhere
    for a while....I wanted to make sure this time I was right....
    so I took the time.....you should do the same...just plan on
    moving your bed into the barn for a month or so!  I'll love
    to see the pics!
    
    Hang in there...... and your seat will come back in no time.  I
    went 15 years and although I'll never ride the way I used to...
    I'm doing ok.
    
    Wen
    and Apache Warrior and Aladans Magic and my six dogs, two Iguanas, and
    cat are all rooting for you!
    
    

    Well let's say that I'm making sure all of my gardening is done for the
    year and that this weekend will be a big cleaning weekend for me -).
    	Cindy
    P.S. I just can't wait!!!
    

    
    Hi,
    
    We looked at Midnight as well (for a friend) and we loved him to death! 
    He is a super horse - he is strong and once he gains weight he will be
    stronger.  He will need to ridden alot and he will some training.
    
    but if you have the time, he is super boy!
    
    my friend has not decided yet if she wants him, may the best one win
    
    Louisa

    .-1
    Hi Linda. My instructor looked at my pictures of Midnight and felt that
    his build wasn't strong enough to carry me. Since I'm overweight she
    wants to see a horse built more like a quarter horse - Midnight is
    narrow in the chest. She's afraid that he'll break down eventually with
    all the jumping that I want to do (low-level eventing).
    
    I did like Midnight's personality. He was a bit strong at the canter
    but I think work and disipline is the key for him.  
    
    So please tell your friend good-luck with him (if she decides to go
    with him).
    
    And if you hear of a medium boned quarter horse (or mix), 7 - 11 years
    old, gelding, 15h3 minimum, fairly calm but spunky, please think of me.
    		Cindy

Cindy, 

How bout 150.236 in the For Sale section!!

Happy Hunting

Karen

    definitely a possibility. 

    
    Cindy,  I am kinda happy midnight didn't work out for you.  My friend
    Terry bought him home lastnight.  He passed his vet check (w/Xrays)
    with flying colors.
    
    Have you found one yet?
    
    Louisa

    Well... actually I think I HAVE!!!! I'm trying not to get my hopes up
    (which of course is why I find work very difficult - I keep thinking
    about all the things I need to work on with the horse).
    
    Anyhow, I found a TH/Hanovarian chestnut mare in NH. She's everything I
    planned not to look at. She's big, chestnut, a mare, and has real long
    gaits. I was looking for a bay/black gelding.
    
    However this mare seems really nice - she put up with a really bad jump
    with no more of a hopping motion to get her balance. (after lookin at
    the pictures no wonder she had to hop after what I was trying to do).
    
    Even though I'm used to short, choppy strided horses, I really did 
    appreciate her long gaits - it wasn't difficult to do a sitting trot on
    her.
    
    I'm starting to like chestnuts again...
    Well tonight my instructor looks at the pictures (I've hidden away the 
    jumping pictures for fear of what my instructor will say of my form etc
    -)... ).
    Hopefully we'll see Belle on Wednesday. Then the vet check and then -
    oops I forgot to mention the bargaining. Sooo, maybe I'll have a horse
    by July 4th.
    		Cindy

    
    Good luck Cindy!
    
    When I bought Sultan (chestnut arab) I told my self I would NOT buy
    under any reason 1) an Arab or 2) anything in a brownish shade
    
    I only wanted color for my horse and I wanted a QH.
    
    I belive they buy you, you don't buy them.
    
    Louisa