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facilities Your Horse Hates
Topic Started: Oct 26 2009, 07:41 AM (897 Views)
Delia	Oct 30 2009, 10:12 AM Post #16
Is the meadow on fire? Posts: 1,501 Group: Members Member #681 Joined: January 31, 2007	Back in the day, the smaller ring ran in a north/south position, I think by the barns, and the main ring was to the right and perpendicular to the smaller ring, going east/west. The outside course was in a big field behind the main ring. They didn't have any permanent jumps out there like a grob -- it was just regular show jumps set up in the field, with temporary snow fencing put up to mark off where the outside course ended and the trailer parking began. Back then they held A and B shows, but they were all one-day shows (as were alot of A shows back then) so we all trailered in.



Diva98	Oct 30 2009, 10:18 AM Post #17
Schooling Posts: 58 Group: Members Member #268 Joined: January 8, 2007	My former A/O hunter HATED the indoor at Chagrin. I don't think I ever made it around a course there without some sort of blow up.



Lion1024	Oct 30 2009, 10:28 AM Post #18
Off visiting Candy Cave, be right back. Posts: 1,445 Group: Members Member #241 Joined: January 8, 2007	Delia - I think the outside ring that you are referring to is now a housing development.



2bayboys	Oct 30 2009, 10:44 AM Post #19
Not as bad as you think I am. Posts: 567 Group: Members Member #161 Joined: January 7, 2007	My former amateur horse hated the Barracks. Loathed and despised it. Meanwhile, he LOVED Culpeper. Go figure.



vxf111	Oct 30 2009, 11:16 AM Post #20
You're BANNED! Posts: 4,033 Group: Members Member #325 Joined: January 10, 2007	Lion1024 Oct 30 2009, 10:28 AM Delia - I think the outside ring that you are referring to is now a housing development. Yes, sadly, based on what you've described-- I think Woodedge doesn't even one the piece of land where the outdoor course used to be



OpticalIllusion	Oct 30 2009, 11:58 AM Post #21
Guiding your way to Candy Mountain, since 1873. Posts: 2,703 Group: Members Member #702 Joined: February 1, 2007	2bayboys Oct 30 2009, 10:44 AM My former amateur horse hated the Barracks. Loathed and despised it. Meanwhile, he LOVED Culpeper. Go figure. It seems to take a lot for a horse to like that ring. Its dark and has light spots and the ventilation fan has teeth. It is pretty darn warm in the winter though, inside at least.



HunterJumperz	Oct 30 2009, 12:41 PM Post #22
Weanling Posts: 3 Group: Members Member #4,837 Joined: October 30, 2009	The covered ring at Tampa was always one that got us.



SnackPack	Oct 30 2009, 01:22 PM Post #23
It'll be an adventure! We're going on an adventure! Posts: 2,126 Group: Members Member #238 Joined: January 8, 2007	Delia Oct 30 2009, 10:12 AM Back then they held A and B shows, but they were all one-day shows (as were alot of A shows back then) so we all trailered in. See...I've been wondering if I imagined that these days. While I rarely showed as a kid, my barn went to quite a few and I remember even the one-days as A rated, but you know how the mind plays tricks. I thought I was having a 'tall-tales' of horse shows back in the day. Thanks for confirming that I am not making it up.



Delia	Oct 30 2009, 02:24 PM Post #24
Is the meadow on fire? Posts: 1,501 Group: Members Member #681 Joined: January 31, 2007	vxf111 Oct 30 2009, 11:16 AM Lion1024 Oct 30 2009, 10:28 AM Delia - I think the outside ring that you are referring to is now a housing development. Yes, sadly, based on what you've described-- I think Woodedge doesn't even one the piece of land where the outdoor course used to be Too bad, but I'm not surprised. I mean, even the USET Headquarters at Gladstone has sold off property to developers.



Trixie	Nov 5 2009, 10:18 AM Post #25
We're on a bridge, Chaaaaaaaaarlie! Posts: 275 Group: Members Member #283 Joined: January 9, 2007	My horse hates anywhere that has nearby cows. He's absolutely positive the cows are Subversive Evildoers.



naters	Nov 6 2009, 09:47 AM Post #26
Is the meadow on fire? Posts: 1,679 Group: Members Member #86 Joined: January 6, 2007	So its not a "big show" place, but we did some smaller shows at Chateau Elan (near Atlanta). I hate it. My horse hates it. I hated it for my horse. Who's brilliant idea was it to have stables up a STEEP SLIPPERY SLOPE COVERED IN ROCKS from the ring. EVERYTIME I walked to or from the ring, I had to get off my horse, and even then, either I almost busted my a$$ or my horse did.



Sing Mia Song	Nov 6 2009, 03:44 PM Post #27
I'm from the Government and I'm here to help. Posts: 892 Group: Members Member #290 Joined: January 9, 2007	It's been a looong time ago, but the original Sing Mia Song hated indoors--and she absolutely despised the ring at Sabbath Day which is now Evenstride, in Byfield, Mass. Whoever talked about the Barracks' ventilation fan having teeth, well, this fan was a bona fide piranha in her book! Forget hacking her in there, it was just a tense, miserable experience.



War Admiral	Nov 7 2009, 05:14 AM Post #28
"Sure doesn't LOOK like an ASB." Posts: 218 Group: Members Member #79 Joined: January 6, 2007	Oh God, my first OTTB was so picky about venues it was just insane. Like Sing Mia Song, he HATED indoors of any variety - was convinced he was going to bump his head on the ceiling if he jumped, so his whole jumping style would change indoors. Another venue - and this is WAY back when - that he hated was Oulde Newbury, an "A" show on the marshes in Newburyport, Mass. I don't know if it was the footing or the sea air or the tents or the taste of the water or what, but he morphed into OTTB From H8ll and put me on the ground EVERY single day at that show. Sometimes I couldn't even get him to the ring. He just hated it. In his defense, he did eventually step up and give me a desperately needed Maclay win there, but only after I tearfully visited his stall in the middle of the night and promised him if he won it he never needed to go back there! He was always so tough to load, but at Oulde Newbury he would literally drag me to the trailer and leap aboard! Such a weird old horse.



War Admiral	Nov 7 2009, 02:11 PM Post #29
"Sure doesn't LOOK like an ASB." Posts: 218 Group: Members Member #79 Joined: January 6, 2007	naters Nov 6 2009, 09:47 AM So its not a "big show" place, but we did some smaller shows at Chateau Elan (near Atlanta). I hate it. My horse hates it. I hated it for my horse. Who's brilliant idea was it to have stables up a STEEP SLIPPERY SLOPE COVERED IN ROCKS from the ring. EVERYTIME I walked to or from the ring, I had to get off my horse, and even then, either I almost busted my a$$ or my horse did. Word. I won't show there. And one of the very best things about having moved up here to Chatt. is that nobody's going to ASK me to, either!! You forgot the flooded, soaking wet stalls when it rains...



Renn/aissance	Nov 8 2009, 07:53 AM Post #30
Hakuna matata! Posts: 1,944 Group: Admin Member #17 Joined: January 3, 2007	My horse is funny about indoors and has it in him to be a real goofball the first time he's in a new one. He's gotten better, but the Coliseum at the PG County Equestrian Center is most emphatically not his friend. He does not like it, he does not want to like it, he does not want to give it a chance, and yes he is certain. It's not even the people--he likes the people--it's the back left corner of the ring. Watch Capital Challenge and watch where the horses are all spooking. You'll see what I mean.



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