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Ok, so she's not as impressive as all those other horses up above, but this one has a spot in my heart. Her name is Joker's Scarlet Aurora, or "Rory" for short. She's my daughter's Appaloosa/POA pony, 13.2 hands, full of sass but very lovable too. She loves kids and loves to be led or to let kids ride her while she's being led, but she tends to be a little ornery when you put the reins on her. I've never figured her out. It would take a far better horseman than me. This is my daughter and Rory getting a lesson together last summer...
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Spikedriver said:
Ok, so she's not as impressive as all those other horses up above, but this one has a spot in my heart. Her name is Joker's Scarlet Aurora, or "Rory" for short. She's my daughter's Appaloosa/POA pony, 13.2 hands, full of sass but very lovable too. She loves kids and loves to be led or to let kids ride her while she's being led, but she tends to be a little ornery when you put the reins on her. I've never figured her out. It would take a far better horseman than me. This is my daughter and Rory getting a lesson together last summer...View attachment 64480
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Beautiful both of them, Spike. When you say ornery, like when you put the reins on her, you mean turning or putting the bridle on? Just curious which one you mean, their so many reasons they can act out or ornery.
 
Mr.Meer said:
Beautiful both of them, Spike. When you say ornery, like when you put the reins on her, you mean turning or putting the bridle on? Just curious which one you mean, their so many reasons they can act out or ornery.
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Ornery as in, she doesn't want to follow her rider's inputs. I personally think she has never made the connection between leg cues, rein cues, and knowing what the rider wants. Plus she's fairly strong willed and dominant. But she bends to pressure like a champ, and she leads wonderfully. She's never had a bit in her mouth, only reins tied to the halter, so it's not the bit.

She's very trusting too. The first time she was saddled, my ex laid across her back, then mounted, then stood on her back, and she never even raised her head. But the minute my ex sat down in the saddle and asked her to go she blew up. Go figure...
 
Spikedriver said:
Ornery as in, she doesn't want to follow her rider's inputs. I personally think she has never made the connection between leg cues, rein cues, and knowing what the rider wants. Plus she's fairly strong willed and dominant. But she bends to pressure like a champ, and she leads wonderfully. She's never had a bit in her mouth, only reins tied to the halter, so it's not the bit.

She's very trusting too. The first time she was saddled, my ex laid across her back, then mounted, then stood on her back, and she never even raised her head. But the minute my ex sat down in the saddle and asked her to go she blew up. Go figure...
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It's hard to figure them out at times for sure. When I rode Tobacco he knew all the leg cues, but I didn't so he was teaching me things I didn't know. Him being Tennessee Walker he was real high spirited, we had a ball. No bit, can be good when you have one gentle enough he or she lets you control them with no fuss.Some spirited ones need little more persuading to be controlled. Tobacco I rode lots a times with nothing just signals and he was great at it. Soon as I get off, and let Meerkat get on his back, he would act up, just to mess with her, he had a personality for sure like they all do. :)
 
Rory is also lazy. No doubt about it! But she leads so well, stopping, starting, and following without any pressure from the lead. But she won't ride at all, and she's been with two trainers who haven't been able to make much progress. That tells me she doesn't understand what she's being told through the reins and leg cues. Maybe I'm wrong, I'm not a good horseman and I'd be the very last person you would want to train a horse. Personally I would sell her to a very experienced rider, but my daughter loves her, and she is out of my ex's old App mare, so my ex wouldn't sell her either. Horse people. You know how it is...😁
 
Spikedriver said:
Rory is also lazy. No doubt about it! But she leads so well, stopping, starting, and following without any pressure from the lead. But she won't ride at all, and she's been with two trainers who haven't been able to make much progress. That tells me she doesn't understand what she's being told through the reins and leg cues. Maybe I'm wrong, I'm not a good horseman and I'd be the very last person you would want to train a horse. Personally I would sell her to a very experienced rider, but my daughter loves her, and she is out of my ex's old App mare, so my ex wouldn't sell her either. Horse people. You know how it is...😁
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Totally understand about horse people, lol, Im one too. 😁 We get attached to them like any pet. How old is Rory? You could be on to something about her not quite understanding the cues , just a little surprised about trainers not catching it.
 
Umm...I'm not sure how old she is. But she's way past prime training age. 10 years old now? My ex was going to train her but ex's health problems stalled that plan. Then a college equestrian program student worked with her, and got her to ride ok in the round pen, but Rory still blew up way too easy. But my inexperienced daughter can climb up and ride her while she's being led, and the darn horse is happy as can be.
 
Spikedriver said:
Umm...I'm not sure how old she is. But she's way past prime training age. 10 years old now? My ex was going to train her but ex's health problems stalled that plan. Then a college equestrian program student worked with her, and got her to ride ok in the round pen, but Rory still blew up way too easy. But my inexperienced daughter can climb up and ride her while she's being led, and the darn horse is happy as can be.
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That's what I was kinda trying to tell you about the way they will connect with certain people like your daughter which makes her happy, and she would lean fast from her if she knew how to teach her. She's still young at 10 yo, and could be taught how to ride, seeing how they live to 30 yo or more. What did the trainers tell you about Rory?
 
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Mr.Meer said:
That's what I was kinda trying to tell you about the way they will connect with certain people like your daughter which makes her happy, and she would lean fast from her if she knew how to teach her. She's still young at 10 yo, and could be taught how to ride, seeing how they live to 30 yo or more. What did the trainers tell you about Rory?
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Rory belongs to my ex and my daughter, so I haven't been real involved. I do know that she had a bond with that student trainer. When she blew up and bucked her off in the round pen, the girl wrenched her hip when she landed, and Rory came and stood over her with all four feet around her, like a mare would do with a foal. I think the student said Rory just wouldn't settle down, or words to that effect. My ex has trained quite a few horses, and thinks Rory just needs lots of consistent work, probably in short sessions. But ex has a lot of health problems and training is hard work even for healthy people. And my daughter isn't very confident or assertive which doesn't help.
 
Spikedriver said:
Rory belongs to my ex and my daughter, so I haven't been real involved. I do know that she had a bond with that student trainer. When she blew up and bucked her off in the round pen, the girl wrenched her hip when she landed, and Rory came and stood over her with all four feet around her, like a mare would do with a foal. I think the student said Rory just wouldn't settle down, or words to that effect. My ex has trained quite a few horses, and thinks Rory just needs lots of consistent work, probably in short sessions. But ex has a lot of health problems and training is hard work even for healthy people. And my daughter isn't very confident or assertive which doesn't help.
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I understand, you're right about someone being consistent with her so she understands what she is taught. Also about leg cues and such , seems I read that @phideaux , use to train Tennessee Walkers and would know about Rory not understanding them. Might mention it to him too and see what he thinks about it if it's a lack of communication with trainers and Rory. Too bad about your ex's health problems, and that she wasn't able to teach your daughter how to train Rory. Rory standing over that student trainer sound like she didn't want to hurt her at all. :(
 
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My sister loved horses more than people.
We had 26 horses & ponies at one time, including a mixed Tennessee Walker & a mixed Morgan.
I have not been on a horse in thirty years.
 
joel said:
My sister loved horses more than people.
We had 26 horses & ponies at one time, including a mixed Tennessee Walker & a mixed Morgan.
I have not been on a horse in thirty years.
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Sounds like you and your sister were raised like we were. Always horses to ride.👍
Thirty years is a long time, but bet it would be like riding a bike, come right back to you.:)
 
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