The Wade has a bit of roots here in the Northwest (I'm from Oregon), and with two of my favourite horsemen: Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance. Very neat :) I'm still trying to figure out any information on my big ol' roping saddle that has been so trustworthy for me for so many years. A small saddle maker from Arizona is responsible, but I've got no history on him. :)

What kind of horse do you have? :)

SMS? Enlighten my confused mind, please!  

As a younger youth (I'm barely 19 this Sunday, sooo old!) I did a lot of barrel racing, but never competed. Just around my own farm. Dabbled in some cow work when I lived amongst a herd of 50 (+ calves - the rancher was less than pleased with me eventually... but I was 12, what's a horse-obsessed girl gonna do?!)

Now that I've graduated high school and have my sights set on University of Guelph's Equine Science Program, I've been trying to educate myself a bit more about the performance and training world as opposed to just trying to teach myself how to ride. :) Definitely never a dull moment! 

Cowgirl through and through here --- spent many years doing the Western Performance horse scene, my very top favorites are trail and cutting. I was fortunate to be started in both cutting and dressage at the same time, and tossed right into the world of all-around events. I've also been lucky enough to ride horses between Ontario and Texas, which really founded being a "cowgirl" for me, ranch life really calls to me and I hope to own a ranch in the future with an emphasis on starting young show horses.

Currently I am horseless due to university though, looking forward to getting back into the swing of things sometime in the near-ish future.

the horse ranch i work on has paint and aqha, halter and cowhorse,cutting prospects, etc, i and when i get my own place plan to get in to, paints, but, will always have a couple solid aqha mares and or geldings around as my greater half loves solid horses lol i just love them all, whn i do this i am planning on running around six mares to eight, which will take me a few years to aquire as i am picky and as the horse industry is changing, i want my mares broke rode proven shown to add something to there name i do not belive that i will carry my own stud as i would prefer to breed each mare to a stud that would compliment her and add to and or breed out any faults, i do not think that i would breed more than four a year depending on demand, i would prefer to do the leg work and not over breed and have un wanted horses and also do not want to take the back yard breeder stand point, i base as much importance on the mare as the stud, any thoughts on this? lol i do not want to change the thread, sorry got rambling. the equine science program you are taking are you taking it online i was looking into it as the on line course would suit me just fine.

got to love technolgy lol it has improved so many things easy biggest pet peeve, people thtat do not do there homework, i sit here, stew and think and plan and research, if i see a horse i like, i compare, check all breed ped look at others of the same breedings offspring etc, and then put the place in my favorites as a place to watch for when i get my own place, when are you going to start your course i was looking into the start of next year,

lol people that lie steal and cheat are not my kinda people i tend to easily right off people that way, but hey sometimes fewer friends gives you a better chance of having a way better relationship with the ones you have, we had problems with the vet here and pulled everything, including our dogs now we drive anhour and half round trip, but better care for the animals is well worth it.

@ arkequestrain that sound interesting wish we had more things are here for that, we are slowly get more and more advanced english riders and jumpers around which is nice tons of western stuff but mostly based around cows pleasure and trail.

Hi all! Western riders in this house too! Our young teenage daughter and our horse(fairly green) are just now learning reining.(hopefully off to some shows next summer) I've always ridden western as a kid and now just puddle around the arena on our mare. (she's never been out trail riding, yet) Husband has only ridden a few times, but he does enjoy it, when he gets a chance. (our mare is too dainty for him)