*YOU*
1. How old were you when you first started riding?
11

2. First horse ridden:
Mandy.....An Appy with Tude

3. First horse trotted on:
Mandy.....

4. First horse cantered on:
Mandy.....

5. First Horse fallen off of:
Err Mandy

6. Most recent horse fallen off of:
Dancer so long as it counts that she fell with me, if not then Shia

7. First horse you trotted over poles with:
Boss, RIP old son

8. First horse jumped with:
Boss

9. First horse who ran away with you:
Mandy

10. First horse that scared the crap out of you:
Mandy

11. First horse shown?
Mandy

12. First horse to win a class with:
......some nasty mare at the U of Iowa in IHSA

13. Do you/have you taken lessons:
during college, now I give them...

14. First horse you ever rode bareback:
Mandy....gads 12 years since I got rid of her and she's still haunting me.

15. First horse trail ridden with:
.....MANDY

16. Current Barn name:
Freedom Rose Farms, owned and operated by....ME!

17. Do you ride English or western?
both, and saddle seat, and I drive aswell

18. First Horse to place at a show with:
@#^$&* Mandy

19. Ever been to horse camp?
as a counsilor

20. Ever been to a riding clinic?
no

21. Ridden sidesaddle?
yes, in COSTUME!!!

22. First horse leased:
leased? leased? no I've owned each one...uggg. I may lease Dancer (from the fall, as a broodmare, if her youthful owner gets dragged away by Military Dad, in next move)

23.first horse owned:
Mandy

24. Highest ribbon in a show-
1st

25. Ever been to an 'A' rated show?
LOL...no

26. Ever competed in pony games/relay races?
yeah when I was young, sometimes to get the students active

27. Ever fallen off at a show:
OMG---- ONCE, and the ambulance people tried to CUT my boots off....for a head injury...yes I was wearing a helmet, which I shattered getting thrown INTO the wall.

28. Do you ride Hunter/Jumpers?
sometimes, if I have to

29. Have you ever barrel raced?
once or twice

30. Ever done pole bending?
once or twice

31. Favorite gait:
the front driveway....oh sorry, Western Jog on "Gater" riding trail.

32. Ever cantered bareback?
yeah

33. Have you ever done dressage?
yes

34. Have you ever evented?
I'm not out to kill myself anymore.

35. Have you ever mucked a stall?
....if I hadn't my barn would be ceiling high!!!!

36. Ever been bucked off?
hmm...NO...I usually stay on until they are done and then just fall over....(the show fall was me AND the horse....gads I fall a lot WITH the horses...)

37. Ever been on a horse that reared?
yes both against my wants and once or twice on cue.

38. Horses or ponies?
both............................

39. Do you wear a helmet?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes...not in western pleasure classes, on my deadest dead broke

40. What's the highest you've jumped:
on purpose? 3ft, on a green broke in a panic... about 5

41. Have you ever ridden at night?
......yes......

42. Do you watch horsey television shows?
RFDTV rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

43. Have you ever been seriously hurt/injured from a fall?
yes

44. Have you ever ridden without anything (no saddle, bridle, halter etc)?
of course...

45. Do you ride in an arena or ring?
I ride EVERYWHERE! but yes have a ring if I'm schooling.

46. Have you ever been trampled by a horse?
yes but it was only four hours old at the time

47. Have you ever been bitten?
...yes....

48. Ever had your foot stepped on by a horse?
every toe on both feet have been broken at least once.....some many more times...

49. Do you clean your tack regularly?
....no...that is the students job...hee hee hee

50. Ever played ride-a-buck?
yes

YOUR HORSE(S) - I will give you MY PERSONAL animals, not those who are 'business' critters.
51. Show name(s):
Princess Shia
Dandardel Saga
Dandardel Peri Rose
Dandardel Evita
Dandardel Avril
Meadow of Roses
Aloha Lilo

52. Barn Name:
Shia
Dandy
Rose
Veet
Avril
Meadow
Lily


53. Any nicknames?
The white witch
Studdly do right
Rosy posy
no
no
Dingbat, weirdo, nutty, the pest
Sweety, darling, baby,

54. Breed:
Polish Arab
Welsh Mountain Pony, Section A
Welsh Mountain Pony, Section A
Welsh Mountain Pony, Section A
Welsh Mountain Pony, Section A
Welsh Mountain Pony, Half
Welsh Mountain Pony, Half

55. Goes english or western:
both, and drives
neither in training (western)
neither in training (driving)
neither -drives
neither -drives
Neither too young
Both, and Drives

56. Sex?
Mare
*yes please* Stallion
Mare
Mare
Mare
Gelding
Mare

57. Age:
18
5
8
6
5
2
4

58. Primary Discipline?
NONE...very unruly

59. Show experience:
Shia is a retired show jumper
Dandy-none
Rose-halter
Veet-halter
Avril-halter
Meadow-halter
Lily- lead line, lunging comp, halter, games

60. Good on the trail:
hmmm don't know yet.

61. Did you train this horse yourself?
No
am
am
no
no
am
Yes

62. Vices:
Thinks she's royalty
people shy
hard to catch
None
None
youth
NONE

63. Spooky?
Yes, Shia nearly gave the highway patrol man a heart attack standing on the side of the road at night glowing white with overlong mane and tail....had a deer pull down the whole electric fence.
most of time they are all very solid, Dandy has attacked several dogs, and the others just jump and shiver and go back to being relaxed.

65. Does your horse come when you call?
when I use the bucket to do my calling, otherwise I go out to get them.


66. Is your horse good with children and other horses?:
YES
*treats?!*
*treats?!*
*treats?!* spoiled ponies!
*treats?!*
*treats?!*
YES...

67. Is your horse worked regularly:
SNOW on ground, ice under snow....during the summer YES

68. Ever a lesson horse?
yes
never will be
hope so
hope so
hope so
not with me he's for sale
yes

69. Does your horse like treats?
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
DUH!
only oats...weird thing

70. Do you take lessons on your horse?
no

71. Is your horse easy to work around?
For the most part yes on EVERYbody on my farm

72. Has your horse ever escaped from it's stall?
Stall? Escape? can a horse excape when the stall has the door chained open?
nah my stalls are more of a come or go as you please set up the horses spend most of the time outside, now escape from PASTURES...well that's a different story...

74. Is your horse hard to worm?
nope, run them into the barn and worm them.

75. Is your horse good for the farrier / vet?
LOL the vet brings treats and I am the farrier...so YES

76. Have you ever won a class with your horse?
Halter classes with dingbat and Lily

77. Have you ever had a moment where you feel really connected to your horse?
yes the rare moments after chores and it's dark when I lean on my stallion and he just stands there while we watch the herd

78. Does your horse like hay?
only in the summer time, in the winter they try to find grass...dingbats

79. Does your horse have special feed or supplement?
Shia is on a senior feed

80. Does your horse often have a very messy stall?
no, just a few piles in the barn to fork out each day

81. Does your horse use any special boots?
well Rose likes those Dom boots with the heels, that go up to her thighs when she's telling Dandy off... oh sorry.. otherwise no.

82. Do you use a whip and spurs?
depends on the man

83. Does your horse like to run?
no
not really
yes
yes
yes
OMG YES
only when chasing Dingbat.

84. How many times a week do you ride your horse?
in the winter once every couple, in the summer, 2-5 times depending on horse

85. Does your horse have markings?
Grey with white...doesn't show
White on face and legs
White on face and legs
Roaning
Roaning
White on face and legs
NO....well a white scar on shoulder from Dingbat


86. Do you braid your horse for shows?
Arabs and Welsh are shown "naturally' Maned and tailed

87. What color is your horse's halter?
Purple
Leather
Green-dark
Red
Blue
Green-bright
halter? oh when she is in public I think she wears a blue one...leads with a hand on neck 99% of the time

88. Does your horse follow you?
Yes
yes
NO
yes
yes
YES
OMG YES


89. Can your horse backup?
err no I'm sorry that gear is out of order...yeah???

90. Is your horse's trot easier to sit to or post to?
depends on if you ask Shia for a western pleasure jog or a hunter trot.
others---yet to see.

91. Have you ever dressed your horse up for Halloween?
lol

93. Has your horse ever produced offspring?
Yes
YES YES YES
Yes
Yes
Yes
GELDING
first time preggers for 2008 foal. yes!

94. Do you and your horse have "colors"?
Barn colors are red white and blue

95. What is your horse's favorite treat?
apples
salted peanuts and candy cane
apples
n/a
n/a
fingers
oats

96. Do you normally lunge your horse before riding?
yes after saddling, so I can re-tighten the girth...only about 5 minutes each way.

97. Has your horse ever given a pony ride?
lollollol...yeah

98. How many people owned this horse before you?
I don't know
2
3
3
3
1
1

99. Does your horse get dirty easily?
....white horses or with white markings...what do you think!!!!

100. What's your favorite horsey memory?
getting back on a horse months after my first bad wreck, having a panic attack until the mare looked over her shoulder and then bent around to touch my knee with her nose, like "honey, we'll be fine, you just sit there, and I'll just stand here until your ready to go"