We have Tn Walkers that we trail ride but we used to show years ago. We have also drove Mini's which I loved doing roadster with them. I loved the speed but for the life of me am scared to canter on a big horse. I just want to walk! We have too many to count (20) with 2 new babies this year. I finally have my black and white's after years of just plain ole black. We are so attached to them most will follow us like dogs. 

I'm another of the horsey people.  I rode often as a kid and young adult but then life happened.  Now, many years later, I have horses again and this time with 2 acres I can keep them in the backyard.  Woohoo!  Gabe was given to me last summer – he's a Peruvian Paso, and I bought Tate from a bad situation (100+ pounds underweight) in the early fall so Gabe would have company.  Tate's former owner dubbed him a quarter horse but he's not ~~~  saddlebred cross is my guess.  He's a sweetheart and no matter what he is, I'm keeping him!   My youngest daughter lays claim to Gabe these days and we do a little riding together.  Tate sat basically untouched for a long time so he needs more work before he can go outside of our little fenced area.  I've had him out a few times and he's pretty tough to control.  Not mean, just has a go button and wants most of all to go home! He's a gem on the ground but not so much in the saddle.  I have a young friend helping with him and hope to turn that around soon.  In the meantime, I am content to feed and groom and just hang out with my boys.

I'm horse crazy too.  We have 5 paints that we use horse camping and trail riding.  Just finally got to horsecamp for the first time this year the weekend before last and it was wonderful.  It's hard to get away.  We are working on our livingroom and diningroom, just got a new puppy and I have to have somebody to give my old mare her medicine everyday if both my husband and I go at the same time.  Soon work will be done in the house, we can take the pup with us, and I'm sure I can find somebody to help with the horses left at home.  Now if this heat would just break I may be able to get back in the saddle again soon.  I HOPE!!!!!!

I'm another horsey girl in Northern California.  I have 2 paso fino mares and love to explore the trails and camp.  There are so many beautiful places to see on horseback!!  I started riding at age 61 and got horses at 65 so I'm a newbie for sure and I'm covering a lot of miles since I don't have so many years left to enjoy!  My little mare is a goer and that suits me just fine!  No one can keep up with this old timer! 

kdubbs said
With all of Suzanne's posts about getting into horses lately (yay, Suzanne!), I've been wondering how many riders (or drivers) there are on the CITR Forum.  I'm a horse person… anyone else?  Tell us a little about your horses and what you enjoy doing with them!

I've had horses since I was a kid. When Bob and I married and moved to the farm in SC, we started with quarter horses and Western pleasure riding, then moved to thoroughbreds and fox hunting with hounds in established hunts near Tryon, NC. 

Now we are down to two horses (our horses are older; we lost two this past year, which was hard) and we probably won't get any more once they're gone. They are happy to be retired and look pretty in our pasture. I'm finished riding for now and am on to other things.

Now, with retirement looming in the horizon, my husband is thinking of getting a few beef which, I told him years ago, he must wait to get when he's home all the time to do the "chasing" as they are notorious for escaping their confines. 

I am horsey once removed.

I learned to ride very young.  My mom had a friend with two horses that the friends didn't have time to ride.  Every weekend we would ride their horses for hours on end.  I learned basic horse care and barn chores by age 7.  It was a great time in my life and some of my best childhood memories were on Lady.  We rode through the mountain, raced on the farm roads and swam across small rivers, which was quite exciting for a young girl.

My life and dreams revolved around all things horse.  I was luccky enough to go to horse camp and then later, as a teen, to take private English lessons.

My parents got horses of their own after I moved out and later bought a farm, built a new stable and kept varying number of horses over the years.  My dad and uncle (really a cousin of my mom's) had a retirement sideline business training horses. 

Suzanne's stories about her horse journey make me smile as my mom had many of the same struggles.  I warned her about instant horse love when visiting the rescue!  My mom acquired a crazy Arabian that way.