About Me
My name is Sam, I'm 18 and I've ridden horses since I was around 4 years old. I'm a barrel racer at heart, It's something that my whole family competes in. I compete in NBHA shows, starting this summer IBRA shows, along with some open shows and I do fair every year for fun. I started taking hunt seat and jumping lessons last year as something new to work with. I like jumping and riding english, but it comes second to barrel racing. Due to the fact that I have NBHA shows every weekend, or every other weekend I haven't really worked on jumping as much as I would have liked to. So one thing I can say is that me and my horse are deffinatly not jumping ahead of our skill level lol. Me and my mom currently have 5 horses and I ride 3 of the 5 plus another:
DayLate Patty Cake: is my 15 hh solid paint mare, she's 10 years old. she's my flashy little mare lol she makes sure she's noticed wherever we go. I've had her for 7 years, we've had plenty of ups and downs. She was a 2yr old when I bought her, my first "horse" that was actually mine. She's witchy and kinda crazy sometimes, but she's a big baby other times. She's my horse for keeps, she'll be around till the day she dies.
Black Ruby Moon: My 2 year old black filly. She has great bloodlines and is a very stout little filly. Very smart and hopefully will be my 1D horse and rodeo horse.
Shesa Red Toronando: my mom's 7 yr old 15.1hh QH mare, she's a sweet mare with good breeding and is completely laid back. anyone can ride her, even little kids that don't know much. My mom loves her, I don't get along with her lol. my mom bought her as a yearling, now she's nice barrel horse.
Gran Zans Eternal Jag: is a currently 15 hh 4 yr old bay filly, we've had her since birth and my mom claimed her. Shes a good baby and is built incrediably well, one day she'll be a barrel horse. right now though shes just being started on barrels.
Rocket: My mom's boyfriends gelding, he's a big sorrel gelding. 10 years old and a complete automatic barrel and pole horse. Perfect beginers horse.
About You
Name:: Sam
Age:: 17
Hobbies/Interests::barrel racing, writing, reading, drawing
Job (if any):: none for the moment
Favorite books/magazines:: I've read to many books my brain gets overloaded when I try to pick one lol
Favorite movies/TV shows:: Make It Or Break It
Favorite music:: everything
About Your Horse/Your Favorite Horse
Name:: Patty
Age:: 10
Sex:: mare
Breed:: Paint
Height:: 14.3hh
Color:: brown
How did you get/how do you know the horse?: I bought her when I was 10
Barefoot or shod?: shod
Diet:: hay, Pariot 14% grain
Likes to:: eat, be a pain, barrel race
Your Horse Life
How often do you ride?: pretty much everyday or everyother day
Do you ride english or western?: both but mainly western
Do you show?: Yeah
Where do you keep your horse/ride?: my house
Do you volunteer with horses?: No
Do you have a horse-related job?: nope
Do you help out at your barn or take care of your own horse?: I take care of all the horses
Do you have friends that love horses?: most of my friends are from horses
Do you ride with friends?: usually
Do you jump?: yep
Do you trail ride?: sometimes
Are you in 4-H or Pony Club?: 4H
Do/did you take lessons?: for english and jumping
Favorites
Saddle:: Billy Cooks and circle Ys
Bit:: whatever works for my horses
Helmet:: troxel
Boots:: Ariat
Chaps/half-chaps:: none
Breeches or jeans:: jeans
Halter/saddle pad/etc. color:: pink
Nylon or leather halter:: leather
Horse name:: Patty?
Breed:: Quarter Horse
Color:: black
Thing to do:: show
Gait:: Canter
Horse treat:: apple
Horse celebrity:: Scamper
Fly spray:: Pyrahana
Discipline to watch:: Barrel Racing or Jumping
Horse web site:: Horseforum
Race horse:: Seabiscuit
Have You Ever
Galloped?: yes
Ridden bareback?: yes
Jumped bareback?: kinda
Ridden double?: yes
Ridden a draft horse?: nope
Ridden a pony?: yes
Sat on a horse backwards?: yeah
Gotten a 1st place at a show?: yep
Been to a horsey attraction?: always
Seen a foal being born?: yeah
Ridden without stirrups?: yes
Had a a lunge lesson?: no
Been yelled at by an instructor?:no
Spent the night at the barn?: I live there
Spent an entire day at the barn?: yes
Longed a horse?: yes
Fallen off?: yes -
Fallen off at a show?: yep, bareback barrel race. While stopping
Ridden a horse that bucked/reared/bolted?: yes
Ridden a horse that spooked?: yep
Been seriously injured in a riding accident, or seen someone injured?: broke my arm
Made your own jumps, treats, or other horse-related item?: yes
Ridden in a body of water?: yes
Blanketed a horse?: all mine have blankets
Bathed a horse?: yes
Cleaned a horse's sheath?: yep, nasty geldings
Pulled or braided a mane?: yes
Known a horse that died?: yep
Leased a horse?: never
Been on a carriage ride?: yep
Been on a tourist trail ride?: never never never
Ridden at night?: yep
Been kicked?: yes
Been bitten?: yes
Been stepped on?: yes
Made your dog jump fences or in some other way act like a horse?: Haha YES!!
Drawn little horses all over your school papers?: yep
Been made fun of for your horse obsession?: nope
Mucked a stall?: yes
Been to a clinic?: not really
Done natural horsemanship stuff?: yes
Helped train a horse?: yes
Ridden with a crop or spurs?: yes
Ridden next to a road?: yes
Met friends through some kind of horse-related activity?: yes
Met friends on a horse web site/forum?: yes
Been to horse camp?: no
Ridden with gum, an iPod, etc.?: yes
Ridden without a helmet?: yes
Worked toward and achieved a riding goal?: yes
Kept a riding/lesson/show journal?:no
Critiqued your riding videos?: yep
Collected model horses?: no
Cleaned tack?: yes
Moved hay bales?: yes
Samantha's Riding Style
| Primary Discipline |
Western |
|
 Trail  Barrel Racing |
| Secondary Discipline |
English |
|
 Hunter / Jumper |