tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78108237123961108842012-02-16T04:24:04.579-05:00My adventure with an ex-race horse named Testing the Limit aka Charlie. Thoroughbreds can be fun but trying.Sam Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570188998390264925noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810823712396110884.post-74264818299213865212010-05-31T10:05:00.002-04:002010-05-31T10:09:08.804-04:00I looked Charlie up on a thoroughbred pedigree website and I found him here is the link.<br /><br />http://www.pedigreequery.com/testing+the+limit<br /><br />/Sam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7810823712396110884-7426481829921386521?l=samshorse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570188998390264925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810823712396110884.post-73103910347832490812010-04-09T14:01:00.004-04:002010-04-14T13:22:13.957-04:00Charlie is being taught to jog (a slow trot mostly seen in western showing)<br />and Showmanship we have been working on it for a long time now (about 1 to 2 months before the show last September)it takes a long time to teach a thoroughbred to stand still and stand square along with backing up LOL.<br />/Sam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7810823712396110884-7310391034783249081?l=samshorse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570188998390264925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810823712396110884.post-85699901396696892772010-03-10T13:56:00.000-05:002010-03-10T14:00:30.914-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X65-YX6O36c/S5fsIhFd5VI/AAAAAAAAAAc/HVKdfMQMTZ0/s1600-h/pics+007.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X65-YX6O36c/S5fsIhFd5VI/AAAAAAAAAAc/HVKdfMQMTZ0/s320/pics+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447081905392313682" /></a><br />Hi more pictures here!<br /><br />He is a in your face horse...<br />/Sam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7810823712396110884-8569990139669689277?l=samshorse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570188998390264925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810823712396110884.post-56912324033472158612010-03-05T14:33:00.000-05:002010-03-05T17:26:44.853-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X65-YX6O36c/S5FhaQjmPvI/AAAAAAAAAAU/0SjD5hL2anE/s1600-h/IMG_5698.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X65-YX6O36c/S5FhaQjmPvI/AAAAAAAAAAU/0SjD5hL2anE/s320/IMG_5698.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445240528216407794" /></a><br />He is a 15.2 hand thoroughbred (15 hands is 5 feet tall)<br />Charlie had broken his withers in the starting gate when he was 5 years old (The withers is where the back the neck and the shoulders meet)<br />He got 2nd place in a halter class last year I had forgotten to teach him that clapping is OK:0<br />Charlie is 11 now and being trained by us the DUH way(Down Under Horsemanship)<br />/Sam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7810823712396110884-5691232403347215861?l=samshorse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570188998390264925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810823712396110884.post-53509424638325196032010-03-05T14:25:00.000-05:002010-03-05T17:25:49.234-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X65-YX6O36c/S5FcXt7SayI/AAAAAAAAAAM/M3Fof5WBG8o/s1600-h/IMG_5615.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X65-YX6O36c/S5FcXt7SayI/AAAAAAAAAAM/M3Fof5WBG8o/s320/IMG_5615.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445234987002653474" /></a><br />Here is a picture of Charlie when we got him.<br />/Sam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7810823712396110884-5350942463832519603?l=samshorse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570188998390264925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810823712396110884.post-71480449278833135452009-10-08T14:49:00.000-04:002010-03-14T10:13:28.389-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X65-YX6O36c/S5zu_uDIzmI/AAAAAAAAAAk/Yw29CenvkVA/s1600-h/4H+Horse+Show+9-19-09+159.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X65-YX6O36c/S5zu_uDIzmI/AAAAAAAAAAk/Yw29CenvkVA/s320/4H+Horse+Show+9-19-09+159.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448492427671817826" /></a><br />This is my horse Charlie. He got his first ribbon doing something other than racing! He did very good and I'm proud of him.<br /><br />/Sam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7810823712396110884-7148044927883313545?l=samshorse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570188998390264925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7810823712396110884.post-79407200665047617412009-10-04T14:35:00.000-04:002010-03-05T14:24:10.337-05:00Welcome to my blog about my second horse Charlie! I'm a homeschooler in Georgia and I have lots of time to work with him. He is an ex-race horse (actually won first at Colonial Downs) but was injured and retired.<br /><br />I won't bore you with too many details now, I just wanted to get things started. I'll have photos as soon as I figure some of this stuff out.<br /><br />/Sam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7810823712396110884-7940720066504761741?l=samshorse.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sam Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570188998390264925noreply@blogger.com