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Post by crimsonlight on Jun 12, 2009 14:09:29 GMT -5
When is Miss Amber slated to go back into training. Her stall rest is almost over, isn't it?
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Post by schwung on Jun 12, 2009 14:31:52 GMT -5
She'll probably go back after Lexi and Rhythm come home. At the end of the month she can go back out on pasture.
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Post by crimsonlight on Jun 12, 2009 14:47:14 GMT -5
Ahh. Cool.  I'm excited for her to go back to training. I was talking to Matt, and he said we would talk about the possibility of adopting her after she was done with training.  He's still not sure about it, but I'm working VERY hard to convince him that Amber would do well with us. He falls more and more in love with her each time he comes out there with me. |
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Post by crimsonlight on Jun 28, 2009 0:04:51 GMT -5
Amber got a beauty day today (along with Classy and Jasmine) complete with a bath and brushing. She kept dancing around while the hose was on, but eventually she got that the hose wasn't going to eat her and settled. She'll need some work with being washed, but it's nothing that practice won't cure. |
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Post by chiantii10 on Jul 4, 2009 12:02:10 GMT -5
This horse is just so adorable!! I fell in love when i saw her cute little face, plus she's my favorite breed of horse! I was wondering if she would be rideable after her training? And if she has any potential of being a jumper? Or has her recent injury prevented that?
Either way, she's just absolutely adorable!!
Rescue animals always seem to steal my heart haha.
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Post by crimsonlight on Jul 9, 2009 1:19:00 GMT -5
Her height would prevent jumping more than anything. She's only 14.3. She'd make a good little western horse, though. Maybe even English pleasure. Jumping would be hard on her.
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Post by shekaberry on Jul 9, 2009 10:38:37 GMT -5
She has never been tried over any obstacles, but Arabs in general tend to jump pretty flat due to their conformation so anything over 3 feet becomes challenging. Height actually has little to do with jumping ability, surprisingly. Teddy O'Connor was 14.1hh and he competed at Rolex and was quite successful.
Amber will recover 100% since the injury was limited to soft tissue. I don't think there will be any limitations placed on her suitability as a sporthorse, just whether or not she likes it.
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Post by crimsonlight on Jul 9, 2009 14:43:11 GMT -5
Eh, she might be alright at it, but she'd need some work first. She's got some real potential as a reining horse, though! |
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Post by chiantii10 on Jul 10, 2009 10:43:35 GMT -5
I used to have a little 13.3 arab that jumped 3ft, She got alot of firsts at jumping shows. So i'm iffy about the heights challenging them (Well, to a certain extent).
I was just curious if she would be anyways
I'd still love to have her as just english or western pleasure.
I would just have to convince my parents haha.
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Post by shekaberry on Jul 10, 2009 14:30:42 GMT -5
I think she would do well as a WP/EP horse. She is a really cute mover with a nice personality, just needs miles on top of her training. I've never favored Arabs for jumpers, Anglo's for sure, but not straight Arab. Not enought bascule for me ;D
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Post by crimsonlight on Jul 10, 2009 22:06:55 GMT -5
She would be alright on smaller jumps, I'm sure; but her Arab personality is strong, so I don't know that I'd push her too far jumping wise. But who knows, she could suprise us all. |
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Post by schwung on Jul 13, 2009 20:22:58 GMT -5
Unfortunately, Amber has come up lame again in her left front leg. I was really hoping it was an abcess, and had our farrier out today to put hoof testers on her, but she didn't have any reaction to the testers. So for now she's back on paddock rest awaiting Dr. Hannah to come and look at her and re-ultrasound.
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Post by crimsonlight on Jul 14, 2009 15:55:37 GMT -5
It is possible that she just needed more than 3 months of stall rest to heal from the first one?
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Post by schwung on Jul 16, 2009 12:01:43 GMT -5
Dr. Hannah looked at Amber yesterday. She was much better after a week on paddock rest and her lameness was very subtle and intermittant at the trot and only really visible when tracking left. She put hoof testers on her again and she was reactive on both front feet. Dr. Hannah is more inclined to think that she had a stone bruise and that she is footsore from the dry weather - a lot of horses are having problems right now. Otherwise she wouldn't have expected her to improve so quickly after just a few days of rest. So we did not ultrasound her and are going to rest her for a couple of weeks and then see how she looks.
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Post by crimsonlight on Jul 16, 2009 15:39:26 GMT -5
So she probably didn't re-injure herself? That's awesome. :]
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I'm excited for her to go back to training. I was talking to Matt, and he said we would talk about the possibility of adopting her after she was done with training. 
