Proud new mother of...
Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:25 am
I appologize, I had to take a topic and gloat my beaming little head off.
I'm the proud new mother of Elvis. Elvis's name is actually Alfa King, but if he doesn't know his name is Elvis, we're calling him Alfie.
Okok. Alfa King is a racehorse my mom claimed today and gave me half ownership of. Well, not yet, but when I turn 18 he's half mine.
He's a little 5 year old chestnut gelding, who has won a lot of races. I don't know how many he's actually won, but he came in second in todays race.
This is AWSOME, the only problem is that he's a gelding with 5 years racing left. In 5 years, we obviously can't breed him, so he'll have to be a pleasure horse. We'll probably have to sell him, but...
WOOOHOOO!
(Don't know if this was worth making a topic over now that I'm done it seems rather pointless. If this is spam, please don't get mad, I'm just on Cloud 9)
I'm the proud new mother of Elvis. Elvis's name is actually Alfa King, but if he doesn't know his name is Elvis, we're calling him Alfie.
Okok. Alfa King is a racehorse my mom claimed today and gave me half ownership of. Well, not yet, but when I turn 18 he's half mine.
He's a little 5 year old chestnut gelding, who has won a lot of races. I don't know how many he's actually won, but he came in second in todays race.
This is AWSOME, the only problem is that he's a gelding with 5 years racing left. In 5 years, we obviously can't breed him, so he'll have to be a pleasure horse. We'll probably have to sell him, but...
WOOOHOOO!
(Don't know if this was worth making a topic over now that I'm done it seems rather pointless. If this is spam, please don't get mad, I'm just on Cloud 9)
Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:49 am
Hooray for you~ That's cool. 
Mmm....so is he only a race horse? I don't know much about horses besides like what they look like. xP
Can you ride him too? o.o;;; I don't know how horse races work either... :B I've never ridden a horse or touched one for that matter. I'd probably be nervous riding one. n_____n;;;
oOo, show us a picture?
Mmm....so is he only a race horse? I don't know much about horses besides like what they look like. xP
Can you ride him too? o.o;;; I don't know how horse races work either... :B I've never ridden a horse or touched one for that matter. I'd probably be nervous riding one. n_____n;;;
oOo, show us a picture?
Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:06 am
Who's your other horse? (Going on the presumption that you can't have only one horse at once - correct me if I'm wrong)
Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:25 am
Congrats on your horse.
You say your mother claimed him? How exactly did she do this? From a rescue, from a race, or simply she bought him?
You say your mother claimed him? How exactly did she do this? From a rescue, from a race, or simply she bought him?
Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:11 am
Photographs!
Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:11 pm
Whee!
He's our only racehorse, but we're claiming one named Run For Bucky next time she runs. We have pleasure horses though, including an exracehorse.
She claimed him from a race.
And as for photographs, I can't give any. No one in my family has ever seen this horse, we didn't go to the race yesterday. We just read his name on the internet and decided to get him.
I'll post some as soon as I can, but that probably won't be until he races again, if then. That'll be around the first of October.
He's our only racehorse, but we're claiming one named Run For Bucky next time she runs. We have pleasure horses though, including an exracehorse.
She claimed him from a race.
And as for photographs, I can't give any. No one in my family has ever seen this horse, we didn't go to the race yesterday. We just read his name on the internet and decided to get him.
I'll post some as soon as I can, but that probably won't be until he races again, if then. That'll be around the first of October.
Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:20 pm
Thats cool I suppose.
I'm not honestly a fan of racing... especially thoroughbred racing. They start the horses too young and a lot of them suffer because of it. It just goes against the grain of how I like to start horses... but ah well.
My friends grandfather races Thoroughbreds for the track, and her parents have owned a couple of them for years. It's a profitable sport if you can get a horse that can run... but it's devastatingly easy to lose money betting upon it.
*shrug*
I'm not honestly a fan of racing... especially thoroughbred racing. They start the horses too young and a lot of them suffer because of it. It just goes against the grain of how I like to start horses... but ah well.
My friends grandfather races Thoroughbreds for the track, and her parents have owned a couple of them for years. It's a profitable sport if you can get a horse that can run... but it's devastatingly easy to lose money betting upon it.
*shrug*
Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:30 pm
ahoteinrun wrote:Thats cool I suppose.
I'm not honestly a fan of racing... especially thoroughbred racing. They start the horses too young and a lot of them suffer because of it. It just goes against the grain of how I like to start horses... but ah well.
Oh I know what you mean. To me it would seem like training a 6 year old child to run a marathon. I know that's not exactly the same or anything, but its how I see it. Its not like their bones would be mature enough as a yearling to go under a saddle.
Doesn't make it any less neat to own one though.
Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:47 pm
No fair! *pouts* Well, I'm happy for you, but I want a horseh!!! ;_;
Re: Proud new mother of...
Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:14 am
Seeing as it was my horse, I think I'll warn...
Your lucky you got him now, and not before.
He had an attitude, he thought he was Elvis. He even had a hair issue going on. Good riddence he's gone, he would kick you when you pulled his mane. He'd bite you when youd braid it over, since his mane is crazy, you had to braid it over, it wouldn't stay on it's own. He was sinchy, he was bucky, he was a smurf, if you went near his back legs you were looking for a broken nose. He broke my nose and 3 grooms. He would rear up and lash out when you would bridle him. Kick you square in the ribs when you would clean his hooves. Go in his stall and he would ram you out. Try and lead him and he would dislocate your arm, as I found out. Only thing he wanted to do, or would do well, was run.
Glad you got him . You'll love him.
VeraX wrote:I'm the proud new mother of Elvis. Elvis's name is actually Alfa King, but if he doesn't know his name is Elvis, we're calling him Alfie.
Your lucky you got him now, and not before.
He had an attitude, he thought he was Elvis. He even had a hair issue going on. Good riddence he's gone, he would kick you when you pulled his mane. He'd bite you when youd braid it over, since his mane is crazy, you had to braid it over, it wouldn't stay on it's own. He was sinchy, he was bucky, he was a smurf, if you went near his back legs you were looking for a broken nose. He broke my nose and 3 grooms. He would rear up and lash out when you would bridle him. Kick you square in the ribs when you would clean his hooves. Go in his stall and he would ram you out. Try and lead him and he would dislocate your arm, as I found out. Only thing he wanted to do, or would do well, was run.
Glad you got him
. You'll love him.