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Lucky-A Timeline from the Past
I'm going to miss this mare so very much. </3<br>But, I've decided that I'm going to go down memory lane, so maybe everyone else might want to read about it, just maybe. 
<br><br>I've taken this mare from a kicking, spazzing, mare-ish demon thing to a respectable mount who would not become unmanageable, not kick, not run you over, etc. <br><br> I could walk her into the arena with 20 other horses and she wouldn't bat an eye at a stud cantering past her, while she would have ran backwards and kicked the hell out of a horse doing such before I started working with her. We'd have to bring up the rear on trails because she kicked at anything, everything, and nothing. <br><br>I could now take her for a trail with any number of horses, studs, mares, and geldings, and lead, relax in the middle of the string, or bring up the rear without even thinking about kicking at someone or something.<br><br>I've went from hanging on for dear life and hoping she does the barrel and pole patterns correctly to pushing her and guiding her through the patterns and asking for more speed. I went from grabbing for the horn as soon as we came out of the trail or finished our patterns because she'd throw huge bucks between the kicks and I'd hang on for my life.<br><br>I went from saying "HELL NAW" to riding her bareback with a halter and lead to hoping on before and after every ride to warm her up or cool her off. I've hopped on and just laid on her in the middle of the arena or field and just cried about one thing or another. About how someone hurt my feelings at school, about how I missed my daddy, about how my mum hollered at me for something my brother did, about whatever the hell I could cry about. And she'd just stand there, occasionally licking her lips and shifting her weight between her feet, with the tops of her ears level with her withers.<br><br>I would be terrified to try and brush her back feet or brush her tail out, and I was routinely brushing her back legs/feet while basically crouching underneath her.<br><br>I was terrified to lunge her because when I corrected her for not listening, she'd try to cut the circle and kick me. I was finally going to suck it up and start working on her lunging, making it perfect walk/trot/canter with no kicking or charging. She actually kicked at me and then ran her ass into me before our last show together, and I made damn sure that she knew it was unacceptable, even if I did leave whip marks on her haunches, and we'd finish with her staying out on the circle and willingly going into a trot with just a voice cue.<br><br><br>I started leasing her around February of 2011, last year. I just now ended it Friday, March 23, 2012. That's 13 months, over a year of work, blood, sweat, time, and tears that I've literally put into this horse. <br>I never wanted to ride Lucky, she was the crazy one that kicked at anything, everything, and nothing. I was riding Dude, the big draft cross that was barely green broke that I loved because of his fancy-schmancy Flaxen Chestnut Sabino colouring. Well, Dude went real lame when I started riding him and actually working with the faster speeds because I had finished with all the ground manners, lunging, stopping, neck reining, etc. Mendi told me she wanted me to lease Lucky from her, and I said sure, because at that point I wanted a challenge, and who better to ride than the crazy mare Lucky?<br>I started leasing her at some point in February, maybe early March. I instantly fell in love with her and we clicked. Now, that doesn't mean that she turned into some pwetty poneh that would do anything I asked, even flying. She was still crazy and absolutely horrible, especially at shows, on trails, and on our way back to the barn. She'd try to run me over to get to her stall where the feed was, she'd spazz and start kicking like crazy at any horse, which I <span style="font-style:italic">really</span> disliked. Can you imagine how dangerous it'd be if a little kid came riding their little Shetland Pony behind her and she kicked them!? 
It was horrible!<br><br>Well, like I said above, I could:<br>1. ground-tie her in the arena and walk to the other side of the barn to grab something, she wouldn't move a foot<br>2. walk her into any arena and she wouldn't kick at the gate-holders or the gates, much less buck<br>3. stop her with a slight tug on the reins and a real deep seat<br>4. push her at the shows, not just hold on for dear life because her canter was so short and choppy<br>5. ride her bareback. 'nuff said?<br>6. walk her during the whole trail and stop wherever I wanted to just stop and relax at, or run her and go right back to a calm walk<br>7. brush every single part of her without any complaint or bother<br>8. saddle, bridle, and be on her ready to go in under 5 minutes correctly if I wanted to (took me 15 minutes to saddle Dude because he'd act up so much)<br>9. calm her down. It may sound like something simple, but she can get really riled up and to the point where I'm probably one of the only people that can manage her.<br>10. Much more I just can't list!<br><br><br>Soo..who's ready for the picture timeline now?(:<br><br><br>Dude and I's last ride:<br><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/2rei1yv.jpg"; alt="http://i55.tinypic.com/2rei1yv.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>First time I rode her (before we trailered to the park):<br><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/9ib8sk.jpg"; alt="http://i53.tinypic.com/9ib8sk.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>First show on Lucky:<br><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/2m4rn1g.jpg"; alt="http://i53.tinypic.com/2m4rn1g.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i55.tinypic.com/2cpargm.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i55.tinypic.com/2cpargm.jpg</a><br><a href="http://i56.tinypic.com/9hmh3r.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i56.tinypic.com/9hmh3r.jpg</a><br><br>A day my daddy came out to the barn to watch me ride and take pictures:<br><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/153391u.jpg"; alt="http://i52.tinypic.com/153391u.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i54.tinypic.com/13zya6r.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i54.tinypic.com/13zya6r.jpg</a><br><a href="http://i51.tinypic.com/5vri2d.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i51.tinypic.com/5vri2d.jpg</a><br><br>My second show on Lucky, after working with her for a bit:<br><img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/10gihbo.jpg"; alt="http://i51.tinypic.com/10gihbo.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i56.tinypic.com/b6d5ye.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i56.tinypic.com/b6d5ye.jpg</a><br><a href="http://i55.tinypic.com/2nqz0hu.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i55.tinypic.com/2nqz0hu.jpg</a><br><br>A day in October when my brother took some of my senior pictures on Luck:<br><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/141qwio.jpg"; alt="http://i39.tinypic.com/141qwio.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i43.tinypic.com/20pokuw.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i43.tinypic.com/20pokuw.jpg</a><br>I can't add more of these because they DO show my face. >.><br><br>Fancy, a horse I started training for Mendi to re-sell, while I was still leasing and riding Lucky: <br><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/161gaki.jpg"; alt="http://i54.tinypic.com/161gaki.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>A day in December, we went for a realll long trail ride:<br><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/2e4w9ll.jpg"; alt="http://i41.tinypic.com/2e4w9ll.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>A day in December. This is Red, an 11yr old QH gelding Mendi was planning to use as her new barrel horse. She kinda screwed him over by thinking she could just pick up where his training left off after 4 years. I was hoping she'd ask if I wanted to lease him, but no go. ![:\](/forum/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
This was the day I job shadowed her:<br><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/15iaq0x.jpg"; alt="http://i53.tinypic.com/15iaq0x.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>A day in January when I was out in the round pen with Vic and Teabird:<br><img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/4vh5bk.jpg"; alt="http://i42.tinypic.com/4vh5bk.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/1zpt941.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i44.tinypic.com/1zpt941.jpg</a><br><a href="http://i39.tinypic.com/xcovvo.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i39.tinypic.com/xcovvo.jpg</a><br><br>And alas, my last time handling her, March 18, 2012:<br><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/24eq1p5.jpg"; alt="http://i43.tinypic.com/24eq1p5.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/ehzm7o.jpg"; alt="http://i39.tinypic.com/ehzm7o.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/2pobfyf.jpg"; alt="http://i39.tinypic.com/2pobfyf.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/ztubub.jpg"; alt="http://i43.tinypic.com/ztubub.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>The end.<br>Or so..I hope it's the end. ;;<br>I'm hoping to go to shows, so I'll probably end up seeing Sandra on her and I'll have to cry at what time went to waste and how confused Lucky will be.<br>But, life goes on.<br>Even if some of my morals have disappeared and I have less care about taking risks.<br><br>Hope I didn't take too much time out of anyone who read through this' day. It felt really good to just let this out. I don't want to go on about why I'm done leasing Lucky (though I will say, I'm the one that decided I was done and told Sandra and Mendi) because I'll probably forget to censor it and I'll get the boot from here too! <br>Joking, joking..but still, you understand why I won't go on about exactly why I'm done leasing her, because I'm sure quite a few people know exactly why and know that it's probably not the best idea for me to try and explain it now, while I'm here and can't edit anything if I forget to proof read it. 
<br><br>I've taken this mare from a kicking, spazzing, mare-ish demon thing to a respectable mount who would not become unmanageable, not kick, not run you over, etc. <br><br> I could walk her into the arena with 20 other horses and she wouldn't bat an eye at a stud cantering past her, while she would have ran backwards and kicked the hell out of a horse doing such before I started working with her. We'd have to bring up the rear on trails because she kicked at anything, everything, and nothing. <br><br>I could now take her for a trail with any number of horses, studs, mares, and geldings, and lead, relax in the middle of the string, or bring up the rear without even thinking about kicking at someone or something.<br><br>I've went from hanging on for dear life and hoping she does the barrel and pole patterns correctly to pushing her and guiding her through the patterns and asking for more speed. I went from grabbing for the horn as soon as we came out of the trail or finished our patterns because she'd throw huge bucks between the kicks and I'd hang on for my life.<br><br>I went from saying "HELL NAW" to riding her bareback with a halter and lead to hoping on before and after every ride to warm her up or cool her off. I've hopped on and just laid on her in the middle of the arena or field and just cried about one thing or another. About how someone hurt my feelings at school, about how I missed my daddy, about how my mum hollered at me for something my brother did, about whatever the hell I could cry about. And she'd just stand there, occasionally licking her lips and shifting her weight between her feet, with the tops of her ears level with her withers.<br><br>I would be terrified to try and brush her back feet or brush her tail out, and I was routinely brushing her back legs/feet while basically crouching underneath her.<br><br>I was terrified to lunge her because when I corrected her for not listening, she'd try to cut the circle and kick me. I was finally going to suck it up and start working on her lunging, making it perfect walk/trot/canter with no kicking or charging. She actually kicked at me and then ran her ass into me before our last show together, and I made damn sure that she knew it was unacceptable, even if I did leave whip marks on her haunches, and we'd finish with her staying out on the circle and willingly going into a trot with just a voice cue.<br><br><br>I started leasing her around February of 2011, last year. I just now ended it Friday, March 23, 2012. That's 13 months, over a year of work, blood, sweat, time, and tears that I've literally put into this horse. <br>I never wanted to ride Lucky, she was the crazy one that kicked at anything, everything, and nothing. I was riding Dude, the big draft cross that was barely green broke that I loved because of his fancy-schmancy Flaxen Chestnut Sabino colouring. Well, Dude went real lame when I started riding him and actually working with the faster speeds because I had finished with all the ground manners, lunging, stopping, neck reining, etc. Mendi told me she wanted me to lease Lucky from her, and I said sure, because at that point I wanted a challenge, and who better to ride than the crazy mare Lucky?<br>I started leasing her at some point in February, maybe early March. I instantly fell in love with her and we clicked. Now, that doesn't mean that she turned into some pwetty poneh that would do anything I asked, even flying. She was still crazy and absolutely horrible, especially at shows, on trails, and on our way back to the barn. She'd try to run me over to get to her stall where the feed was, she'd spazz and start kicking like crazy at any horse, which I <span style="font-style:italic">really</span> disliked. Can you imagine how dangerous it'd be if a little kid came riding their little Shetland Pony behind her and she kicked them!? It was horrible!<br><br>Well, like I said above, I could:<br>1. ground-tie her in the arena and walk to the other side of the barn to grab something, she wouldn't move a foot<br>2. walk her into any arena and she wouldn't kick at the gate-holders or the gates, much less buck<br>3. stop her with a slight tug on the reins and a real deep seat<br>4. push her at the shows, not just hold on for dear life because her canter was so short and choppy<br>5. ride her bareback. 'nuff said?<br>6. walk her during the whole trail and stop wherever I wanted to just stop and relax at, or run her and go right back to a calm walk<br>7. brush every single part of her without any complaint or bother<br>8. saddle, bridle, and be on her ready to go in under 5 minutes correctly if I wanted to (took me 15 minutes to saddle Dude because he'd act up so much)<br>9. calm her down. It may sound like something simple, but she can get really riled up and to the point where I'm probably one of the only people that can manage her.<br>10. Much more I just can't list!<br><br><br>Soo..who's ready for the picture timeline now?(:<br><br><br>Dude and I's last ride:<br><img src="http://i55.tinypic.com/2rei1yv.jpg"; alt="http://i55.tinypic.com/2rei1yv.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>First time I rode her (before we trailered to the park):<br><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/9ib8sk.jpg"; alt="http://i53.tinypic.com/9ib8sk.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>First show on Lucky:<br><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/2m4rn1g.jpg"; alt="http://i53.tinypic.com/2m4rn1g.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i55.tinypic.com/2cpargm.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i55.tinypic.com/2cpargm.jpg</a><br><a href="http://i56.tinypic.com/9hmh3r.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i56.tinypic.com/9hmh3r.jpg</a><br><br>A day my daddy came out to the barn to watch me ride and take pictures:<br><img src="http://i52.tinypic.com/153391u.jpg"; alt="http://i52.tinypic.com/153391u.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i54.tinypic.com/13zya6r.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i54.tinypic.com/13zya6r.jpg</a><br><a href="http://i51.tinypic.com/5vri2d.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i51.tinypic.com/5vri2d.jpg</a><br><br>My second show on Lucky, after working with her for a bit:<br><img src="http://i51.tinypic.com/10gihbo.jpg"; alt="http://i51.tinypic.com/10gihbo.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i56.tinypic.com/b6d5ye.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i56.tinypic.com/b6d5ye.jpg</a><br><a href="http://i55.tinypic.com/2nqz0hu.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i55.tinypic.com/2nqz0hu.jpg</a><br><br>A day in October when my brother took some of my senior pictures on Luck:<br><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/141qwio.jpg"; alt="http://i39.tinypic.com/141qwio.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i43.tinypic.com/20pokuw.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i43.tinypic.com/20pokuw.jpg</a><br>I can't add more of these because they DO show my face. >.><br><br>Fancy, a horse I started training for Mendi to re-sell, while I was still leasing and riding Lucky: <br><img src="http://i54.tinypic.com/161gaki.jpg"; alt="http://i54.tinypic.com/161gaki.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>A day in December, we went for a realll long trail ride:<br><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/2e4w9ll.jpg"; alt="http://i41.tinypic.com/2e4w9ll.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>A day in December. This is Red, an 11yr old QH gelding Mendi was planning to use as her new barrel horse. She kinda screwed him over by thinking she could just pick up where his training left off after 4 years. I was hoping she'd ask if I wanted to lease him, but no go. This was the day I job shadowed her:<br><img src="http://i53.tinypic.com/15iaq0x.jpg"; alt="http://i53.tinypic.com/15iaq0x.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>A day in January when I was out in the round pen with Vic and Teabird:<br><img src="http://i42.tinypic.com/4vh5bk.jpg"; alt="http://i42.tinypic.com/4vh5bk.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><a href="http://i44.tinypic.com/1zpt941.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i44.tinypic.com/1zpt941.jpg</a><br><a href="http://i39.tinypic.com/xcovvo.jpg"; target="_blank" class="bb-url">http://i39.tinypic.com/xcovvo.jpg</a><br><br>And alas, my last time handling her, March 18, 2012:<br><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/24eq1p5.jpg"; alt="http://i43.tinypic.com/24eq1p5.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/ehzm7o.jpg"; alt="http://i39.tinypic.com/ehzm7o.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/2pobfyf.jpg"; alt="http://i39.tinypic.com/2pobfyf.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/ztubub.jpg"; alt="http://i43.tinypic.com/ztubub.jpg"; class="bb-image" /><br><br>The end.<br>Or so..I hope it's the end. ;;<br>I'm hoping to go to shows, so I'll probably end up seeing Sandra on her and I'll have to cry at what time went to waste and how confused Lucky will be.<br>But, life goes on.<br>Even if some of my morals have disappeared and I have less care about taking risks.<br><br>Hope I didn't take too much time out of anyone who read through this' day. It felt really good to just let this out. I don't want to go on about why I'm done leasing Lucky (though I will say, I'm the one that decided I was done and told Sandra and Mendi) because I'll probably forget to censor it and I'll get the boot from here too! <br>Joking, joking..but still, you understand why I won't go on about exactly why I'm done leasing her, because I'm sure quite a few people know exactly why and know that it's probably not the best idea for me to try and explain it now, while I'm here and can't edit anything if I forget to proof read it. 
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