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What are your summer horse plans? (Select all that apply)
Total votes cast: 994
Comments & Write-in Answers
barrel racing
7/5/2010 10:21:29 PM
getting my guy healthy, otherwise we would be showing
7/5/2010 10:11:56 PM
To actually get on my horse without him rodeoing all round the yard! Big.prob there.
7/5/2010 5:12:51 PM
making barn & pasture improvements.
7/5/2010 3:32:06 PM
watching them graze
7/5/2010 2:40:41 PM
Putting up enough hay and shavings
7/5/2010 2:32:34 PM
competitve trail rides
7/4/2010 11:01:54 PM
Pleasure
7/4/2010 7:19:04 PM
Jul-Aug too hot for horse trials; may do CTs
7/3/2010 6:47:53 PM
Usual summer plans are to work with my spring foals. I did not breed any of my 12 reg. broodmares.
7/3/2010 4:14:47 PM
transition to barefoot
7/2/2010 7:44:13 PM
economy bad, so I will concentrate on lessons and put showing on the back burner to save $$$
7/2/2010 7:27:32 PM
4-H Horse Club
7/2/2010 4:16:41 PM
getting my green horse going well under saddle
7/2/2010 10:40:23 AM
Hunter Paces, too!
7/2/2010 9:30:35 AM
training for the upcoming season and trails for fun rest days
7/1/2010 10:44:45 PM
Along with trail riding from my farm, camping with my horse and riding in the Tug Platue in NY.
7/1/2010 10:41:16 PM
enjoying time with my horse
7/1/2010 9:53:22 PM
working in the round pen - Downunder Horsemanship techniques
7/1/2010 9:29:30 PM
surviving the extreme florida heat under the stable fans
7/1/2010 7:32:51 PM
Horses turned out to pasture for the summer.
7/1/2010 6:21:06 PM
Too hot here in florida to do much. Will use round pen if weather permits.
7/1/2010 5:47:33 PM
Being active in Pony Club! we have our C2 rating next week!!!
7/1/2010 3:39:38 PM
Big Horn 100
7/1/2010 11:32:59 AM
hope to get at least one horse broke to ride this summer
7/1/2010 11:22:34 AM
just spending quality time with my horse
7/1/2010 8:15:12 AM
driving team of minis
7/1/2010 6:47:32 AM
to buy a new one
6/30/2010 5:43:57 PM
For the first time,I'm breeding for fall 2011 foals because spring & summer shows keep me so busy
6/30/2010 5:06:20 PM
camping with the horse at least once a month.
6/30/2010 4:17:36 PM
I need to spend some serious time with my horse. He's bored.
6/30/2010 4:06:55 PM
training and schooling
6/30/2010 2:11:51 PM
It's been so hot I just like to take my horse on walks down the road, like he's my little puppy!
6/30/2010 1:25:58 PM
Learning to drive and pull other objects
6/30/2010 1:20:33 PM
trail riding if it stops raining in central Illinois!
6/30/2010 12:48:19 PM
keeping them cool in Az desert
6/30/2010 12:22:36 PM
The bugs are so bad, we don't ride when it's over 75 degrees
6/30/2010 11:57:05 AM
Volunteering at NATRC and ACTHA rides, but not competing
6/30/2010 11:35:35 AM
clinics
6/30/2010 10:26:07 AM
Heat in TX really hinders a lot of activity.
6/30/2010 9:59:23 AM
i love trail riding, obstacle courses and ground games and ground games
6/30/2010 9:24:23 AM
just getting my 4 yr old started so lots of trail riding & training & lessons
6/30/2010 9:17:54 AM
riding at the beach
6/30/2010 9:13:10 AM
Ground handling - it's HOT in Florida !
6/30/2010 8:33:31 AM
Going to NBHA barrel races & Team Penning
6/30/2010 8:31:47 AM
I get out for a drive early mornings as much as posslble.
6/30/2010 7:31:26 AM
RIDE, RIDE, RIDE!!!
6/30/2010 2:08:13 AM
we take time off through the summer due to the suffocating heat (Texas)
6/30/2010 2:00:25 AM
Additionally de-Spooking Practice. We are SPokane County Sheriff's Mounted Patrol.
6/30/2010 1:19:19 AM
Barrel races
6/30/2010 12:46:22 AM
getting another horse
6/30/2010 12:40:42 AM
Non-rodeo cow events like Sorting
6/29/2010 11:56:32 PM
Comptetitive Trail & Endurance rides
6/29/2010 11:50:04 PM
Distance riding competitions
6/29/2010 11:28:48 PM
I'm going to ride my brains out!
6/29/2010 10:53:38 PM
Tuning up my youngest
6/29/2010 10:40:24 PM
Live in AZ desert-112 today! Just a little trail riding until fall
6/29/2010 10:26:04 PM
working w/ my 3 foals
6/29/2010 9:47:42 PM
no money this year
6/29/2010 9:39:30 PM
Finish & ride my filly & trail ride w/friends! :)
6/29/2010 8:39:17 PM
Trail riding is my passion!
6/29/2010 8:29:14 PM
Pony Club camp!
6/29/2010 8:27:11 PM
hunter pace, fox hunting starting in August!
6/29/2010 8:26:29 PM
Just hanging out
6/29/2010 7:57:09 PM
I love the long evenings...and the cool mornings
6/29/2010 7:26:01 PM
keeping horses hydrated in the heat
6/29/2010 6:57:17 PM
Nursing my Laminitic horse back to rideability!
6/29/2010 6:54:15 PM
Not much. We're in Florida and the humidity is terrible!
6/29/2010 6:46:35 PM
feeding, cleaning and petting mine... retired
6/29/2010 6:30:28 PM
Grooming, Grazing-in-hand, and lots of lovin!
6/29/2010 6:29:05 PM
It's a pleasure season this year; hit one show.
6/29/2010 6:28:09 PM
and Camping with my horses
6/29/2010 6:22:46 PM
Can't afford anything else
6/29/2010 6:10:30 PM
competitve trail and endurance rides
6/29/2010 5:58:15 PM
dressage lessons
6/29/2010 5:50:22 PM
Hope the flies go away soon.
6/29/2010 5:49:49 PM
also parades and horse camping
6/29/2010 5:34:03 PM
Driving and draft work for all three of my ponies
6/29/2010 5:21:24 PM
Lessons, weather permitting
6/29/2010 5:12:04 PM
Horse camping, trail riding and trail trial competitions. Fun for humans and horses.
6/29/2010 5:05:24 PM
In UK we arrange fun rides to raise money for charities
6/29/2010 5:02:10 PM
enjoyed Sheyenne Natl Grasslands ND trailriding last wkend
6/29/2010 4:50:13 PM
I have a lot at a private camp for horses!
6/29/2010 4:49:42 PM
schooling shows, trying to keep cool
6/29/2010 4:47:26 PM
I like summer the least - heat and biting flies!
6/29/2010 4:46:12 PM
Going swimming in Florida lakes (non-alligator territories)
6/29/2010 4:42:23 PM
Relaxing together
6/29/2010 4:29:53 PM
just riding and enjoying my horse
6/29/2010 4:20:23 PM
Fitting Horses for Sale
6/29/2010 4:18:04 PM
just being with my horse in the pasture without "doing" anything
6/29/2010 4:12:48 PM
Riding in parades
6/29/2010 4:03:23 PM
caring for an orphan foal :(
6/29/2010 3:54:20 PM
My kids to show in 4H
6/29/2010 3:49:06 PM
Clinic
6/29/2010 3:47:26 PM
Keeping my 27 yr old buddy cool and comfortable!
6/29/2010 3:34:00 PM
driving
6/29/2010 3:30:14 PM
I really enjoy my lessons, practicing them and also trail riding in the cool, aromatic forests.
6/29/2010 3:28:27 PM
Doing a few clinics as well as the normal showing and riding.
6/29/2010 3:26:38 PM
trail riding to the lake for a cooling swim
6/29/2010 3:25:45 PM
continue rehabing a tendon injury.....
6/29/2010 3:22:33 PM
Just havin fun with our boys.
6/29/2010 3:19:25 PM
horseback archery
6/29/2010 3:08:51 PM
parades
6/29/2010 3:08:17 PM
Teaching Therapeutic Riding
6/29/2010 3:07:17 PM
Love the APHA PAC program and will be showing almost every weekend this summer.
6/29/2010 3:05:27 PM
taking horses camping on dude ranch
6/29/2010 3:03:56 PM
We horse camp as much as time and weather allow
6/29/2010 3:00:58 PM
Trail, show, learn
6/29/2010 2:59:46 PM
lots of just riding to improve myself and my horses.
6/29/2010 2:58:06 PM
Competing in Combined Driving Events
6/29/2010 2:55:11 PM
Pack trips in Montana & Colorado. Trail riding in Arizona
6/29/2010 2:54:03 PM
driving
6/29/2010 2:48:10 PM
Camping in Wisconsin and Southern IL
6/29/2010 2:44:58 PM
rehab from colic surgery :(
6/29/2010 2:44:25 PM
camp for grownups
6/29/2010 2:41:16 PM
Conditioning according to weather conditions
6/29/2010 2:38:03 PM
Horse camping
6/29/2010 2:28:42 PM
going to the county fair
6/29/2010 2:19:20 PM
Riding around home
6/29/2010 2:18:48 PM
Adopted an OTTB 8-mths ago, next week doing an adult dressage camp with him.
6/29/2010 1:28:03 PM
getting my horse's feet recovered after a very wet winter and spring.
6/29/2010 12:25:00 PM
Enjoy a little riding at home, and give my mares baths.
6/29/2010 11:06:34 AM
Endurance events
6/29/2010 10:48:52 AM
Lots of shows scheduled this year. :)
6/29/2010 10:24:55 AM
doind nothing
6/29/2010 10:01:39 AM
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