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Bronc Test Drive

Had a close call Wednesday-that damned Gooch is a bit too athletic-I was by the alley resetting my saddle and that potlicker jumped a six foot fence from a standstill-I had my back to him but it was like on national geographic when the rat sees the hawks shadow just before he gets it. I saw Gooch's and bailed out just before he landed on me and squished me against my horse. Anybody looking for a hunter-jumper that old Belgian mare always throws colts that buck and jump lol. Funny thing is she's quiet as a dead pig herself.
 
Northern Rancher said:
Ohh it looked worse than it was to be honest I'd be more worried if he had to walk down a city street after dark lol.
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8) EXACTALLY-Used to do the broncs-but was most scared standing in Vancouver airport being the ONLY guy sportin' a cowboy hat??
 
Ty's got four horses this weekend-two broncs Saturday and two bares Sunday in Kerrobert,Sask. if your bored and want to come coach. He's never been on a bareback horse yet so should be fun.I guess a couple Jr. Bulls in there too for fun. Pretty darn plain set of horses out in Calgary today-are rerides not an option any more. Greg did you see old AirWolf and Kingsway-I was lucky to see those two out in their prime many times-AirWolf was as rank and bad as they come-Kingsway was just a flatout honest horse who bucked everybody off. Interesting to see if they can clone them.
 
Northern Rancher said:
You might as well let them try it in as safe an enviroment as you can-seen lots of guys pour themselves full of booze in college and start getting on. A kid riding a quad without a helmet gives me more heart palpitations than one getting on a bucking horse-I don't deny it's dangerous but most things boys love to do are-I should know I used to be one.
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I kind of agree with that statement, Northern Rancher. This evening my son had two friends over and they were doing a little target practicing and just having fun together. Absolutely no alcohol was involved. They were done shooting, so all three got into the Polaris Ranger to come home for supper. All three were sitting on the bench seat (which is designed for three people). My son let one of the other boys drive. They were not going very fast, but were heading west into the setting sun, and the windshield was dirty. The driver couldn't see very well with the sun in his eyes, and hit a hay bale that had inadvertently been unloaded across the trail road. All three boys hit their heads real hard, and two suffered slight concussions (so the doctor says). The glass windshield got broke, and some damage occurred to the front of the Ranger. It once again pounds into all of us how fragile life can be.
 
Soapweed said:
Northern Rancher said:
You might as well let them try it in as safe an enviroment as you can-seen lots of guys pour themselves full of booze in college and start getting on. A kid riding a quad without a helmet gives me more heart palpitations than one getting on a bucking horse-I don't deny it's dangerous but most things boys love to do are-I should know I used to be one.
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I kind of agree with that statement, Northern Rancher. This evening my son had two friends over and they were doing a little target practicing and just having fun together. Absolutely no alcohol was involved. They were done shooting, so all three got into the Polaris Ranger to come home for supper. All three were sitting on the bench seat (which is designed for three people). My son let one of the other boys drive. They were not going very fast, but were heading west into the setting sun, and the windshield was dirty. The driver couldn't see very well with the sun in his eyes, and hit a hay bale that had inadvertently been unloaded across the trail road. All three boys hit their heads real hard, and two suffered slight concussions (so the doctor says). The glass windshield got broke, and some damage occurred to the front of the Ranger. It once again pounds into all of us how fragile life can be.
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Hope they are all going to be alright.

Maybe that is the biggest difference between a horse and a motorcycle or 4 wheeler. The horse has more sense and ability at times than the rider and will overrule a bad or poor decision.

I have a couple horses I would turn a baby loose on. I've never heard of a 4 wheeler or vehicle of any kind, I would do that with.
 
Jinglebob said:
Soapweed said:
Northern Rancher said:
You might as well let them try it in as safe an enviroment as you can-seen lots of guys pour themselves full of booze in college and start getting on. A kid riding a quad without a helmet gives me more heart palpitations than one getting on a bucking horse-I don't deny it's dangerous but most things boys love to do are-I should know I used to be one.
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I kind of agree with that statement, Northern Rancher. This evening my son had two friends over and they were doing a little target practicing and just having fun together. Absolutely no alcohol was involved. They were done shooting, so all three got into the Polaris Ranger to come home for supper. All three were sitting on the bench seat (which is designed for three people). My son let one of the other boys drive. They were not going very fast, but were heading west into the setting sun, and the windshield was dirty. The driver couldn't see very well with the sun in his eyes, and hit a hay bale that had inadvertently been unloaded across the trail road. All three boys hit their heads real hard, and two suffered slight concussions (so the doctor says). The glass windshield got broke, and some damage occurred to the front of the Ranger. It once again pounds into all of us how fragile life can be.
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Hope they are all going to be alright.

Maybe that is the biggest difference between a horse and a motorcycle or 4 wheeler. The horse has more sense and ability at times than the rider and will overrule a bad or poor decision.

I have a couple horses I would turn a baby loose on. I've never heard of a 4 wheeler or vehicle of any kind, I would do that with.
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I concur. :-)
 
Quads and snowmobiles are just getting retarded as to engine sizes and weight-when I was a kid 250-440cc snowmobiles were all there was-now there are 1000cc plus machines that go 80- if you breathe on the throttle-talk of a 1,000cc quad coming out next year. Kids seem to respect the power of a horse alot more than the power of an ATV-to my knowledge the last person killed by a horse was my cousin back in the 30's-in my barn in fact-a draft horse kicked him. Every spring or summer we have one or two ATV funerals up here and alot of bad deals. ATV's can be a handy and fun tool but they are so easy to abuse safety wise.
 
The motor size on quads should never have been allowed to exceed 250 cc, and should have been 2 wheel drive only, and then maybe we wouldn't have the damage to the country, and the number of dead from quad wrecks so high.
My quad is an old Yamaha Grizzly 400, and I dumped it on its side a few weeks ago, which was a first for me in all these years of riding one for salting, and I found there was no way I could lift it back on its wheels as obviously I was lifting uphill. I had to roll it the rest of the way over and hope it didn't keep on rolling. My quad is a light weight compared to many of the new ones out there.
 
XX Rated - Strawberry Roan

The Castration of the Strawberry Roan

I was layin' round town in a house of ill fame,
Laid up with a rough, tough hustlin' dame,
When a hop-headed pimp with his nose full of coke
Beat me outta that woman and left me stone broke.

When up steps a feller and he says, "Say, my lad,
You any damn good ridin' horses that's bad?"
I says, "You damn right! That's one thing I can do.
I'm a second-rate pimp, but a good buckaroo.

"Bring on your bad horses' cause I never saw one
That had me a guessin' or bothered me none."
He said. "Guess again, there's one horse that I own,
You might have heard of him, the Strawberry Roan."

I says, "I guess we've all heard of that ball bearin' stud,
He's got epizootic, the glanders, and crud,
He's the worst fuckin' outlaw that ever been foaled,
He hadn't been rode and he's twenty years old."

cho: Oh! the Strawherry Roan, how many colts has he thrown?
He's got gonorrhea, the cankers, and syph,
He's strictured with clap but his cork is still stiff
Oh! that renegade Strawberry Roan.

The upshot of it was that I found myself hired
To snap out some colts that that breed stud had sired;
They was knot-headed cayuses just like their dad
Most of 'em roan, and all of 'em bad.

From mornin' till night how those bastards did fight,
Till my ash drug my tracks out way before night,
With my balls in my boots and my mouth full of shirt,
I's plum tuckered out and all ready to quit.

When up steps the boss and he says, "That's enough,
Them strawberry roan colts is just too damn tough;
I'm plum sick and tired seein' you take them falls,
Rope that man-killin' stud and we'll carve out his balls."

cho: Oh! the Strawberry Roan, we went out to unbend his bone
I built a big loop and went in the corral,
Roped his front feet, and he farted and fell,
And we flattened ol' Strawberry Roan.

The boss held his head, and I hog tied his legs,
Got out my jackknife and went for his eggs:
When I carved on his bag, he let out a squall,
And squealed like a pig when I whittled one ball.

But all I could locate was one of his nuts,
The other was hidden somewhere in his guts,
So I rolled up my sleeves and all over blood
I fished for the seed in the guts of that stud.

I thought I had found it, I felt something pass,
But it was only a turd on the way to his ash;
Just then I heard one of them blood-curdlin' squalls,
And I looked and the roan had the boss by the balls.

I tromped on his head, but it wasn't no use,
He was just like a bulldog, he wouldn't turn loose;
So I untied his legs, and he got to his feet,
But the boss's voice changed, and I knew we was beat.

cho: Oh! the Strawberry Roan, I advise you to leave him alone
He's a knot-headed cayuse with only one ball,
And the boss he's a eunuch with no balls at all,
Lay off of the Strawberry Roan.

from The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing, Logsdon
Collected from Baxter Black
DT #385
RG

Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!
 
Love that Austin and Splat pic. :D Looks like you guys had fun,your horses really bucked and greg would have loved being there...crazy old cout may have jumped on one :?

I watched the Stampede on OLN last night while looking after the grandboy{his parents went to the stampede for the day}That was pretty interesting that Franklins are going to try Cloning those two horses your talking about N.R,I'm not too sure how in favour of cloning I am but those boys convinced me its worth the try,since both were gelded.

Granson was a outrider with the Chucks last night,at every race as soon as horn blew he jumped on his stuffed stand up horse and rode around the living room,we had a great him him and I :lol:
 
Northern Rancher said:
Ty's got four horses this weekend-two broncs Saturday and two bares Sunday in Kerrobert,Sask. if your bored and want to come coach. He's never been on a bareback horse yet so should be fun.I guess a couple Jr. Bulls in there too for fun. Pretty darn plain set of horses out in Calgary today-are rerides not an option any more. Greg did you see old AirWolf and Kingsway-I was lucky to see those two out in their prime many times-AirWolf was as rank and bad as they come-Kingsway was just a flatout honest horse who bucked everybody off. Interesting to see if they can clone them.
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Seen both them horses,Kodak moments for sure!Sorry can't make coaching in Sask.,would be fun but spent Sat.in beer garden's at Hardisty rodeo with Pure Country,now back to reality and hayfeild.
 
so who turned the roughstock loose at Hardisty Saturday night-our practice night going to be pretty good a contractor friend of mine bringing a dozen fresh horses a night.
 

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