Really Old Pics...Don't Laugh!

[chenders01]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Kaleena's post of her riding pics from when she was 11 inspired me to drag out some of my old photos too!  These are reeeealllly old (1978-1980) and I was nowhere NEAR as cute as Kaleena was, but thought I'd post them anyway.  Here's the link:#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#A href="http://community.webshots.com/album/312786748LDWvop"#ed_cl#http://community.webshots.com/album/312786748LDWvop#ed_op#/A#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[~Nikita~]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0080ff#ed_cl#Hehehe....those are awesome! I have to say though...Duke (I believe that was his name)...VERY nice!! I really like him..hehe!!#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[amadeo]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I love the "old" style of bridle-- the big, flat nose and browbands. I don't know why, but I love the way it looks.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[goldendryad]

Haha. Those are very cute and you look like you're happy and having fun!#ed_op#br#ed_cl#
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I think Sundance looks like a lovely horse. I just love her dappled colour. She doesn't look like a QH though...she looks fancy!#ed_op#br#ed_cl#

[LucasL]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I think it's time for those to make a comeback....they never showed ANY dirt.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I wish I was the picture-type person...I don't have any old pictures at all.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[amadeo]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I wonder if you can still show in that style of bridle.. anyone know whether it matters or not?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Lix]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Chenders!  Those are such neat souvenirs!  #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Lol, the helmets...  they were more for show than anything back then weren't they.#ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys//smiley2.gif"#ed_cl#  When I started riding, the instructor insisted on a chin strap but it was an unapproved helmet.  I still have it at home, but it's so flimsy and thin.  I'm sure it would crack at nothing.  #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys//smiley5.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Love the pics though, and all the different horses!!! #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[chenders01]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Heh, Lix.  That helmet was brutal!!  My head used to BOIL in that thing...no such thing as vented helmets back in the 70s.  And I should've probably replaced it many times during those early years...I fell off a LOT back then.  It *did* have a chin strap but it was only a thin strip of elastic. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#That first horse, Candy, used to dump me on a weekly basis.  I had only been riding about 6 months at the time that pic was taken, and my instructor used to take us all out to the x-country course for our lessons.  I wasn't jumping yet, so I was supposed to stand off to the side with Candy while all the other riders went over the jumps.  Well, once the last horse was past us, Candy would freak out about being left behind and would start bucking and bolting, and I would come off and would have to walk all the way back to the barn.  This happened EVERY WEEK for an entire summer!!  I sure got good at learning how to fall off.  I hated that mare and asked for a different horse every week...but they always put me on Candy #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Sad/5.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Duke, the big black horse...I have no idea what breed he was but he was a big, strong brute (hence, the double bridle).  I remember one show where I was jumping him and he deeked out right before a jump, at the last second, almost running down the judge!!  He was the first horse I jumped a 3ft jump on though...at the time, that 3ft jump *felt* more like a 5ft jump.  I really liked Duke...not many people could ride him because he was so big and strong.  #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Sundance, again, no idea of her breeding...but she sure was pretty wasn't she, with the dapples and *grey* mane??  Nice mare...  #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Tara, I don't remember much about her.  She was a little thing though...not much bigger than a pony.  I didn't ride her a lot...she just happened to be available for that particular show.  #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Incidentally, the Duke, Candy and Sundance pics were all taken at the farm which is now Pride Stables, the therapeutic riding school where my QH lives.  Pretty neat, eh?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Kaleena]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Very neat Chenders, I was going to ask what farm that was #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#And I do 'love' those braids, almost as good as the ones on the horse I was riding in my old pictures lol#ed_op#IMG src="http://www.forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys//smiley2.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Dee22]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Those are great pics chenders!! I had to laugh at all the older cars in the background in the parking lot LOL#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#It's so much fun to look at old pics of yourself... I should see if I can dig up some of my own...  don't have many but I'm sure I can find one or two #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[chenders01]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I'd LOVE to see other peoples' old pics!!  #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Incidentally, my legs are smaller now than they were in those pics.  I had "thunder thighs" from a very young age.  I was pretty-much full-grown at 13.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#And yeah, the cars, eh?  We were sooo cool back in the 70s!   #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Other/27.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Abbey]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Rust breeches!!! that's priceless. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Thanks for sharing Chenders! They're such cute pics. I should dig up some of my old ones too. That would mean pluggin in the scanner too...#ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Thinking/1.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[chenders01]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Rust breeches!!! that's priceless

#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Yes, I believe we had a refrigerator that was the same colour #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Shocked/2.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#