The Tack Room

[Valkyrie]

23 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

 

Thanks for giving me the English name for these. Does it come from them pulling beer wagons (as in draft of beer), or is it the other way round?

I'm not sure, actually.  Draught, draft, or dray are all terms used for heavy, working horses like these.  From my understanding it's from Old English 'dragan' - to pull or haul, and the Danish equivalent is 'drage' meaning 'to draw'.  

[Timothy M.]

16 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I'm not sure, actually.  Draught, draft, or dray are all terms used for heavy, working horses like these.  From my understanding it's from Old English 'dragan' - to pull or haul, and the Danish equivalent is 'drage' meaning 'to draw'.  

 

The Danish verb 'drage' is more commonly used with the meaning journey or wander,, but it can also mean draw in the sense of haul or pull something towards you.

Draft horse is translated to trækhest and træk = pull. So i guess it has nothing to do with draft of beer. The reason I asked is because the nickname bryghest came from the horses pulling (Carlsberg) beer wagons in Copenhagen. Apparently these horses are descendants of the original sturdy Jutland horses (Jydske heste) that in turn came from historic riding horses descending from bronze age horses.

Edited June 15, 2017 by Timothy M.

[Valkyrie]

I've been a bit lax with the question of the day due to being on vacation, but here's another one.  How old were you when you started riding?  

 

I was ten.  I related the story of how I started riding in the Advent Calendar I did with Aditus and Cole Matthews.  

[Valkyrie]

Here's the link to the story of how I started riding, in case anyone hasn't seen it.  

 

https://www.gayauthors.org/story/aditus/anadventcalendar/5

[Former Member]

On 18.6.2017 at 4:06 PM, Valkyrie said:

I've been a bit lax with the question of the day due to being on vacation, but here's another one.  How old were you when you started riding?  

 

I was ten.  I related the story of how I started riding in the Advent Calendar I did with Aditus and Cole Matthews.  

I was six, when my mum gave me the first riding lessons. Before this, I just sat on the horse.

[Valkyrie]

21 minutes ago, Lyssa said:

I was six, when my mum gave me the first riding lessons. Before this, I just sat on the horse.

When I used to teach riding, the youngest we would take was six.  It was nice to see their progression if they stuck with it.  

[Former Member]

Just now, Valkyrie said:

When I used to teach riding, the youngest we would take was six.  It was nice to see their progression if they stuck with it.  

You would have needed chains, to keep me from the horses, when I was younger than six. lol But I agree six is the youngest, that lessons make sense.

[Valkyrie]

30 minutes ago, Lyssa said:

You would have needed chains, to keep me from the horses, when I was younger than six. lol But I agree six is the youngest, that lessons make sense.

We did make an exception once.  She was 5, but mature for her age.  She had lessons at the walk and trot for years.  She's all grown up now and last I knew still riding, so it's nice to hear that all those years of the basics paid off.  

[Headstall]

52 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

When I used to teach riding, the youngest we would take was six.  It was nice to see their progression if they stuck with it.  

My youngest daughter was on a horse at four, but only with me holding her... at six she was competing in Lead Line(you had to be that age), where dad led my hose with a shank, but she did all the cues and steering at a walk... she was hi-point that year, but what mattered was how much she loved it ... 

[Valkyrie]

Here's the question for tonight:  for those of you that jump, what's the highest fence you've ever jumped?  

 

Mine is four feet, I believe.  As a teenager I competed mainly at three feet, then in college I was jumping higher.  More 3'6" to 3' 9" fences.  

[Former Member]

4 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

Here's the question for tonight:  for those of you that jump, what's the highest fence you've ever jumped?  

 

Mine is four feet, I believe.  As a teenager I competed mainly at three feet, then in college I was jumping higher.  More 3'6" to 3' 9" fences.  

I am not very used to the measuring in feet, but I asked google.

I never concentrated much on jumping, but by accident the highest was 1,30m -1,40m I think. I was finished with a small pracours, but my horse was not. When I let the rains loose, she went straight to the high fence and jumped over it. I had just enough time to get all concentrated again and take the rains up for some tension. She loved jumping and had a high force in her back hand for it, but it was never my thing.

[Valkyrie]

 

 

 

[Headstall]

9 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

 

 

 

OMG... that's funny. I loved when the horse dropped and rolled... anyone listening would think I was crazy. I remember the days when backing a trailer was a struggle... got excellent at it eventually   Thanks for this, Val... it made my day!!

[Valkyrie]

2 minutes ago, Headstall said:

OMG... that's funny. I loved when the horse dropped and rolled... anyone listening would think I was crazy. I remember the days when backing a trailer was a struggle... got excellent at it eventually   Thanks for this, Val... it made my day!!

Oh I've done my share of laughable trailer backing.  I got pretty good at it, too.   

[Valkyrie]

@Headstall I'm finally getting caught up on my Spruce Meadows watching.   I just finished watching the Atco speed class and OMG  what a great class!  McClain is always a joy to watch.  I love the new design on the Canada planks.  I tried finding a pic, but only found the old design.  I still have the derby to watch.  That's always my favorite class.  

 

 

[Valkyrie]

Too bad it's not a pic of Richard Spooner.   

 

[Headstall]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie said:

Too bad it's not a pic of Richard Spooner.   

 

Hell, yeah  

[Valkyrie]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

Hell, yeah  

Did you watch the Derby at Spruce Meadows?  Richard Spooner with scruff... OMG I still have the recording so I can rewatch it just to look at him...  

[Headstall]

Just now, Valkyrie said:

Did you watch the Derby at Spruce Meadows?  Richard Spooner with scruff... OMG I still have the recording so I can rewatch it just to look at him...  

No... I watched the NHL draft...  he's a hottie  

[Valkyrie]

Just now, Headstall said:

No... I watched the NHL draft...  he's a hottie  

He's very similar to how I picture Josh from THH.  And did I mention the scruff?  *swoon*   

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

He's very similar to how I picture Josh from THH.  And did I mention the scruff?  *swoon*   

I always have scruff  ....  And yeah, you mentioned it  

[Valkyrie]

Just now, Headstall said:

I always have scruff  ....  And yeah, you mentioned it  

  

[Valkyrie]

I hope this link works.  I just watched this video on FB.  The rider is blind.    What a phenomenal performance!  

 

https://www.facebook.com/teamequestriaSPORTHORSES/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf

[Valkyrie]

I've been a bit lax about my horsey postings, but I saw this on FB and got a good chuckle.  I can relate to so much of this from my teaching days!  

 

https://eventingconnect.today/2017/05/30/17-reasons-why-riding-instructors-are-way-overpaid/

[Valkyrie]

In honor of "Talk like a Pirate" day, here is one of the greatest race calls of all time.