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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ To All The Horse Lovers
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Apr 30 2012, 08:42 PM
I find that the horse is an amazing beast! Just ran into this vid on FB and remembered my early encounter with these wonderful animals 
I was about 6 when I first got out of my country to visit my aunt and uncle in The Netherlands. My aunt is a horse tamer HOW COOL IS THAT, right? 
Well, at that time she was in the stables all day long and organizing competitions with her prized stallions. These were incredibly huge for me at that time but I was fascinated by them and I remember I suffered enormously, when one of the horses in there had to be shot because of a nasty wound which left him crippled. I've witnessed the event and I cried for the rest of the day...
I know Ben loves horses, so he will enjoy this for certain what about you guys? Have you had any encounters or stories to tell about these magnificent animals?
Posted by: JTaylor May 1 2012, 01:56 AM
I live in horse country! Ocala, Florida is very well known for its horses and it seems like you can't swing a dead cat without hitting someone that is involved in the horse industry around here. They are beautiful creatures.... too bad a lot of farms just raise them to be raced.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 1 2012, 07:54 AM
Hey man, at least they are not raising them for meat I heard a lot about people eating horse meat 
Posted by: Nihilist1 May 1 2012, 08:07 AM
I heard a lot about people eating horse meat Especially in France!
I had a few experiences. My father's second wife's father was a horse trainer. I was with him at the stables one day and someone left the gate open. Two of the horses ran out and trampled me. I was about 7 years old at the time. Luckily for me, it had been raining very hard for a few days so the mud absorbed most of the damage when I got hit with a couple hooves. I was also pretty lucky that they weren't wearing shoes. So very lucky indeed.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 1 2012, 08:16 AM
I had a few experiences. My father's second wife's father was a horse trainer. I was with him at the stables one day and someone left the gate open. Two of the horses ran out and trampled me. I was about 7 years old at the time. Luckily for me, it had been raining very hard for a few days so the mud absorbed most of the damage when I got hit with a couple hooves. I was also pretty lucky that they weren't wearing shoes. So very lucky indeed.
Oh man...indeed, horses are dangerous when going berserk
in the same period when I was 6, I remember being in a small car and a huge horse got out of control and stood right over the car. It felt like that was the biggest creature I have ever seen at that point 
Posted by: Alex Feather May 2 2012, 07:34 AM
Man! I love it! I use to do a horseback riding! And actually won some awards before I started to play guitar!
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 2 2012, 01:44 PM
Oh dude! That's awesome! So, were you jumping over obstacles?
Posted by: Ben Higgins May 2 2012, 02:56 PM
That's a nice Friesian.. Friesians are amazing animals. Joe Perry from Aerosmith breeds them
I'm also a fan of Andalusians, they're beautiful.. ususally white, although you do get black ones too.
What I found really interesting as that a lot of the moves and jumps that you see in horse shows originally had military applications. There's a couple of places in this video where you see the horse go onto its hind legs and then jump. These were apparantly for situations when a horseman was surrounded by enemies and needed to clear a path through his foes, hence the horse jumping and kicking out. I'm not sure how much of it is true but, either way, seeing this in real life is breath taking.
I was at this show at the O2 in London although I didn't get to stay for the whole thing.. it was still incredible.
Posted by: JTaylor May 2 2012, 03:02 PM
I heard a lot about people eating horse meat True. I believe that is illegal here in the US, but I may be wrong.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 3 2012, 09:41 AM
Wow had no clue about that Ben! I knew I could get some great input and novelties from you 
Posted by: Ben Higgins May 3 2012, 10:42 AM
had no clue about that Ben! I knew I could get some great input and novelties from you Yeah I only found out about it recently and it really made sense. It went from just being a 'fancy move' to having some history and meaning behind it.
It also reminded of martial arts. How so much of it looks purely ceremonial but if you strip away the perfect stances and movements it had a real application to it
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 3 2012, 01:56 PM
Man, now that I remembered, how's your martial arts preparation faring?
Posted by: Ben Higgins May 3 2012, 03:07 PM
It's doing good, thank you. I got a grading tomorrow as a matter of fact. Are you any closer to dipping your toes into the world of Iaido (not sure if that's right) ?
Posted by: Evilvanhulin May 3 2012, 03:50 PM
I'm a horse rider, but no horses, but that they call in France "Double poney", a horse between a pony and a horse. They have the height of Arab horses, and there are the Connemaras, Hafflingers, "Carmargais", etc... They are smaller than the horses but more malicious and capricious (they do rodeo if they are in mood).
Posted by: Ben Higgins May 3 2012, 03:54 PM
The first horse I ever rode was (I'm pretty sure) a Haflinger, in Germany... awesome little dude !
Posted by: Evilvanhulin May 3 2012, 04:08 PM
I rode a Hafflinger a long time, and he was fabulous. The others horseriders hated him because he was difficult to ride, but not for me and a other horse rider who bought it recently. Fabulous was the word for this pony. At present time, I ride a "double poney" with Arab blood and who is hated by the other horse-riders because he is a rodeo addict. He is very malicious and gambler, a funny horse, and when you understand him, what I try, he is serious and fabulous.
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 3 2012, 04:46 PM
Wow dudes! This sounds like an awesome story 
Posted by: Ben Higgins May 3 2012, 06:11 PM
Yeah, a lot of these horses are just written off by people because they don't want to put in the time to understand them.
Posted by: Alex Feather May 4 2012, 06:29 AM
That's awesome! So, were you jumping over obstacles?Yeah but than I fell pretty bad so I have decided that playing guitar will be safer and less painful
Posted by: Ben Higgins May 4 2012, 07:35 AM
Ouch ! Did you have any injuries ?
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 4 2012, 08:02 AM
Well, yeah, they have very strong personalities My aunts actual horse - Rembrandt, has slammed her against a wall, when she was trying to 'tame' him. He was that sort of 'I won't let anybody ride me' kind of horse
Posted by: Alex Feather May 5 2012, 08:08 AM
I fell on my back pretty bad! Nothing major but I couldn't walk for a few days that's what turned me into guitar
I just decided that it's much safer to play guitar! Oh yeah and I also watched a movie about The Beatles and thought it's a cool job to play music!
Posted by: Ben Higgins May 5 2012, 10:20 AM
I just decided that it's much safer to play guitar! Oh yeah and I also watched a movie about The Beatles and thought it's a cool job to play music!
That was definitely fate at work ! You had to fall off a horse to find the guitar !
Posted by: Cosmin Lupu May 5 2012, 05:47 PM
Can you guys imagine that when I was in the 5th grade - about 11 years of age, my music teacher caught me drawing a mustache on Bach's picture. She was furious and asked me how do I dare mock a musician such as him. Do you know what I answered?
I told her I don't like music
It seems that fate had other intentions
Posted by: Ben Higgins May 6 2012, 09:27 AM
Can you guys imagine that when I was in the 5th grade - about 11 years of age, my music teacher caught me drawing a mustache on Bach's picture. She was furious and asked me how do I dare mock a musician such as him. Do you know what I answered? I told her I don't like music
It seems that fate had other intentions
Haha, that is classic irony !
It's lucky for us you changed your mind !
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