lockwood trail :D

going on a trail ride on thursday  i ride a horse named roany he's a good horse :D

the diffrence between paints and pintos

What is the difference between a paint horse a pinto horse?

What is the difference between a paint horse a pinto horse? Simply put, when someone talks about a Paint horse, they are talking about a breed. But when someone talks about a pinto horse, they are talking about a color.
Paint horses have a specific stock-type body type and are closely related to the American Quarter Horse. To register a horse with the American Paint Horse Association, both the sire and the dam must be registered paint horses but pinto coloring is not required! The APHA has a special "breeding stock" division for Paint Horse who lack pinto coloring.

Pinto horses, however, may be of any breed or type, because the word "Pinto" simply refers to color. A Saddlebred, for example, may be a Pinto, but could never be a Paint. Pinto horses come in all shapes and sizes. A color-based registry has opened for Pinto horses. Instead of breeding being the qualifier for registry, color is. Any non-draft, non appaloosa colored may join the Pinto Horse Association of America.
So as you can see, the difference is that while most Paints are pintos, only some pintos are paints!
At first it seems the difference between paint and pinto is confusing, but as you can see with this explaination, the difference is really not too difficult to understand.

also the paint has to have quatrer or thouroghbred in them to b a paint horse 

horse camp day 5 and finale day

my group rode first we practce for the show and group 2 waz practcing the show on foot with out the horses and stuff and then we switch then it waz lunch then we did t-shirt sightning and then we got r stuff and then we groomed and saddled are horses and then it was the show and then we got r awards and then t was time to go home



had a fun week :) awesome very funny counsilers

horse camp day 4

group 2 rode first while my group was putting sticky notes on a horse named donnie :D and then we switch then it was lunch and then lunch then my group went on a trail ride and group 2 was doing a craft the we switch and then we did stuff

very sorry i didnt post this yesterday i was very busy

horse camp day 3

my group rode first while group 2 waz doing a craft or something i dont remember sorry .........then we switch then it waz lunch then we watch horseminship exsamples and then we went and did stuff

very sorry i didnt post this on wensday i was verybusy

horse camp day 2

group two rode first while my group and i went on a hike for flowers and t5hen we switch then it waz lunch then a vet came two show all of us stuff and then we went on a trail ride my group did and group 2 did aq craft and then we switch  and then we did journles and stuff



very sorry i didn't do this on tuseday i was very busy

Day 1 at horse camp

horse camp the theame is fall/Autome

what we did 2day was learned the colors and breeds and saddle and bridle and how 2 groom saddle the horse  more  like a review 2 me though but anyways we did that stuff then in the afternoon my group and i got 2 ride and we got 2 ride in the middle of riding it started to rain and it was totally AWESOME! we got 2 continue 2 ride it was so much fun :) and the other group didn't get 2 ride cause it was lightning and thundering but after that we played a game called find what you got 2 do is have a magazine and have it closed and someone will call out what you have to find and    who ever finds it first gets the point it was kinda fun i guess after that we did journls then we did some line dancing it was fun .......i had a fun day :)


i'll tell you guys what we do tomorrow but until now peace out                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

camp

i have camp this week i will post everything that i did Monday-Friday  so ill have stuff on here that you guys can perhaps learn from me that i learnd from the day that i learned from my consilers

lock wood trail

yesterday i went on a trail ride for a leason and it was fun we went under a bridge and through some grass areas and the horse i was riding was blue :) and he was being slow as usally but all well it don't matter and so anyways we are riding and he keeps grabbing at the grass and the leaveing on the trees and so he grabs at the leaves one time and the lady in back says to me kick him hard and he will go but i only moved my rains up by his ears and bumped him with my left leg and he moved to the side and kept moving on the point is that you don't need to kick your horse really hard if they are trying to eat so treat your horse nice and don't kick them hard it's not nice horses don't like getting kick or anything so  be nice to your horse.

when on a trail and your horse trys to eat grass pull up on the rains  and when your horse trys to eat leaves off of the trees move the rains up by the horses ears turn and bump with the leg that the side the horse s head is turned to  so if the horse is trying to eat leaves off of a tree on the left side of the trail you want to move the rains up near there ears and bump there side with your left leg and they will move over .......if they are trying to eat from the right side of the trail from a tree move the rains up near the horses ears and bump with your right leg and the horse will move on 

but other wise i had a great time riding my buddy blue yesterday :)

pics of horse movement

this horse is walking 

horse colors

these are all of the colors horses can come in  just look through the pics and see what color looks best if you like all like i do then that's cool

Tennessee walker horse

The Tennessee Walker or Tennessee Walking Horse is a breed of riding horse. The breed was originally bred in the Southern United States to carry the owners of plantations around their lands.^[1] They are known for their unique four-beat "running walk." The breed is rarely seen in any of the sport horse disciplines; however, they are popular in trail riding because of their smooth gaits, stamina and easy temper. They are also seen in Western riding disciplines and in harness 


the Tennessee walking horse has a reputaion for calm disposion and naturally smoth riding gaites. It is calm and easy going breed typically easy to train. While the horses re famous for flashy movement they are quite hardy popular for trail and pleasaure  riding  as well as show. 


in conformation the Tennessee walker is a tall horse with a long neck and a sloping shoulder. The head is traditionally large but renfined in bone with small well-placed ears. The horse has a fairly short back short strong coupling and an elongated stride. In the show arena Tennessee walker are known for their running walk and are usally shown with long unbraided manes and tails 
common colors include black chestnut sorrel and bay some may also show characteristics of the chamagne gene other colors patterns such as roan and pinto are common. Recently the breed registry began to recognize   
the sabino pattern and it must be noted that many horses registered in the past as roans where in some cases sabinos. Tennessee walkers are generally 15 to 17 hands (60 to 68inches  152 to 173 cm)  tall but can range from 13.2 to 17.2 hands (54 to 70 inches 137 to 178 cm) weight is generally between 900 and 1200 pounds (410 and 540 kg) 


HISTORY
The Tennessee walker originated from the Narragansett pacer and the Canadian pacer in the late 18th century when these two breeds where blended by the Tennessee breeders who where looking for a horse that could be ridden all day over the varied terrain of their plantations conffedrate pacer and union trotter blood was added during the civill war creating the study southern plantation horse (aka the Tennessee pacer) Breeders later added Throughbred  Standerdbred Morgan and Amreican saddlebred blood to refine and add stamina to their gaited horse .
in 1885 black Allen (later known as Allan F-1) was born by the stallion Allendorf (from the Hambletonian family of standerbreeds) and out of a Morgan mare named Maggie Marshall he became the foundation sire of the Tennessee walking horse breed.
The breed became popular due to it's smooth gaits and incredible stamina. It was common for farmers to hold  match races  with their Tennessee walkers. Witch they also used for plowing fields. even after the coming of the autombile many Tennessee communities kept their Tennessee walkers to mange the poor roads of the area Tennessee walking horses began to gain a reputaions as a showy animals.  and breeders sought bloodlines to produce refine intelligent flashy horses 
The  registry in 1935 The stud book was closed in 1947 so since that date every Tennessee walker must have both parents registered to be eligible for registration themselves. 


Cultural references 
* The Tennessee walking horse is the official state horse of the U.S stat of Tennessee.
* The town of Shelbyville  Tennessee promotes itself as the walking horse capital of the world as it hosts the annual  Tennessee walking horse National Celebration a ten-day exshbititions that draws over 30,000 breeders exibitors and spectators from across the country.
*Driving through Tennessee one is a bound to see one or more billboards advertising TWH exhibtions or pleasure riding area.


Uses 
The Tennessee waler is used for horse shows events particurly under saddle seat style English  riding equipment but also a very popular trail ride horse both in western equipment as well as English the breed is a popular parade horse and has been used in televion movies and other performing events for exsample the lone rangers horse silver   was at the time played by Tennessee walker Trigger Jr successor to the original Trigger made famous by Roy Rogers witch was also a Tennessee walker. the position of mascot of the Universty of the southern california trojans Traveler was once held by a horse a Tennessee walker bloodlines 


Showing 
Tennessee walking horses are known for the ambling gaits the running walk the flat walk and for their gentle  rocking horse canter although many members of the breed can perform other gaits including the trot fox trot rack stepping pace and single foot these gaits are typical penalized in breed shows since they are not considered correct gaits for a Tennessee walking horse the running walk is the most famous gait. With the speeds from 10-20 kmh (6-12mph) as as the speed increases the horse's rear foot overstrids the front print 15-45cm (6-18in) the greater the overstride the better a walker the horse is said to be the horse nods it's head in both running and the flat walk the ears swinging with the gait some walkers click their teeth with the gait 
there are two main catagories of compation performance horses and flat shod diffrentiated primanily  by the size and weight of the shoes being worn.


*flat shod horses are further divided into trail country light shot and plantation pleasure division and are judge on way of going witch includes head nod overstride and front animation the country trail pleasure classes have the least animation the plantation horses the most with the plantation horses typically wearing heavier shoe flat shod horses are not allowed to use pads action devices or trail braces. 


*performance horses exhibit a very flashy and animated running walk often referred to as big lick they appear to sit back on the hinquarters lifting their forelegs high off ground with each step horses and riders show in saddle seat attire and tack horses are shod in double and triple-nail-pads along with lightweight chains around their fetlock accentuate the gaits making them   more animated.


History of the big lick 
during the late 1940s and early 1950s when walking horses enjoyed a surge of widespread popularity with the general public exaggerated front leg action especially at the running walk drew spectators to horse shows and help further increases the popularity of the breed this action was also rewarded by judges this began the rage for big lick movement while lit shod horses with naturally good movement could confortbly perform this crowd-pleasing gait at the time it took both natural ability and considerble time yo properly train and condition the horse.


some individuals wishing to produce simular movement in less-talented horses or in less time borrowed practeses used by other breeds to enhance movement. this included action devices such as weight shoes stacks (stack pads) and the use of weight chains around the pastern all of witch within certain limits were allowed 


as these methods produce horses that one in the show ring and as ever-higher  and more dramatic action was rewarded by the judges some trainers turned to less savory methods to produce high action in a hurry these methods including heavy weight  chains use of tacks deliberatly placed under the shoe into the white line or quick of the hof and the contoversail practice of souring witch is the applications of a caustic chemical agent to the front legs to make it painful for the horse to put it's feet  down 


actions devices 

there are two common actions devices that are permitted on the show grounds and are used for training and show to enchance the horse's gait.


*chains : bracelet-like chains are attached around the front pasterns of the horse and may be no more than 6 ounces in weight they are intended to be used with a lubricant to allow them to slide easily around the pastern.


*pads: added under a horse's natural hoof pads (sometimes called stack or packages) can vary in height they are usally made of plastic although originally were made of leather.  pads have a metal band that runs across the hoof wall to keep them on the horse's foot. pads may be up to 4 thick in the heel and no more than 2 in the toe thickness and the use of the band determine what class a horse can be show in. pads are an exttension built of a base shoe.  and theefor easily taken off or change with out haveing to compltely reshoe the horse 
users of the chain do not belive that they cause the horse  pain stating that it creates a simuler feeling as lose of a braclet would aroung the wrest of a person however some trainers and vet beleave that above a certain weight they may be harmful  a well-known study conducted a aubum  universaty for September 1978 to December 1982 exsamend the health effects of action devises on gaited horses through yjr use of thermgraphy.   entitled theromphy in diagnosis inflammatory processe in horse in responce  to various chemical and phisical  thermal patterns persisted seen after 20 days of recovery  a stallion in the study  also develop lesions from 8ounces chains after wearing them in nine 15mins excersize periods (from September 22-Octoboer 3) the auburn study also showed that 2   4 and 6ounces chains produce no adverse effects in the horses being studied a 6onces chain is the legal weight of chain allowed in NHSC horse show .


pads are also controversail some are also criyical of the band that holds the pad on witch they belieave cuts into the hoof and may waer a slot into however it is a common practice for a trainer to lossen the band when the horse is not being exercised witch may miminize the problem under normale conditions if a pad is lost it usallyonly  affects the pad its self and not the base of the shoe witch remains intact injuers are usally very limited from throwing a set of pads on it is dangerous if a horse is wearing pads pulls off a shoe as not only will pad will come off but but the band might tear part of the hoof wall therefore horses wearing pads should not be turned out 


i copyed all of that from this web site :       Tennessee Walking Horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
go there to see the rest i type all of that and copyed the 2 pics i tryed copying another one but it wouldn't let me i would do the rest but my hand hurts at this momment so just go to that website and see all it yourself  i'll do some other breeds another time for you another time but not today i've been doing this since 1pm today and it's 9:32pm but of course i took breaks in between to so just go and see the Tennessee walker horse website for yourself you will learn alot from it i would have copyed it all but it wouldn't let me i don't know why 

about paint horses

Your Guide to the Paint Horse breed

What is a paint horse? If you have ever seen one in person, then you are probably already aware of how lovely and exquisite these horses are. Paint horses get their special name because of the very unique gift that they carry- their coat and pattern. A paint horse is one which contains one of three known patterns- Overo, Tobiano or Tovero. The paint horse is marked by some percentage (great or small) of white hair over un-pigmented skin. The rest of the horse is covered in another color. This other color could be brown, tan, black or gray as well as a combination of any of these.

To fully understand the paint horse, you have to understand the markings and what they represent. This will help you identify different types of paint horses. The Overo pattern refers to a paint horse where the white markings do not happen between the withers and tail. An added characteristic is that one if not all of the horse's legs will be a solid color- brown, gray, back or tan. The markings on the face may be standard but most of the markings on the rest of the body will be irregular and scattered.

The Tobiano pattern is different, however. In this pattern, the markings and white spots are regular. Spots are often oval or round and all four of the legs are white. The tail will typically be two colors- white and dark.

The paint horses with the tovero color pattern have at least one blue eye but often both eyes will be blue. Where the white splashes of colors are located with the tovero pattern is not as important as the location of the dark color markings. The dark pigmentation will be around their mouth, ears and flanks. Dark spots can also be found around the base of the tail and on the chest or neck of the horse. However, the color pattern is not the only thing that distinguishes the paint horse from other breeds.

Paint horses have a reputation of being one of the hardest working breeds in America. This is why in the old west they were popular with farmers, Native Americans and any one that needed a ride from one area to another. They are very intelligent making them easy to train plus, they're athletic and very strong with muscular hind legs. Other characteristics that describe the paint horse include good weight distribution and a low center of gravity due to their small stature. They're also one of the friendliest breeds you will ever encounter.

When you become familiar with these terms, you will know what they mean when speaking with others in the field about paint horses. There're certain requirements that must be met in order for a horse to be considered a paint horse. For example, one of the parents must be registered with the American Paint Horse Association. If one of the parents is not a member they must be registered with the Jockey Club or the American Quarter Horse Association.

lock wood park

lock wood park is a place where kids can play and see diffrent animals and perhaps make new friends with kids at the park lock wood is a fun place i've been going sence i was a little kid for b-day partys of my own and to celabrate fathers day and ever sence i was 8yr old i've been takeing leasons out there now i am 13yr old and i just love horses and i have learnd a lot of stuff over the years about horses .and everyday when i  go and i'm around horses and i am riding horses i learn something new every time i ride and i like learining new things about horses

horse camp

there are three diffrent theames for horse camp
1pirate week
2  autome week
3
ummm i don't remember third one so you can look up though's on rockford park district lockwood park camps
i have done all three of the over and over again but it's okay i don't care i love riding horses and learning about them

what you do at camp is learn to groom them you learn how to saddle your own horse that your useing for the week you rid in the areana in the morning if not raining or to hot out and then you do stuff in the morning then it's lunch at 12pm and you eat at the cook house you sit there hang out with the other campers and get to know them better and after a while you head back to the farm where the horses are and you get to go on a trail ride in the afternoon you lear all of the colors and breeds of the horses you tie dye a t-shirt and there's dress up day for the theame of the week and of course there WATER DAY!! water day is when you play water games  and then the last day you  practice a ruteen in the morning you do stuff in the morning and then a hour before the end of the day all of your family members can come and atch you in a horse show witch is always fun :)


there r three diffrent camps
1pony camp
2trot camp
3 advance trot camp

i only have done advance trot camp but that's only cause  i am a really good rider and it's for my age group

the horses that i have rode for trot cam are
1Willie
2 Journy
3 moon /gypsy/ally      i put three there because i rode three diffrent horses in one week that time for a certain resond i'm not going to say why though
4 Roany

trail ride tips

1: always beaware of your sarounding's
2watch your horses reactions to your saroundings also watch your horses ears
3 if a person is riding a bike,walking a dog,driveing some kind of vuical and your not sure if your horse is scared or not then just stop your horse on the right side of the path or have the other person stop and let you go first
4alwayz have a exstra bridle with you just in case your horses bridle breaks some how and if you don't have a exstra bridle then have a rope with you just in case
5 if your horse gets spoke and starts to gallop then you need to stay calmb and go in a circle but i would b in a pretty big area to do that though never let your horse gallop on a trail exspecaly in the woods you never know whats in the woods

horse parts and saddles and briddles

western saddle and bridle

 parts of the horse and markings

English saddle and bridle

I tryed finding a list of all of the horse breeds but i couldn't find one ...........but i found markings and saddle parts and briddle parts so you can look at though's and lear about them and once you learn about them you should tell me the diffrence detween western and english parts of there briddles and saddles 

saddle parts of the western saddle

Lockwoodpark horses...........family members that ride and love horses

Me

my cuzin Trysta  she volentires out there  she has riden with me before she took lvls 1&3 with me

my brother Devon he volenters out there and helps  them with events he took privet leasons with me last summer rids trail with me 2 also 

my mom&dad they ride on trails with me on the weekends when we get a chance to 

my brother rides stormy on trail's usally i ride blue my mom rides ally my dad rides donnnie that's who we usally get when we go on trails  i do have pics of these horses 

 my mom riding ally

 my dad riding Donnie

 my brother riding stormy

thats me riding blue i don't know how we didn't get a pic of me on him on a trail ride but we didn't so i just got a diffrent one 

this isnt about lock wood park horses this is what i think people should know and should not do at all

There are thousands posably millons of animals crossed the glob and when i watch animal cops on animal planet it just makes me ver sad how badly animals are treated everyday of there lives by there owners and I just hate seeing animal's being abused just think of it this way animal's are like your kids so if your child did something wroung you would keep smacking your kid over and over until your kid has brusies and injuerys on them you tell your kid what they did wroung and tell them why it's wroung animal's are the same way they don't like being treated like that they don't ask to be abused they don't ask for anything at all all's they want is love and attion and a family that cares about them no one has really done anything about animal crulty but hontly i think it should relly stop cause i hate seeing animal's being abussed and most of all i hate when anyone is abussed if you hate when people abuse there animal's then you should do something about it one day i will cause it's very sad to see animal's in pain and see what they have to go through everyday of there lives. What's even worse is that you see a animal being abussed and no one says anything to them so why even have animals if your just going to make them mesrable i love animals to death i have animals of my own i take care of them very well  i take my dogs for a walk everyday to give them there exsersize sure i don't take them out on walks during winter and rainy days but my dogs are very happy healthy animals and i train my golden retever he learned all of the baics in one week meaning sit shake his name still working on roll over but sure he knows everything ealse but he's a dog you can't ask much from a dog there just animals treat them like if there your own kids and that don't mean dress them give them baths everyday but i mean really people treat your pets like they where like kids i mean thats what they basily are so stop the abusing of the animals please i just hate seeing animals in really bad pain i like seeing animals living   happy and healthy lives

Lockwoodpark horses...........the horses i have riden :p

 me standing by blue :) >>

 me standing by Tina  and feeding her

 me standing by ally and feeding her

 me standing my wWllie

 me rideing blue :)

 me riding Tina

 me riding ally

1: Blue                                                    me riding Willie :)                                                                                                                        2: Tina                                                                                                                                                                         3: Ally                                                                                                                                                               4: Willie                                                                                                                                                                       5: Gypsy                                                                                                                                                           6; Journy                                                                                                                                                           7 Moon                                                                                                                                                                       8; Roany                                                                                                                                                           these are the 8 horses that i have rode sence i was 8yr old i injoy riding horses,horses are like a relxsation to me when i ride it just feel's like i'm in my own dream world i love horses so much i just wish i had my own horse  bt when i grow up i will get a horse of my own and i will take care of that horse very well i would never hurt any animal i've been around animal's basicly sence i was born i've always been around cats and dogs and once i seen a cermershow for a horse movie and i watch it i love horses very much that was like when i was like probly 1 or 2yr old i have alwayz loved horses and i will alwayz love horses there amazing cretures......................................................sorry i don't have pics of all of the horses i have riden but i will get pics of them on here soon :)