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The Nature of the Crazy Eventer
26th Jan 2012
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Shows and Events Those of you who event, or know somebody who events, will surely agree with me when I say that the sport defies all logic. It’s like trying to take a convertible around a 4X4 track, or going skydiving using a plastic packet as a parachute. It is completely nonsensical, no matter how you look at it. You break your bank account and put in HOURS of hard work just to risk your life galloping at breakneck speed toward a number of solid obstacles designed specifically to separate you from your steed.
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Ponybox Featured Horse Graphics
26th Jan 2012
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Graphics Here is another set of some amazing horse graphics and photos submitted to Ponybox.com. Want to see your photo or graphic listed here? Just add your horse related photo or art to your Ponybox photo album and we will consider it for our featured horse graphics news post.
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How Horses Changed My Life - Part II
by Hikari on 25th Jan 2012
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Horse Stories
But all good things come to an end. Matt got cancer in 2009, and became unable to come to the yard often enough. He asked me if I could carry on going there to look after his horses, and of course, I agreed. I really made an effort to make each horse feel loved even without their owner. But only after a short month, Matt passed away.
I want to add in a few words here in respect to Matt. He taught me everything I know today about keeping horses. He taught me that they were not stupid beasts who want to hurt you, but the most sweetest, kindest souls who will be there for you, no matter how ignorant you act. He was a good man, and even now, we all remember him.
He left his horses and the land to his younger brother, who really didn't have any use for them except put them up for sale. I begged and begged mum to let me buy Skylar, but she refused, saying it was too big a commitment. Skylar was bought by a family who lived a few hours away, too far for me to visit. I never saw her again. |
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Ponybox Featured Horse Graphics
24th Jan 2012
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Graphics Here is another set of some amazing horse graphics and photos submitted to Ponybox.com. Want to see your photo or graphic listed here? Just add your horse related photo or art to your Ponybox photo album and we will consider it for our featured horse graphics news post.
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Should Equestrian Vaulters Be Required To Wear Helmets?
by Oak Valley on 23rd Jan 2012
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General
One of the main questions in vaulting is why don't we wear helmets? The answer is that all of the experts, world wide, confer that not only do helmets not improve safety; they can actually increase the risk of injury.
The reason helmets are not considered to improve safety is because there is nothing hard for the vaulter to hit their head on. In vaulting the horse is kept on a circle, which causes falls to travel away from the horse and keeps the vaulter away from walls or other hard objects. Vaulting requires soft footing, which easily provides more protection than a helmet could. Proper vaulting lessons teach the key safety skills first. There are proper ways to approach a vaulting horse, dismounting, and safe ways to "bail out" if balance is lost. |
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How Horses Changed My Life - Part I
by Hikari on 22nd Jan 2012
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Horse Stories
I didn't begin my life being obsessed with horses. I didn't look at them and think they were beautiful or cute. I looked at them and saw stupid beasts who would try and hurt me. I wasn't alone, all my friends felt the same. I come from quite a rough area in Bristol, England. I had no respect for anyone except the people who were tougher than me. Not even my own family. I was constantly involved with things that I knew were both dangerous and illegal. By the age of 11, I was already part of a gang. For people who don't have much experience with gangs, we like to show off to each other. We do stupid and reckless things to gain respect from the other members of the gang. This was how I got involved with horses.
A man who lived in our area owned several horses, who lived out in the feild in all weathers. When I was 13, a boy in our gang came up with the idea to jump over the field fence, run up to a horse, climb onto it and see how long we could stay on. Because we all wanted the respect of our gang leader, we all had a go. Unsupprisingly, none of those horses really appreciated 2 or 3 reckless teenagers jumping onto their backs at the same time and hitting them with sticks to try and get it to buck. It was cruel, it was stupid, and above all, very dangerous. But did we care? The danger made it more fun, and made us look more daring. By some miracle, the only serious injuries we had were 2 broken noses and one broken arm. But that didn't even stop us! |
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Ponybox Featured Horse Graphics
22nd Jan 2012
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Graphics Here is another set of some amazing horse graphics and photos submitted to Ponybox.com. Want to see your photo or graphic listed here? Just add your horse related photo or art to your Ponybox photo album and we will consider it for our featured horse graphics news post.
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How To Draw Manes and Tails Using Photoshop Elements
20th Jan 2012
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Graphics The following tutorial walks you through a quick and easy process for adding manes and tails to your horse graphics and digis using Photoshop Elements or other popular graphic software. Checkout the image tutorial below and quickly add that professional touch to your graphics, digis and manips. Your now well on your way to being recognized as one of Ponybox.com's top graphic artists!
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The Nature of the Not-So-Sane Show Rider
19th Jan 2012
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Shows and Events Anybody who has done showing must know that you can’t be completely sane to choose to wake up at 4AM, and work for a good three hours getting your horse to look its best for a few boring minutes, just so that somebody else can judge it. There is absolutely no chance that it is worth all the effort – but we do it anyway, because every show rider wants to be better than every other show rider. The following are some common behaviours of these fascinating people.
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Ponybox Featured Horse Graphics
18th Jan 2012
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Graphics Here is another set of some amazing horse graphics and photos submitted to Ponybox.com. Want to see your photo or graphic listed here? Just add your horse related photo or art to your Ponybox photo album and we will consider it for our featured horse graphics news post.
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Top Ten Ponybox.com Personalities
by Equus Grevyi on 17th Jan 2012
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I've been on Ponybox for a while and have noticed that there is a lot of different personalities on the forums, social walls, comments and other social outlets on Ponybox. They run in packs and stand a lone. Here are my top 10! |
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Basic Horse Photo Editing
16th Jan 2012
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Graphics For Ponybox, most people stick to manipulating images to put horses on different backgrounds. I, however, usually just edit the photos I have taken to make them look their best. In photography this is known as post-processing, image processing, image enhancing, or photo processing. Most professional photographers and some amateurs use some Adobe software like Lightroom or Photoshop, but those are expensive. I use the free version of GIMP, which works for my purposes.
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Caring For Two Abused Rescue Horses
by Faith forever on 14th Jan 2012
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Care and Grooming
Its your worst nightmare when you discover horses in need of rescue. My uncle recently looked at two horses in desperate need that the owner was trying to sell. My uncle immediately bought the horses and ran to the feed store along with calling the vet as soon as they were home. The vet said to feed them a little bit at a time and bring up their feed gradually. |
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Ponybox Featured Horse Graphics
13th Jan 2012
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Graphics Here is another set of some amazing horse graphics and photos submitted to Ponybox.com. Want to see your photo or graphic listed here? Just add your horse related photo or art to your Ponybox photo album and we will consider it for our featured horse graphics news post.
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I'm Grounded From My First Horse Show
by Madeirey on 12th Jan 2012
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Today was just not my day. I was infuriated, confused, and thinking the world was torturing me. Although, the world was not exactly torturing me; I just thought it was. My mom and I had another one of our fights because I didn’t finish cleaning the tack room like I was supposed to. My mom started yelling, getting mad, and I was starting to get mad at her for yelling. I hate yelling, it drives me up the wall. So we started to fight and it ended with my mom grounding me from going to my first Novice horse show. |
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Ponybox Featured Horse Graphics
9th Jan 2012
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Graphics Here is another set of some amazing horse graphics and photos submitted to Ponybox.com. Want to see your photo or graphic listed here? Just add your horse related photo or art to your Ponybox photo album and we will consider it for our featured horse graphics news post.
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A Begginner's Guide to Horse Graphics - Stock and Credits
8th Jan 2012
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Graphics I often get fed up of looking around Ponybox and finding graphics made with google images or with no credits, so, as the second installation of my series I'm explaining Stock Images and Credits.
Firstly, the most important part of graphic making is finding quality stock. Here are a few useful free stock websites:
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Ponybox Featured Horse Graphics
7th Jan 2012
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Graphics Here is another set of some amazing horse graphics and photos submitted to Ponybox.com. Want to see your photo or graphic listed here? Just add your horse related photo or art to your Ponybox photo album and we will consider it for our featured horse graphics news post.
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The Benefits of Therapeutic Riding
by Seven Sins on 6th Jan 2012
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Most people have heard of some form of physical therapy. Well on horseback it is often called Hippotherapy, it is a commonly used for around 100 different conditions; autism, brain injuries, spinal cord injury, visual or hearing loss, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, as well as many other conditions. These diseases and conditions can benefit from riding horses, they can increase balance, confidence, mobility, flexibility, and muscle strength. When riding a horse it mimics the gait that a human makes when walking, so for those that can't walk, it is a way to walk again. |
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Think You're Ready to Purchase a Horse?
by Spyricale on 5th Jan 2012
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Care and Grooming
Purchasing something as great as a horse can prove as a very exciting experience for anybody. Whether you are going to board it or plan to keep it at home, everything about the lifestyle of owning a horse will take you on roller coaster of joy, pain, love, sorrow, despair, and even sometimes, the most tragic of experiences that litters one with permanent scars. These pieces of informative discussion will dive deep into the depths of the situations of preparing for owning a horse, taking the necessary precautions when purchasing your horse, and the things you'll need to properly and responsibly care for a horse. |
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