{"id":8515,"date":"2022-12-16T07:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8515"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:13","slug":"that-first-or-special-horse-some-of-our-member-share-theirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=8515","title":{"rendered":"That First or Special Horse &#8211; Some of our member share theirs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8518\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1022\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWA.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWA-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/RWA-768x252.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rob Adams &#8211; My first horse was a pony named Little Spot who was all white with a brown head and a blue and brown eye in 1956.\u00a0 I rode him bareback most of the time as I was to lazy to bother with a saddle.\u00a0 Rex arrived in 1959 and always was saddled as he would test his rider and was know to bolt for almost any reason (he force me to be a better rider) and Kelly as a foal in 1963, the first horse I trained.\u00a0 We lived in SW Michigan in a area that was mostly fruit farms (both active and inactive) providing lots of places to ride.\u00a0 They are all subdivisions now!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JT2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8517\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JT2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JT2.jpg 316w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JT2-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JT1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8516\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JT1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JT1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JT1-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Janine Townsend &#8211;\u00a0That&#8217;s me and Topsy when I was about 6 years old. And an added bonus&#8230;.me and the cat when i was about 4 yo!\u00a0 Janine grew up around the Silver City area of Idaho.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LisaG-sugar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8546\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LisaG-sugar-881x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LisaG-sugar-881x1024.jpg 881w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LisaG-sugar-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LisaG-sugar-768x892.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LisaG-sugar-1322x1536.jpg 1322w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LisaG-sugar.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a>Lisa Griffith &#8211; This is my first pony, Sugar<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m the tall one on the right!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1995AMBER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8519\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1995AMBER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1995AMBER.jpg 650w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1995AMBER-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ellen Knapp &#8211;\u00a0 on her horse Amber in 1995<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100_3413.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8520\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100_3413-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100_3413-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100_3413-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100_3413-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100_3413-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100_3413.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a>Phil Ryan &#8211; with his beloved mustang &#8220;Wild Bill&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Charles-Chick.jpg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8521\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Charles-Chick.jpg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Charles-Chick.jpg.png 857w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Charles-Chick.jpg-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Charles-Chick.jpg-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8522\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0620-1024x852.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0620-1024x852.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0620-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0620-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0620-1536x1278.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_0620.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCharles Chick &#8211; His Arab &#8220;Sara&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeatherD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8523\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeatherD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeatherD.jpg 355w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HeatherD-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HD2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8544\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HD2-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HD2-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HD2-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HD2-768x590.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HD2-1536x1181.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/HD2-2048x1575.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHeather Donesky &#8211; Me and my cousin on my older sisters horse, &#8220;Boots&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Also not my horse, but a horse I borrowed while we lived in Fiji for 8 months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The school work horse, Monteruku . Circa 1975\u00a0 Heather<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FB_IMG_1671196818276.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8524\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FB_IMG_1671196818276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FB_IMG_1671196818276.jpg 512w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FB_IMG_1671196818276-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ScottMorgan-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8527\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ScottMorgan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ScottMorgan-1.jpg 347w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ScottMorgan-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ScottMorgan-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Morgan &#8211; with &#8220;Molly&#8221; and &#8220;Justice&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LindaHughes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8528\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LindaHughes-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LindaHughes-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LindaHughes-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LindaHughes-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LindaHughes-1536x919.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/LindaHughes-2048x1225.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLinda Hughes &#8211; His name was Artful Dodger, we called him Art. 1985<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/TerryMD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8538\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/TerryMD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/TerryMD.jpg 436w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/TerryMD-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTerry Macdonald &#8211; Horse was named Skeeter, and the year was around..1963<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Helen-tucker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8537\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Helen-tucker-1024x942.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Helen-tucker-1024x942.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Helen-tucker-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Helen-tucker-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Helen-tucker.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHelen Pline &#8211; This is Tucker. Arabian\/Thoroughbred. He was 32 in this picture. Miss him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Adams &#8211; My first horse was a pony named Little Spot who was all white with a brown head and a blue and brown eye in 1956.\u00a0 I rode him bareback most of the time as I was to lazy to bother with a saddle.\u00a0 Rex arrived in 1959 and always was saddled as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-member-profiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8515"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8548,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8515\/revisions\/8548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}