Doesn't it make you........

*AL*

........proud enough to burst when your kids do so well ?

Firstly, may I apologise in advance for the gratuitous, parentally indulgent content of this thread, but I had to tell someone.




Our daughter has been horse riding for just short of a year and this week she's been off to her 1st Pony camp.

Allow me to introduce Jo-Jo (daughter) and Star (horse)





On top of the various rosettes she won for the different disciplines they do,
and a whole heap of achievement badges for her pony club tests,
she had a clear round in her 1st ever jumping event (she's only been jumping for the past 2 weeks)
and was awarded the trophy for the all round best pony club member of 2010.



Needless to say her mum and me are very proud of her,
and just because I know she's far too nosey for her own good and she's bound to look at this later,
Jo-Jo, don't pick the wedgie out of your arse when there's a camera pointing at you :roll:

cat_with_no_tail

Well Done Jo-Jo!

and well done future prit-stick too.

Sorry, I mean Star.

And because he's told us all you're likely to read this, Jo-Jo, go and ask your dad where babies come from!

The Northern Monkey

Ace... horses frighten the doo daarr outa me

(edited the sweary word out just incase)

blister pus

*AL* wrote:

pure thelwell

sparrowlegs78

Yeyyyy wel done Jo- Jo
I remember when I used to be in the Pony Club....much fun was had dunking the lads in the water jumps....girl to boy ratio was higher so we bullied em
Caz xx

*AL*

Cat With No Tail wrote:

And because he's told us all you're likely to read this, Jo-Jo, go and ask your dad where babies come from!

Ah, that would involve a penis and a vagina and some testicles iirc :shock:

She's already had some sex education at school and was chuffed to bits to tell me all about that when she got home.

The Northern Monkey wrote:

Ace... horses frighten the doo daarr outa me

They just relieve me of the little bit of cash the mtb has left behind.......

thekickingmule

Well done Jo-Jo!

My brother is a massive horsey fan. He ended up studying Equine Studies at some Uni in Warwick I think. Needless to say, I'm not particularly interested in horses (or my brother), they don't scare my though, more, annoy me

I've always wanted to try a horse burger though :twisted:

Anonymous

Meh, makes me sick all you horsey types. If you can afford for her to go horse riding, just THINK of how well you could back her in MTBing? She could be the next Rachel Atherton!

projectsome

well done her

when she's older she'll be able to charge £10 ph to teach people like my neice does

Hercule Q

is that a bullet proof jacket?

sandy hill

Nothing wrong with chest bursting pride at all.

*AL*

Hercule Q wrote:

is that a bullet proof jacket?

Body armour.

It protects their spine & ribs in event of the horse stopping and them carrying on

Hercule Q

i thought it was incase she rode through an angry farmers field

peter413

*AL* wrote:

Hercule Q wrote:

is that a bullet proof jacket?

Body armour.

It protects their spine & ribs in event of the horse stopping and them carrying on

And it helps to protect the internal organs (yes, I used to ride horses)

lawman

peter413 wrote:

(yes, I used to ride horses)

no need to talk about sheeps mum like that now is there

*AL*

peter413 wrote:

And it helps to protect the internal organs (yes, I used to ride horses)

I know, I was trying to keep things simple for Herc, he thinks the Cornish still shoot guns at 8 years olds.

jay12

peter413 wrote:

*AL* wrote:

Hercule Q wrote:

is that a bullet proof jacket?

Body armour.

It protects their spine & ribs in event of the horse stopping and them carrying on

And it helps to protect the internal organs(yes, I used to ride horses)

ahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahahahhaaaaahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahahhah



you will never be a man...


you also probably have this http://www.deagostini.com.au/ilovehorses/

peter413

*AL* wrote:

peter413 wrote:

And it helps to protect the internal organs (yes, I used to ride horses)

I know, I was trying to keep things simple for Herc, he thinks the Cornish still shoot guns at 8 years olds.

Don't you?!

jay12

double post

Anonymous

My internal organs can go to hell, as long as my external one works.

peter413

jay12 wrote:

peter413 wrote:

*AL* wrote:

Hercule Q wrote:

is that a bullet proof jacket?

Body armour.

It protects their spine & ribs in event of the horse stopping and them carrying on

And it helps to protect the internal organs(yes, I used to ride horses)

ahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahahahhaaaaahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahahhah



you will never be a man...


you also probably have this http://www.deagostini.com.au/ilovehorses/

Notice I said USED to, before I started mtbing

Anonymous

thats outstanding. good work.

Anonymous

jay12 wrote:

you will never be a man...
you also probably have this http://www.deagostini.com.au/ilovehorses/

Well, YOU won;t. You'll be 12 years old forever.

Men ride horses too Ever heard of Clint Eastwood?

fyldesmurf

yeehaamcgee wrote:

My internal organs can go to hell, as long as my external one works.

Didn't realise your skin was that important to you :?

jay12

yeehaamcgee wrote:

jay12 wrote:

you will never be a man...
you also probably have this http://www.deagostini.com.au/ilovehorses/

Well, YOU won;t. You'll be 12 years old forever.

Men ride horses too Ever heard of Clint Eastwood?

yea, but am sure he rode it for a club or whatevr. clint eastwood rode it for manly reasons

peter413

jay12 wrote:

yeehaamcgee wrote:

jay12 wrote:

you will never be a man...
you also probably have this http://www.deagostini.com.au/ilovehorses/

Well, YOU won;t. You'll be 12 years old forever.

Men ride horses too Ever heard of Clint Eastwood?

yea, but am sure he rode it for a club or whatevr. clint eastwood rode it for manly reasons

Nope, just so I knew how to ride a horse if I ever needed to for a specific reason

Was never good enough to ride for a club

Anonymous

Well, really, Clint Eastwood rode a horse because he was pretending to be someone else. BUT he could fire a gun and not blink - which is actually pretty rare.

Anonymous

ive been horse riding a couple of times, i quite like it and really want shire horse at some point just as a pet (that i can ride around places) i think they are gleaming.

Anonymous

I mean, he could fire a gun, and not blink during the firing of it. Obviously.
We're all capable of firing guns, and blinking, just not necessarily at the same time.

Happy Harry

blister pus wrote:

pure thelwell

I knew what you meant!

Congratulations to Jo-Jo and Star. But congratulations also to Al for making it all possible.
Well done, mate and thanks for sharing it with us

Alex

Given that this is technically the same forum that once outshone the Aristocrats by such a margin that Future Publishing lost a major advertiser, I'm impressed by the restraint shown in this thread.