These photos are about Rita's horse Nicky, who she had since 2010. Nicky has been in training for the past year and a half, and they both recently competed in a student horse show at the barn where she is boarded. Nicky and Rita won 3 blue ribbons - first place, in the Gaited Horse equitation class, the Gaited Horse pleasure class, and the Introductory level test A for dressage. Nicky performed wonderfully, and Rita is Very proud of her. Congrat's again to the both of you! .... Pops n' Calvin

Thanks, Pops, for posting these photos for me. I was hesitant to get into the show, especially the dressage test, because Nicky has a mind of her own. We practiced the patterns for weeks and I still was not satisfied with her response to my cues. On the day of the show, I told her "This is it! You have to listen to me and try to do what I ask of you." And she did! We did the 3 gaits, regular walk, medium walk and flat walk, which are what Tennessee Walkers do, and we did our 20 meter circles and diagonals and rein changes, and out of a perfect score of 160 we got 99. My instructor assured me that this was good for a first timer like myself. The equitation is based on how you handle the horse: the pleasure is based on how the horse responds to you. Now we have resumed training to learn how to canter correctly, so I can move to the next level of the dressage test. To stay young, you never stop learning, and we're having fun doing this!

Congratulations! As a former horse show brat, I can assure you that this is a wonderful accomplishment. Nothing quite like the feeling when you and your horse are clicking. Nicki sure is a pretty paint mare. Love a black and white paint.

Nicky is a beautiful horse. I miss riding, but had to give it up years ago when the arthritis in my knees made it impossible for me to walk when I dismounted! Keep on with this, RitaBarb and the 4 chocolates

Way to go! You should be very proud. I learned to ride as a kid and can at least stay on a horse, but that's about it.

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AZPops
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Oct 24, 2013
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sher9570
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Oct 24, 2013
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Uppercrust
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Oct 23, 2013
Congratulations and what a beautiful horse.
RBak
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Oct 23, 2013
Horses of many colors, to be sure. I learned a lot about horse color today, and I'm sure all of them, piebald, pinto, or tobiano are all beautiful. Thanks to all for the information.

Rita
Sue_Bee
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Oct 23, 2013
I used to "own" a beautiful 50/50 APHA black and white (piebald) tobiano gelding who was color eligible to also be registered pinto, so I know what a pie is, what a paint and what a pinto is. This is one reason that I am partial to pies. And pie.

APHA is a horse that is tracable to QH and/or thoroughbred horses. Pinto is a color registry, although most pinto registries don't accept draft types.

There are also Tovero horses, sabinos, etc.
AZPops
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Oct 23, 2013
Deb and Ed M wrote:
RBak wrote:
Nicky is not a pinto or piebald - she is a Tobiano! Never heard of it before I got her, but that's what it says on her registration papers. You would think she's a pinto from her markings, but she isn't. I guess the Tobiano gene isn't as popular as the Pinto or Piebald.

Rita

Here's some "Spotted Horse 101":

Paint: a Quarterhorse who has too much white in the wrong places to be registered as a "Quarterhorse.

Pinto: Any horse who exhibits spotted markings. Nicky could be registered as a Pinto - her markings would get her in. Pinto are divided into two classes by their markings: Tobianos have clearly defined edges to the markings; Overos have jagged edges - they often look like someone threw paint on them as they ran past.

My sister raised double-registered horses: she'd breed her Pinto (black and white Tobiano) to a purebred Arabian, and would get a 1/2-Arab / Pinto. VERY flashy critters!

So back to Rita - this is awesome!! Those three classes tell me you are a very-rounded rider with a well-trained horse!! Congratulations!!

Arabinto .... man if he or she came with it's own oil well, .... now that would be some'tun!

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resmas
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Oct 23, 2013
Deb and Ed M wrote:
RBak wrote:
Nicky is not a pinto or piebald - she is a Tobiano! Never heard of it before I got her, but that's what it says on her registration papers. You would think she's a pinto from her markings, but she isn't. I guess the Tobiano gene isn't as popular as the Pinto or Piebald.

Rita

Here's some "Spotted Horse 101":

Paint: a Quarterhorse who has too much white in the wrong places to be registered as a "Quarterhorse.

Pinto: Any horse who exhibits spotted markings. Nicky could be registered as a Pinto - her markings would get her in. Pinto are divided into two classes by their markings: Tobianos have clearly defined edges to the markings; Overos have jagged edges - they often look like someone threw paint on them as they ran past.

My sister raised double-registered horses: she'd breed her Pinto (black and white Tobiano) to a purebred Arabian, and would get a 1/2-Arab / Pinto. VERY flashy critters!

So back to Rita - this is awesome!! Those three classes tell me you are a very-rounded rider with a well-trained horse!! Congratulations!!

And I'll add that piebald is a description of the color of the paint/pinto...

Piebald is black & white, skewbald is brown & white (and can have black points aka tricolor).

"Spotted" coloring on horses is one of the trickiest colors to learn the terminology to - there are lots of specific descriptions. Nicky is actual a piebald tobiano pinto (not paint) colored Tennessee Walker.

Congrats on your awards! It's proof of your dedication and hard work! I hope you are able to enter more shows and continue to win!
Deb_and_Ed_M
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Oct 23, 2013
RBak wrote:
Nicky is not a pinto or piebald - she is a Tobiano! Never heard of it before I got her, but that's what it says on her registration papers. You would think she's a pinto from her markings, but she isn't. I guess the Tobiano gene isn't as popular as the Pinto or Piebald.

Rita

Here's some "Spotted Horse 101":

Paint: a Quarterhorse who has too much white in the wrong places to be registered as a "Quarterhorse.

Pinto: Any horse who exhibits spotted markings. Nicky could be registered as a Pinto - her markings would get her in. Pinto are divided into two classes by their markings: Tobianos have clearly defined edges to the markings; Overos have jagged edges - they often look like someone threw paint on them as they ran past.

My sister raised double-registered horses: she'd breed her Pinto (black and white Tobiano) to a purebred Arabian, and would get a 1/2-Arab / Pinto. VERY flashy critters!

So back to Rita - this is awesome!! Those three classes tell me you are a very-rounded rider with a well-trained horse!! Congratulations!!
AZPops
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Oct 23, 2013
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Loss fur words? .... :B

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AZPops
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Oct 23, 2013
sher9570 wrote:
Yea Rita, you have worked so hard for this and I do know how hard, so Congrats to you.
Your mare is a beauty, I miss mine so much and I miss all the years we bred, raised and trained our horses and then hit the show trail...so many years ago but so much fun!
Enjoy!

Sher

If I ever get a huge windfall, I gonna buy me, Ma and Anonymous Jr. a ranch somewhere out in Arizona or Nevada!

Oh an our closest neighbor, ..... Hmmmmmmmm ...... may be 4 miles away! .... Yeah 7 or 8 miles would be good! ... :C

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