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Get that scanner working! Or if you don't have access to a scanner, try taking a digital photo of an old print.


...not sure if this one really counts...

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He looks lovely, Dorothy! That's one seriously smart *first pony* :-)

These are my first three . The white pony was my first, his name was Flash Jack taken in 1970 at my first hunt. A great pony , my two older brothers had him first but he still had plenty of get up and go when I got him. He was 11 or 12 when I started to ride him ,I was 8.He taught me more than any other horse I have had. Flash was the first horse I truely loved, I still have a bit of his tail. El Cid was the next one, he was my oldest brothers horse, was a bit to strong for me so I only rode him for about a year. The last one is Southwark aka Goofy. He had a parrot mouth and was an entire, although you would never know it. We were a team for about 6 years. He taught me how to jump big fences. Another true love. Cheers Geoffrey
Ohhh My GOSH!!!
I Love Seeing these pics Geoffrey!!
Thanks for taking time to share them!!
( bet THOSE opened the memory floodgates!! ... *wink* )
....and I always LOVE hearing that horses are shared down through their years by members of a family.
( I'd really be interested in knowing more about "Goofy" with his parrot mouth )
~ Barby
Hi Barby, Goofy was a great friend. My older brother Deane started with him and got him to C grade, but he used to pull a lot of rails. So as I was not getting that well with Cid, I took him on. The pic is at the Uraidla Show, I think 1974? That was my second show with him, it's the horse over hurdles class ( we won it , by the way) . The helmet might look a bit funny, that's because I left mine at home , with my boots, and had to wear my brother's . So nothing was fitting very well. I did a couple more shows on him with a bit in his mouth and he never felt that comfortable, so we changed to a Hackamore. The bit would get stuck behind his top teeth, which were 3" long, when you took the bridle off and he would get very nervous and toss his head around. Never had a backwards step from then on with him. We went up through the grades fairly quickly after that, he would still have a lazy rail every now and again. In those days we had D, C and B Grade for juniors , no A grade . I think from memory B grade was 120cm 125cm max? Goofy was a stallion , although you wouldn't know it with out looking . I did take him to Pony Club for about 6 months before anyone said any thing. I was politely asked to leave and not come back. We use to go in pairs over hurdles and section 4's with mares and geldings and never had a problem. He was such a special horse. He's still the only horse that I have jumped over 6' on, 6 foot 1 inch and a quarter to be exact. That's over 180cm. The closest I got since then is 140cm class. I'll see if I can find some more pics of him, didn't get a lot of photos in those days as I was usually the one behind the camera. He died in 1979 at the Dimboola Show after winning the B grade , We were walking back to the float after the second round and he started to shiver and shake. He dropped to the ground in convulsions , then settled down and just started to breath slower and slower, He died with his head in my arms 15 mins later. One of the hardest things that day was going to collect the ribbon for the class we had just won . He taught me so much that horse.
That's a lovely story, even though the ending is so sad.
Great pics, Geoffrey.
These are great, thanks Geoffrey! Sounds like a lot of fun :-)

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