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Comment by Karen Neal on March 14, 2012 at 11:51am

I am an adult re-rider and was searching for the perfect horse. Tried several - one being a retired Mexican race horse who proceeded to almost throw me off. I decided at that moment to find a good trainer and lesson while she & I searched far & wide for the perfect horse in my price range. Saw many over months without one being "the horse". Finally drove to another state to look at a TB who seemed right. Nope. Owner was anxious to sell something I guess as she kept bringing out more & more for me to try. Finally I found the one! He nuzzled me while we were tacking up and I knew he was the one. Trainer rode and when she passed him over to me to try she said the magical words "He is the one!" He was perfect for me! I am the proud owner of a gorgeous palomino QH - my heart horse!

Comment by Cheryl F on March 14, 2012 at 11:45am

It was the pure luck of the Irish that Kahlua and I meet. My son, the baby had been my riding partner, we had spent the majority of the past 6 years, since his sister left for college and a career, consumed with our horse things. The summer prior to his leaving for college, his long time equine partner passed away, when the scramble to find a new horse to fulfill the slot on the college equestrian team failed my son asked to borrow my horse. My kids had been my everything for so long their leaving was going to be hard on me and everyone knew that. My husband knew me without a horse or kids, was going to be a bad thing. So the search changed from a fully trained horse for our son to a project for me. Kahlua was found 400 miles away from our home. Word came to me about her through 4-H. The horse had been left living in a field all alone for over 6 years. Nothing had been done except hoof trims and yearly shots. She did not know how to lead stand for brushing, never been under saddle NOTHING. The moment I saw her scared eyes I knew she need me as much as needed her.   

Comment by Sherry Cassetori on March 14, 2012 at 11:44am

I was looking for a horse of my own for quite a while, I must have taken 100 or so videos to my instructor, There were a few she liked , but I never had gotten the feeling any of them would be the perfect one for me.  One day I shoved a flyer of a horse in with the videos. When I came for my lesson that week she asked for the video of Moe. I told her I could get it if she really wanted it.  So I did. she called the seller and they told me someone was coming to look at the horse on Sunday.  We asked did they put a deposit on him and would it be ok to come and check him out, she said yes.My trainer went with me and said I really think this boy might be the one.  He was such a kind big guy , so I bought him .  And guess what he and I fit like a glove.

Comment by Christa Myers on March 14, 2012 at 11:43am

I met my mare -Ashira- from a horse ad on Kijiji. It was a spur of the moment and a - Dad me and mom are just looking- I was so happy and excited so we hightailed it to where the mare was with my BO alongside, turns out the owners left 10 minutes prior to me getting there because of the storm, to only have to turn back around because i arrived. She was four years old, quiet personality, little training but I could manage with that. . Least to say we brought Dad out with us the next day. The owners showed us Ashira, lunged her, layed on her back and Dad turned to my mom and I heard " I guess she's finally getting a horse" and told the owners we would be there tomorrow with our truck to trailer her... Ashira being true to her personality, was stubborn as hell. Didn't get on the trailer the first day... second day and finally we got a different trailer and person and she hopped on. And that is the story of how I met my now, five year old mare.

Comment by Megan Wharin on March 14, 2012 at 11:43am

When I first met my equine partner, I wasnt even in the market for a horse really. I found him in a kijiji ad, this scrawny chesnut baby. At the age of 3 it was pretty difficult to tell how he would turn out but I went and tried him out anyways because I just had a good feeling about him! Turns out we were a perfect match. Even though he was clumsier than a baby giraffe and he looked like one too, I knew me and him would go places together. Today he is excelling at his eventing dicsipline you would swear he was bred for it! Him and I hope to one day make it to the top! I know he has the heart for it. Sometimes we find the best of oppurtunities when we arent even looking for one :)

Comment by Ellin McGinley Daum on March 14, 2012 at 11:42am

After watching videos of gorgeous Andalusian horses for many years I finally decided that was the breed that needed to be mine.  I was scouring the horse sale websites, just by chance I came across the most breathtaking picture of Pavon and knew he had to be mine.  A beautiful gray stallion, he was everything I had envisioned.  Many calls, e-mails, international vets and shippers later he arrived at my farm in 2006 and we have been happily entertaining each other ever since.

Comment by Stacy Bromley Cheetham on March 14, 2012 at 11:38am

Luck absolutely did! It was a lucky year actually, as I married my best friend too <3

But in any case, I had sold my project horse two weeks before we left to get married, and I was sad to see him go. In a strange turn of events, my trainer left the barn we were at while we were on our honeymoon, and when I got back I had no idea where I was going to ride (or what horse!) As luck would have it, my trainer found a beautiful new place to train. A few days later, she called me to say that she had found my next horse, and he was my "perfect horse" - a young, handsome grey gelding with a great personality! And so, through a strange and lucky turn of events, I ended up with my handsome boy!

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