Hello

[HooverH]

Hi, all. I'm rather new to this horse thing. I just started riding lessons at the end of summer. After a couple months, I ended up adopting a horse from a rescue who had been saved from the slaughterhouse, named Hoover. He had been an Amish horse before, but has low pasterns.

The vet xrayed him and determined he was born with them, so therefor safe for trail and pleasure. I have him on a joint mix, ShowFlex, and will not let him carry over 150 lbs. He's a rather strange looking little fellow, too...a standardbred pony cross, which is leading to some fun saddling challenges. But I'll gripe about that in the tack forum.

Anyway, nice to meet you all.
-Kat and Hoover

[the_grande_rio]

Hello and welcome to the forums!

I consider myself very new to the equine world & have picked up a lot of good information here. The participants have been great with answering questions & sharing their thoughts!

Congrats on the new horse, and very good of you to do the adoption route :)

I would love to see a photo of your horse, do you have any available you would like to share?

[rhapsody]

Welcome Kat,

Congratulations on adopting a horse! How about posting a photo of Hoover, I would love to see what he looks like.....especially his low pasterns.

One good thing about the forum is if you want to know anything just ask! I have been riding for a while now and still learn new things all the time :rolleyes: