From: kudra@hubcap.clemson.edu (sallie j kudra)
Subject: Another Bio
Organization: Clemson University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:10:10 GMT

Hi, thought I'd get in on this biography wing-ding.  I'm Sallie Kudra and I'm
a programmer/analyst for Clemson University in Clemson, SC.  

I've been horse crazy as long as I can remember and I turn 40 tomorrow.  I
distinctly remember going to a carnival when I was around 3 or 4 and riding
on the pony ride.  I cried and pitched a fit when the ride was over because
I thought the pony would go with me when I left.  Every Christmas I would ask
Santa for a pony to be tied under the cedar tree in our city neighborhood in
Columbia.  Alas, I was always disappointed.  Never could convince my mother
that we could keep it in the basement!

Well, at the ripe old age of 13, I begged for about the 10 thousandth time to
have a horse.  My father had bought a 166 acre farm about 20 miles from Colum-
bia in a little town called Gaston.  Mama said that if Daddy would keep it on
the farm, she would buy me a horse.  Telephones were not built to be dialed at
warp speed which is what I did in calling my father.  I had found and Chieftan
was bought within 10 days.  He was a 7 yo grade gelding that at one time must 
have been used as a reining horse.  If your leg came over his back in a dis-
mount move, he'd stop on a dime.  I was green and convinced nothing could ever
hurt me, so I feel God put my guardian angel into gear to find Chieftan for me.
When I left for college at 17, I gave him to my younger sister.

I haven't had my own horse since then, but have two friends who have 3 Morgans.
Lynn says that Aries aka Piggy aka Pig Monster aka Miss Piggy aka Monster is
mine.  Lynn just owns her.  Lynn and I are NATRC members in Region 5 (which is
essentially all of the US east of the Mississippi River and parts of Canada)
and have been competing in competetive trail rides for a little over a year.
Aries is an absolute dream to compete on.  She is steady and for the most
part stable with usually impeccable manners (she can get b*tchy, but what mare
can't?).  Aries and I competed for the first time last July and she proved
what a trooper she is.  The vet at the ride told us she was 20+.  We thought
he was kidding, but he wasn't. Hmmmm, this is beginning to sound like Pig's
bio and not mine.

My husband and I bought a house with 7.69 acres almost 4 years ago.  The acreage
includes a beautiful pasture which I hope to get fenced before long.  We have
been trying to get the grass in better shape than it was when we bought the
place.  Kinda hard when you don't have a tractor.  Once it's fenced and we
get a least a run-in shed built, I hope to be able to find the Morgan of my
dreams, preferably of Whipporwill Duke or Applevale Boy King lines.  My husband
loves horses as well, but has bad back problems and hasn't ridden in years.
Maybe we can find him a Missouri Foxtrotter that won't cause him problems.

I have ridden western, English and bareback, but tend to compete in English
gear using a mechanical hack (Pig much prefers a hack to a bit and I can't
say that I blame her at all!).  Nothing compares to bareback riding though
English comes closest for me.

Have to get back to work now.  Hi to the folks I see on Equine-L and to
all the folks I see here in r.e.

Sallie Kudra, owned and operated by Arielle, Melanie and Cali (felines)

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 You may be right, I may be crazy                 | Sallie Kudra
 But it just may be a lunatic you're lookin' for  | kudra@hubcap.clemson.edu
                         Billy Joel               | kudra@clemson.clemson.edu
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