Good luck SueH...enjoy yourself ...and going faster is so much smoother and less jarring for everyone without shoes - especially the rider!
I had one of the emergency "can you get to the yard" calls today - one of the dafter horses twisted a shoe and couldn't stand - pretty amazing really - almost tied the shoe in a half hitch! Was on really tight because of the bend in the metal so took time to get off without causing even more damage.
Photos are on www.rockleyfarm.blogspot.com as they are too big to post here. Wasn't planning to event this summer but think I now feel an unaff one day beckoning...
Had to make my track around field just a lane down to the bottom and back this week !! Made myself late for work in the process. We have had heavy rain now followed by really hot sunshine and we had a pulse on NSF one morning. Pulse went by the time I got home form work but I feel that I should have prevented it. Not rocket science really - wet followed by hot = evil green gets eviler !!
Still on same amount of soaked hay and they dont seem starving with 3 sides of the track not in use so I guess they are still getting enough to eat.
Went out with Link for 5 hours today! All round the roads and woods - what I notice now is that his feet no longer get worn down at the heels the way they used to - and I have to reapply his roll after extensive roadwork because it gets worn slightly - but the capability of his feet to withstand wear has really improved this year.
Also took Bramble out for a long drive in his gig today - about 10 miles and he thoroughly enjoyed himself. He was bare - no boots and handled the tarmac really well - no hint of a problem and trotted in a nice forward going. BUT when we get back to the yard onto the rough stony surface (scattered gravel on hard packed ground) he struggles with it quite a bit. It's frustrating - on the one hand we're making great progress, but he's still strugling on the stones. No grass, so it's not that... _________________ http://www.4hooves.co.uk http://4hoovesblog.spaces.live.com/default.aspx
Sue!!!!! - Coool I'll be there on Ferrari, shame that I can't ride two horses at once!
Terry - I knew that in private you were saying what the f is taking that woman so long?
Truth is I am just a wimp at the thought of bouncing and at times Morris has been a potential disaster in the making. When Dave Stewart backed him his advice was to be very careful and I have.
The change in Morris this year is remarkable and I put that down not just to me being patient and careful with him but also the techniques I have learnt from Martha Lindsell. I always used to snigger at the rope wagglers at the local rides, now I am one in my halter
These techniques used correctly just make for such a balanced horse both physically and emotionally. I thought I got good results from my horses before but that was nothing compared to the way I feel now. I truly feel, and this is slightly hippie dippy, that my horses now see me as the captain of their team. Before I would have described myself as the captain of an often bossy and sometimes nervous dictatorship It wasn't a team and it certainly wasn't their team.
To ride round yesterday on my sparky arab, who looked at everything but took it all in his stride and was not fazed even once, was terrific but it has taken two years to get there.
To finish a picture of him with his team, sporting hooves which are truly, truly rock crunching as evidenced at the end when he had to trot up before a vet over sharp boulders without batting an eye. She didn't say anything but her eyes were on the hooves so you knew she was thinking
Sarah - brill news. be good see magical Ferrari !!! yes it is a shame you cant ride the boy morris too and show 'em both off.
Really looking forward to Sunday, and trailering heebeegeebees on their way out.
As a practice for him I trailered Jake to see local showjumping event. As expected he got pretty excited when ridden near all the very fizzy jumping ponies (enormous bucks ) but I'd parked in a quiet spot so I just got off and did my rope twirling ( yes Martha is amazing - glad I followed your recommendation! I'm only at the beginning but already helped me loads) . J came round very quickly and was soon chilling out munching haylage and watching everything. Nicely into the trailer and off we came home for hack over the mountain. Still no boots for this route as I can sidestep the worst stones and keep to kind surfaces at speed.
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