Well done HelenN and Rooster
Who will you be riding at Kinmel St George ? bet that feels that a little stroll !
Jake out on same mountain track last night but on his own so less adrenaline. Cantering up the steep hill, and at the stoney bit I expected him to back off quite abit, but he went into this enormous trot, really confident and strong and surefooted - no leg on by me. It was pretty warm so may even have been heat bless him but either way, even without loads of adrenaline he's happy to get across this surface at good speed. The more you do, the better he gets. As Aunty Sarah said last year Ride Ride Ride (within comfort zone).
Just chucklin at idea that you are planning BBR and the main problem appears to be how to find horse which is not too fast ! That in itself just shows the possibilities of barefoot
Will be taking photos of NEW PONY when he arrives tomorrow am. Shoes coming off Friday so have time to get shod pics (with lots of zoom for frogs ). _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
That in itself just shows the possibilities of barefoot
Yes, sadly although barefoot is wonderful in so many ways it cannot effect a brain transplant and turn either Charles or Jacko into horses grounded enough to travel the BBR
Now if we could follow hounds through Wales, on the other hand, then 260 miles just wouldn't be far enough, and we wouldn't even need Morris for company
Sue, I hope you and Jake will be on the BBR for at least part of the way? Looking forward to meeting you both
Pie and me did the Settle Loop (part of the Pennine Bridleway) on Sunday 17k ride with very very steep ascent and descent and lovely ride on the top of the moor.
Went back bootless and he was great, I did get off and walk done the limestone pavements, but more because it's just not safe to stay on a ride, very slippy, very big drop to the right and very unstable underfoot.
The back bootless didn't seem to bother him at all as he was completely fresh and bronking with me so only a little bit of cantering and the rest good working trot and forward walk...
If anyone has the chance to do this part of the Pennine Bridleway I can really recommend it... very very beautiful ride, but horses need to be super fit as it is very demanding on the ascent and descent. I'm getting Pie fit for our Level 2 Trec's that we've entered over July & August.
Nic I would really love to do this. The only limitation I have at the mo is me: complete wuss trailering, I'm new to towing neddy and so am sticking to short journeys so I would want to do Day Nercwys-Glyndyfydwy and I think it would be very cool to be there at the start !
forgot to say Jake did first stressage test last week. Did it in halter and amended test to walk and trot (told em before) so non compete -just as experience for Jake.
Well working in area was fun: camel impersonation but largely ok and absent usual hoodlum antics. Forward going in test - whizzed a few corners and did our L and R 10m circles to change rein at trot instead of walk but goaty feet Jake did them really well. windy and rainy so we had odd spook but he did well and enjoyed himself enormously
I doubt we'd excel at this as practising dressage is not my idea of fun but its good to get him socializing .
only thing was I couldnt focus on Jake as so many people coming and asking about riding in halter. No comment on his feet, just a few stares as adrenaline boy stromped over some stone _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
Now here's a thought - maybe just right off the wall - why don't we hold regional BBR's - LBR's (in a small and entirely incomparable 15 mile fun ride kind of a way) to coincide with the BBR?
Geen a glorious evening up here - trimmed Link's feet and tidied up Brambles.
I noticed that Link has a fair number of fine vertical splits/cracks appearing in his hoof wall on the fronts - no obvious cause for them and they are just on the surface (had a little dig at one to see ). I never use hoof creams or oilygunk on his feet, maybe I need to hose them - maybe just caused by getting dry. There's been reasonably frequent rain up here so I can't imagine they are too dry.
Well - one lives and learns. Trimmed a cob a couple of months ago and it was a total monster - really gave me a hard time. Was very patient with him but he was not going to stand so just did what we could at the time.
Trimmed him again tonight, with some trepidation I must say, and he was a real angel, tried very hard for me, and we got a nice trim (another freebie for another wife's friend...I'm being pimped out !) - feet had grown pretty long in between trims. Like a different horse.
Been up and down for the last couple of weeks. LGL pone been on Hilton Metabolyte for a week now in an attempt to help her IR and the sugar rush !! Will not see anything probably for another couple of weeks. New job this week so have just started walking her out down the lane before work in the morning, at 6.30am (best time of the day!). She is wearing front boots as is not 100 percent on stones and we have a gravel drive to negotiate. Still she is on the mud area with the track closed off which is looking very green so Lord knows what we are going to do with that. She hasnt been on track for 2 weeks and I have noticed a halt in her hoof growth so there we go - movement, movement etc !!! Oh and as not on grass this has probably slowed it down aswell.
Am now hoping the no grass,(apart from the odd sprout thru the mud) coupled with walking out daily and Metabolyte will see us non footy in the coming weeks. Fingers crossed !
Interesting note - evening hay soaked in water warmed by the sun for about 2 1/2 hours only as I dont want it to stew all day in the sun. She is fine with this. The other day when I got home I had forgotten to refill my soaking tub that morning so the hay was soaked in fresh COLD water from the hose for the same amount of time. LGL was particularly footy the next morning. So - I pressume the short soak in warm water releases more sugar than the short soak in cold water !!!! Well done if you got through that revelation. And this just shows how sensitive the poor luv is !!
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