Hi to Sue H, good to hear that Jake is doing so well Good luck with your new boy I look forward to hearing all about how he gets on.
Big news on the Rooster front. As Sarah mentioned we have just got back from Lincolnshire having done Rooster's first ever 65k competitive ride AND he did it completely barefoot I am chuffed to bits with him. This season so far he has successfully completed 187k worth of competitive rides barefoot and 168k competitive booted. He has also completed numerous barefoot pleasure rides and does most of his training at home unbooted. He has been barefoot for the four years that I have owned him and although he has done a fair few competitve rides in that time he has finally come out of Carly's shadow and is my number one endurance horse
Riding with you and Sarah in Feb really changed things for me - Jake bucked his way round the moutain but as you both said, no big deal just acted like a young horse who hadnt been out in company so much - so that's what we did this summer and its paying off. Other thing was seeing Jake cope at faster pace without me nannying him along. Let me be clear, its not about forcing him bootless over horrid ground, but that I dont try and decide how he should negotiate the ground - he can walk after all, he doesnt need me to tell how to do that. _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
Thanks Sue. It's all about just getting on with it I know that can be easier said than done sometimes though. You and Jake really seem to be getting it together now, well done to you Are you going to the ride on 26th July?
Yeah, its about JFDI a lot of the time. Yup going on 26th but as usual pretty early so its bit quieter when we set off so bit less bumpy ride. Last time he was darn site less fizzy at start and its just about doing more and more of these isnt it. _________________ X
SueH with Jake and Clay
LGL pony been on Metabolyte for a month now and have seen a few differences. Her coat was looking quite rough and she still had patches of winter woolies. It is now sleek and shiny - it looks amazing. She also had a pot belly look about her which has completely gone. She seems slightly more tolerable to grass as I have been letting her have a tiny bit now and then. She has had NO pulses now for 3 weeks but still not 100 percent on the rough stuff. Saying that, I would say she 'looks' where she is going rather than being short striding and footy. So all in all I am quite pleased with it. Definate change in hoof angle when I stopped the Hi Fi and started Fast Fibre a few months ago. Heels staying down by themselves. Soles went flat a couple of weeks ago but are now concave again. She is in a much better mood also !
Still mostly on mud.
Weather - er... very wet... de ja vu 2007-2008.
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Good luck with your new boy I look forward to hearing all about how he gets on.
I am chuffed to bits with him. This season so far he has successfully completed 187k worth of competitive rides barefoot and 168k competitive booted. He has also completed numerous barefoot pleasure rides and does most of his training at home unbooted. He has been barefoot for the four years that I have owned him and although he has done a fair few competitve rides in that time he has finally come out of Carly's shadow and is my number one endurance horse 
That's exactly why I refuse to have a Sat Nav 
