I spent my lunchtime alone as Clare (my usual lunching partner) had a lunch meeting. So I went and got a Subway sandwich and sat down to read my new book. Now I’d been reading out different horse training methods online and you can only get so much information from the people with these methods [...]
Thank You Tucker
I have to thank Tucker (now my sister’s horse) for giving me a sticky bottom. Penny had a little bit of a buck while we were cantering today and I have to say I didn’t move at all, so am quite proud of that. Though I’m much happier that she’s bucking rather that rearing (know [...]
Horse > Contact Lenses
Had the most hair-raising bike ride back from the yard tonight. Had Penny in the loose pen for a bit of a run and while she was in there the evening feed was dished out. So when I went to bring her in she was obviously a bit keen. She managed to nudge me in [...]
Canter and Roadwork
Today I managed to persuade Bas to leave his new PC (which has now taken over most of the study!) and come up to the yard with me to a. see Penny and b. act as camera man as I don’t have any pics of me with Penny.
So after lunging her for about 15 minutes [...]
Martingales, Cliques and Mission Control
Well that was probably mine and Penny’s first proper work session. She is starting to work really nicely on the lunge and tracks up really well working through to her front. I think the canter is going to be her weakest gait as she does lose a bit of balance moving up a gear. But [...]
Hello world!
Good morning all those other people who can’t sleep and are up playing with blogs at an early hour this morning.
This is my second attempt at a blog. The first died a slow and painful death after I neglected to update it. I am confident this will not follow in its footsteps.
The main reason I [...]
