billylula
Well-Known Member
We have a 6 year old NF pony on loan. He is a lovely boy and bombproof in traffic, however he can nap quite badly when he is hacked out alone and was very resistant to being ridden in his paddock (this has improved). At the moment I am riding him once a week and my daughters ride him at the weekend, my 12 year old was thinking of taking him hunting but is not quite confident to do that yet.
My question is..should we be doing more with him in the way of schooling? When we hack him out we practice reinbacks and square halts and my daughter tries to get him to change legs. I had originally decided to mark out part of the paddock as a 'school' with a couple of small jumps, however it is too muddy at the moment and also we have the resistance problem.
Basically I am worried that we aren't doing him justice. Annoyingly we don't have any transport at the moment so we cannot take him anywhere for a couple of months. Will taking him on hacks be 'enough'? We have lovely hacking here and we ride him for miles which he seems to love.
My question is..should we be doing more with him in the way of schooling? When we hack him out we practice reinbacks and square halts and my daughter tries to get him to change legs. I had originally decided to mark out part of the paddock as a 'school' with a couple of small jumps, however it is too muddy at the moment and also we have the resistance problem.
Basically I am worried that we aren't doing him justice. Annoyingly we don't have any transport at the moment so we cannot take him anywhere for a couple of months. Will taking him on hacks be 'enough'? We have lovely hacking here and we ride him for miles which he seems to love.