BunnyDog
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More of a light hearted, fun thread.
Let's see your "before" and "after" videos or pics of your favorite horse progressions.
I always liked looking backwards because it reminds me how much I have invested into the journey and the videos rarely highlight rosette moments so much as the fun daily grind stuff when you can feel that your horse finally understands what you have been trying to teach it.
Sharing two of mine:
My horse "Petey" I bought off the track for $800. He was a 4 yr old Tb gelding standing about 15.2, though he grew to a whopping 15.3 by the time I finally sold him 4 years later. (No one here wants a horse under 16 hands....unless they're a warmblood. #helloirony)
Here's his 3rd ride I think and the first time he saw jumps. Remember my riding was solid but not as advanced as it is now with Cudo, and January in Pennsylvania is cold so I tend to dress up to be warm and end up looking like the Michelin Man. (US reference, here's a pic: https://compete360.org/file/2061)
4 years later he was a rock star. Had won ribbons consistently in eventing, jumpers and even hunters.
This video is his sale video, (xc) section:
We sold him to a lovely teenager. She has just now sold him (She's in college and too busy) to be owned by a cute as a button 12 yr old girl. She ADORES him and his stellar kindness to all his riders has won him a HUGE fan club. I'm hopeful I might get to go watch them sometime this year.
Horse 2:
Cudo.... I mean come on.... It's been 3 years in a couple weeks.
First jump school.....5 days after I picked him up from quarantine. And the last time we jumped in a ring without a martingale. LOL.
You can see the things that make him awesome and when I watch this I see that canter that I could not ride for a full 18 months. LOL.
Sadly this is the most recent video....almost 6 months ago and ironically 2 years and 6 months to the day from when I picked him up! (And the one year anniversary of my accident ha ha) This is from our puissance show at a friends farm nearby last fall. You'll see in the last round that I do not attempt the wall. I love my friends who hosted this show but I was unwilling to point Cudo at the wall after they raised it a full foot higher in the 3rd round. It went from 1.10m in the first round to 1.20m in the 2nd round to 1.50 in the 3rd round. Cudo only had 2 months of fitness on him and I hadn't jumped him over 1.40 in the prep before the show, I'd been planning to pull out and call it a day around 1.40. I know he would have done it but he had some Covid belly still and I thought it to be a bad idea. So he did some good rounds and was happy and that was enough for the day And it was a HOT day too. (Hence why I didn't wear a jacket)
So let's see your horses "Before" and "Afters"
Em
Let's see your "before" and "after" videos or pics of your favorite horse progressions.
I always liked looking backwards because it reminds me how much I have invested into the journey and the videos rarely highlight rosette moments so much as the fun daily grind stuff when you can feel that your horse finally understands what you have been trying to teach it.
Sharing two of mine:
My horse "Petey" I bought off the track for $800. He was a 4 yr old Tb gelding standing about 15.2, though he grew to a whopping 15.3 by the time I finally sold him 4 years later. (No one here wants a horse under 16 hands....unless they're a warmblood. #helloirony)
Here's his 3rd ride I think and the first time he saw jumps. Remember my riding was solid but not as advanced as it is now with Cudo, and January in Pennsylvania is cold so I tend to dress up to be warm and end up looking like the Michelin Man. (US reference, here's a pic: https://compete360.org/file/2061)
4 years later he was a rock star. Had won ribbons consistently in eventing, jumpers and even hunters.
This video is his sale video, (xc) section:
We sold him to a lovely teenager. She has just now sold him (She's in college and too busy) to be owned by a cute as a button 12 yr old girl. She ADORES him and his stellar kindness to all his riders has won him a HUGE fan club. I'm hopeful I might get to go watch them sometime this year.
Horse 2:
Cudo.... I mean come on.... It's been 3 years in a couple weeks.
First jump school.....5 days after I picked him up from quarantine. And the last time we jumped in a ring without a martingale. LOL.
You can see the things that make him awesome and when I watch this I see that canter that I could not ride for a full 18 months. LOL.
Sadly this is the most recent video....almost 6 months ago and ironically 2 years and 6 months to the day from when I picked him up! (And the one year anniversary of my accident ha ha) This is from our puissance show at a friends farm nearby last fall. You'll see in the last round that I do not attempt the wall. I love my friends who hosted this show but I was unwilling to point Cudo at the wall after they raised it a full foot higher in the 3rd round. It went from 1.10m in the first round to 1.20m in the 2nd round to 1.50 in the 3rd round. Cudo only had 2 months of fitness on him and I hadn't jumped him over 1.40 in the prep before the show, I'd been planning to pull out and call it a day around 1.40. I know he would have done it but he had some Covid belly still and I thought it to be a bad idea. So he did some good rounds and was happy and that was enough for the day
And it was a HOT day too. (Hence why I didn't wear a jacket)So let's see your horses "Before" and "Afters"
Em
