Lolo
Well-Known Member
As title really Al's been lucky enough to have him for 4 months now, and he is amazing.
He gained a lot of weight, and is now on a diet... Yes, a diet! Half a scoop of Good Doer chaff twice a day. The donkey gets fed more, poor Smokes! But he looks amazing and is really developing muscle in all the right places.
He's started cantering out hacking, and this is the best thing ever.
This is his post-gallop face... Think he's enjoying himself!
And there's been lots of boring polework building up to jumping again. Smokes has been itching to show off his skills, and this video sums up how happy he was to return to proper jumps...
[youtube]5Ib7My1Xf24[/youtube]
(no, his back/ teeth/ saddle are all fine, he is just very happy to be jumping again- he's settled down again now!)
This weekend was his eventing debut at 70cm. The dressage was adorable, and he just lost focus at the end to score a creditable 36 from a listed judge who thought a lot of him!
[youtube]_C5hkpsVqIE[/youtube]
And then he flew round the SJ and XC (despite having been XC schooling twice, and this course having every question around including skinnies and trakehners!) for a perfect DC. And he came 2nd out of 20!! Al is over the moon with him, and very excited for next year.
Smokes is SUCH a dude, and we all adore him. He's cocky and hotheaded and clever and utterly perfect in every way.
He gained a lot of weight, and is now on a diet... Yes, a diet! Half a scoop of Good Doer chaff twice a day. The donkey gets fed more, poor Smokes! But he looks amazing and is really developing muscle in all the right places.
He's started cantering out hacking, and this is the best thing ever.
This is his post-gallop face... Think he's enjoying himself!
And there's been lots of boring polework building up to jumping again. Smokes has been itching to show off his skills, and this video sums up how happy he was to return to proper jumps...
[youtube]5Ib7My1Xf24[/youtube]
(no, his back/ teeth/ saddle are all fine, he is just very happy to be jumping again- he's settled down again now!)
This weekend was his eventing debut at 70cm. The dressage was adorable, and he just lost focus at the end to score a creditable 36 from a listed judge who thought a lot of him!
[youtube]_C5hkpsVqIE[/youtube]
And then he flew round the SJ and XC (despite having been XC schooling twice, and this course having every question around including skinnies and trakehners!) for a perfect DC. And he came 2nd out of 20!! Al is over the moon with him, and very excited for next year.
Smokes is SUCH a dude, and we all adore him. He's cocky and hotheaded and clever and utterly perfect in every way.