Queenbee
Well-Known Member
So sorry guys, I know that it seems like I only post about Ben at the moment! However, I really wanted to share this with HHO its been something Ive been determined to do for a very long time.
For a substantial part of her time, Ebony was kept at a livery yard that belonged to a friend just down the rd, infact, ben spent a substantial amount of his time before he was backed at that yard. This was Ben and the amazing Eb's at our old yard in 2011:
From this yard, there is a wonderful hack that I have always referred to as Ebony's hack, she adored it and so did I, it is a ride on national trust land, through fields, dirt tracks, over rivers, through woods, an uphill 's' bend in canter. In our years together Ebony and I enjoyed this ride many times, I have so many great memories of it.
It has always been my dearest wish to take Ben on this ride, I did want to do it last summer but due to the location of our yard it would turn what used to be a 40 min ride into a 2 1/2 hr ride. Well this year he is a big boy ;0 and Im not sure what came over me but yesterday lunchtime with the cold but beautiful weather I just knew the time was right.
To get to the ride we have to ride through Helston some way, we crossed over a main rd and road through an estate that brought us out opposite the lane we needed to ride down. Ben blew me away, excellent with traffic, bold and forward riding a new route, I still expected him to be wary of cantering on a new canter path incase the bogey man jumped out at him but no, he was bouncing on the spot asking to go. We stopped off at old yard and my bottom lip trembled, as we turned down there - he started whinnying for all he was worth, I have no doubt he knew where we were as he didnt make a sound as we went past other horses on the ride. He had great praise, fusses and adoration from our old friends their and patiently stood still while my friends son gently kicked a football at his front hooves hoping for a return kick (this really made me chuckle). On the way home, I decided to save time and cut out riding through the estate, instead I rode straight onto the rd, over the double roundabout by sainsburys and down a little rd right by the supermarket... he was amazing so good.
It was a wonderful hack and I feel such a sense happiness that we have finally ridden Ebonys favourite ride and visited our old yard.
I will not bore you with all the pics, there were loads :/! However here are a few of my favourites:
Our ride through the estate:
Anything from Sainsburys? I should add that to our right was a high hedge full of plastic bags! My little dude didnt even look at them
OK, So more of a photo overload than planned but it was a ride that meant so much to me, Im so happy we did it and so proud of Ben, I really wanted to share
For a substantial part of her time, Ebony was kept at a livery yard that belonged to a friend just down the rd, infact, ben spent a substantial amount of his time before he was backed at that yard. This was Ben and the amazing Eb's at our old yard in 2011:
From this yard, there is a wonderful hack that I have always referred to as Ebony's hack, she adored it and so did I, it is a ride on national trust land, through fields, dirt tracks, over rivers, through woods, an uphill 's' bend in canter. In our years together Ebony and I enjoyed this ride many times, I have so many great memories of it.
It has always been my dearest wish to take Ben on this ride, I did want to do it last summer but due to the location of our yard it would turn what used to be a 40 min ride into a 2 1/2 hr ride. Well this year he is a big boy ;0 and Im not sure what came over me but yesterday lunchtime with the cold but beautiful weather I just knew the time was right.
To get to the ride we have to ride through Helston some way, we crossed over a main rd and road through an estate that brought us out opposite the lane we needed to ride down. Ben blew me away, excellent with traffic, bold and forward riding a new route, I still expected him to be wary of cantering on a new canter path incase the bogey man jumped out at him but no, he was bouncing on the spot asking to go. We stopped off at old yard and my bottom lip trembled, as we turned down there - he started whinnying for all he was worth, I have no doubt he knew where we were as he didnt make a sound as we went past other horses on the ride. He had great praise, fusses and adoration from our old friends their and patiently stood still while my friends son gently kicked a football at his front hooves hoping for a return kick (this really made me chuckle). On the way home, I decided to save time and cut out riding through the estate, instead I rode straight onto the rd, over the double roundabout by sainsburys and down a little rd right by the supermarket... he was amazing so good.
It was a wonderful hack and I feel such a sense happiness that we have finally ridden Ebonys favourite ride and visited our old yard.
I will not bore you with all the pics, there were loads :/! However here are a few of my favourites:
Our ride through the estate:
Anything from Sainsburys? I should add that to our right was a high hedge full of plastic bags! My little dude didnt even look at them
OK, So more of a photo overload than planned but it was a ride that meant so much to me, Im so happy we did it and so proud of Ben, I really wanted to share
I would quite like to take Jazz to our old yard one day and take him out on the hacking routes I used to do with Dylan.
