tigers_eye
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During the last week we have had much the same weather as you guys. I am trying not to rely on the indoor school, I think it's so easy to get lazy and then you end up at a competition in a horizontal gale and funnily enough the horses don't behave!
I am currently trying to sort out my competitors licence, keep forgetting bits though, so it will be tomorrow at the earliest that I can send it off, which means I'm going to have to try and enter my first event using my english registration numbers.
Horses are being worked hard at the moment in an effort to get them properly fit, Liberty is doing well, although did a really long bit of canter work a couple of days ago, then trotted for a good mile when we stopped cantering and he very nearly fell flat on his face when he tripped up a small rut and was using my hands as a fifth leg! William seems to have turned over a bit of a new leaf on the flat, he is really trying, and I've a feeling it might be because the surfaces seem a good bit deeper than we had before so he actually picks his toes up. However he seems to be finding his jumping hard work atm. His jump is fine, but after a certain amount of work he just seems to run out of steam a bit. His canter fitness seems fine, so I guess I just have to keep doing little and often to et those jumping muscles back up to scratch.
They both seem to have adjusted to their stables now, they have very low ceilings and they are both missing some chunks out of their faces at the moment! Although William has bars on his door he has a small window which he can stick his head out of and survey the courtyard from which he thoroughley enjoys. He is not impressed by electric fencing and has broken out twice. The first time the electricity wasn't on, but yesterday it was! Naughty pony. Their field is next to the school and apparently he has taken to lurking by the edge when other people are having a lesson, then he stands up and waves just as they go past!
Lovely though the stables are I am on the hunt for a yard of my own, or one that I could share. The problem with all places local to our house is a lack of fields. There are plenty of stables, but very little turnout. However I have driven past a place I used to go to for lessons a couple of times and it looks like the yard is no longer in use, although the house is definately lived in. The yard has an indoor school on sight, and it used to have fields and a huge outdoor school a little way up the road. I'm on a mission to find out more about it this week. The size of it is a little daunting, there must be around 25 stables, but it's the only possibility I've found so far.
At the weekend we popped along to one of the riding clubs in our town (when I said there were loads I meant it, think population must be 5000, and there are 5 big equestrian centres and several smaller establishments)! I need to be a member of a recognised club to get my licence so I picked one that was close by. S and I walked into the bar (no centre runs without a bar and restaurant), straight away saw someone I recognised from years back - his kids used to ride, we were all in ponies together. So caught up with him, then made it to the bar, paid for my membership, bought a beer, went to sit down and promptly saw someone else I knew having lunch with a friend! Turned out the friend used to work with my Dad at the Commission over 8 years ago now! Very very small world......
I am currently trying to sort out my competitors licence, keep forgetting bits though, so it will be tomorrow at the earliest that I can send it off, which means I'm going to have to try and enter my first event using my english registration numbers.
Horses are being worked hard at the moment in an effort to get them properly fit, Liberty is doing well, although did a really long bit of canter work a couple of days ago, then trotted for a good mile when we stopped cantering and he very nearly fell flat on his face when he tripped up a small rut and was using my hands as a fifth leg! William seems to have turned over a bit of a new leaf on the flat, he is really trying, and I've a feeling it might be because the surfaces seem a good bit deeper than we had before so he actually picks his toes up. However he seems to be finding his jumping hard work atm. His jump is fine, but after a certain amount of work he just seems to run out of steam a bit. His canter fitness seems fine, so I guess I just have to keep doing little and often to et those jumping muscles back up to scratch.
They both seem to have adjusted to their stables now, they have very low ceilings and they are both missing some chunks out of their faces at the moment! Although William has bars on his door he has a small window which he can stick his head out of and survey the courtyard from which he thoroughley enjoys. He is not impressed by electric fencing and has broken out twice. The first time the electricity wasn't on, but yesterday it was! Naughty pony. Their field is next to the school and apparently he has taken to lurking by the edge when other people are having a lesson, then he stands up and waves just as they go past!
Lovely though the stables are I am on the hunt for a yard of my own, or one that I could share. The problem with all places local to our house is a lack of fields. There are plenty of stables, but very little turnout. However I have driven past a place I used to go to for lessons a couple of times and it looks like the yard is no longer in use, although the house is definately lived in. The yard has an indoor school on sight, and it used to have fields and a huge outdoor school a little way up the road. I'm on a mission to find out more about it this week. The size of it is a little daunting, there must be around 25 stables, but it's the only possibility I've found so far.
At the weekend we popped along to one of the riding clubs in our town (when I said there were loads I meant it, think population must be 5000, and there are 5 big equestrian centres and several smaller establishments)! I need to be a member of a recognised club to get my licence so I picked one that was close by. S and I walked into the bar (no centre runs without a bar and restaurant), straight away saw someone I recognised from years back - his kids used to ride, we were all in ponies together. So caught up with him, then made it to the bar, paid for my membership, bought a beer, went to sit down and promptly saw someone else I knew having lunch with a friend! Turned out the friend used to work with my Dad at the Commission over 8 years ago now! Very very small world......
