ASM2
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Day 1 for us today!
Anyone else backing?
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Anna123
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whoo-hoo! Sit tight A
I've seen what she can do in the field as I drive by
(well I think it was her anyway - they all look the same!
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(well I think it was her anyway - they all look the same!
ASM2
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thanks
and that's because they're all related!
eg.
and that's because they're all related!
eg.
volatis
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Day 1 went smoothly then!
I've got three in for backing at the moment, two for Lady M and one for a friend (and its actually one of my mare's foals). And so far I am still in one piece and so are the horses.
I've got three in for backing at the moment, two for Lady M and one for a friend (and its actually one of my mare's foals). And so far I am still in one piece and so are the horses.
ASM2
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Good luck with yours S - have always found the ponies the most difficult
volatis
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Cleio will start her backing next Spring when she comes in for covering! Plan is to breed the one foal and then bring her into work properly and spend a few years competing her, before she retires full time to the broodmare herd.
Portia has been brilliant so far with a saddle and being lain over. Beau (another 3yo of Lady M's) has been a nightmare, he is such a worrier and every step has to be repeated so many times. So I would like to have been a lot futher ahead with him but got another session tomorrow and see if he has remembered anything.
Hugo (Dell's 3yo son by Rivallino) has been fab. Came to us after growing up living on a hill in Devon. Spent two weeks learning about rollers, saddles, bits, lunging etc, then got turfed out with my yearlings to get a bity of weight onto him and comes back in on Monday for stage 2!
Portia has been brilliant so far with a saddle and being lain over. Beau (another 3yo of Lady M's) has been a nightmare, he is such a worrier and every step has to be repeated so many times. So I would like to have been a lot futher ahead with him but got another session tomorrow and see if he has remembered anything.
Hugo (Dell's 3yo son by Rivallino) has been fab. Came to us after growing up living on a hill in Devon. Spent two weeks learning about rollers, saddles, bits, lunging etc, then got turfed out with my yearlings to get a bity of weight onto him and comes back in on Monday for stage 2!
Fleur100
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1 backed & being ridden away. 2nd one been sat on. So far so good as they say.....
jomiln
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My 3 year old colt is in the process of being backed at present - long reining really well now so hopefully being backed this week. He is then going forward for his grading this Autumn.
We are then hoping he will do a little bit of dressage early next year and then do Young Event Horse classes.
We are then hoping he will do a little bit of dressage early next year and then do Young Event Horse classes.
cruiseline
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2 in the process of being backed. 3 year old filly and 3 year old colt. Both been sat on and colt has been walked around the yard.
piaffe
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My 3 year old is now walking and trotting confidently.
This is me having my first sit on (day 4 of being ridden.My little sister had done the riding before)
We had our one and only sticky moment last night when we had a little canter and she bronced down the school but other than that she has been perfect.
Got a 4 year old to break in at the end of the month.
This is me having my first sit on (day 4 of being ridden.My little sister had done the riding before)
We had our one and only sticky moment last night when we had a little canter and she bronced down the school but other than that she has been perfect.
Got a 4 year old to break in at the end of the month.
JanetGeorge
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I've only got one at present - a visiting 3 year old who is being backed - and prepared for grading in September. She's by my stallion and I remember her Mum very well - so she's not going to be hard. Her owner had done some good handling, long-reining etc with her before she came. She's trotting in the school now and will start hacking out next week (we have 700 acres of forestry immediately outside our front gate which is very useful for starting babies safely.)
Once mare gradings are out of the way (mid-September) we'll be starting on our big 3 year old colt Rambo, and also on Lofty - another 3 year old by Raj out of a TBxPercheron mare - they're both 16.2-ish and BIG already. Rambo is going for stallion grading in February, and Lofty will (hopefully) make a good hunter for my husbandin a year or two. There's also a coloured gelding we started on a few months ago - but turned away as he went a tiny bit unlevel. And a visiting Warmblood due in - so it'll be a busy autumn!
Once mare gradings are out of the way (mid-September) we'll be starting on our big 3 year old colt Rambo, and also on Lofty - another 3 year old by Raj out of a TBxPercheron mare - they're both 16.2-ish and BIG already. Rambo is going for stallion grading in February, and Lofty will (hopefully) make a good hunter for my husbandin a year or two. There's also a coloured gelding we started on a few months ago - but turned away as he went a tiny bit unlevel. And a visiting Warmblood due in - so it'll be a busy autumn!
Bananaman
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My 3yr old colt has just been done. I'm just keeping him ticking over quietly.
cruiseline
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He looks lovely Bananaman, breeding and details please..........
Bananaman
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Thanks cruiseline............I'm hoping you may get to see him at Addington.
He's Amour G........Goshka Ringo x May Sherif x Alexsander.
He's Amour G........Goshka Ringo x May Sherif x Alexsander.
cruiseline
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He is super, very handsome chap!!!!
I have no doubt that I will see you .
He is one that I was really looking forward to meeting.
I have no doubt that I will see you .
librauk
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Yup, but I took the easy option, sent her away
she was doddle I was told
third pic in my siggy, this was her after she had been ridden.
tis has been an education for her, horse walker, washing bay, she been getting the works
she was doddle I was told
third pic in my siggy, this was her after she had been ridden.
tis has been an education for her, horse walker, washing bay, she been getting the works
Evadiva1514
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Im currently backing my 3 year old grey, she is long lining at the moment and im hoping to back her shortly. Here is a pic of her being tacked up:
My other 3 year old is being backed professionally at a local dressage yard. She is currently being ridden in walk around the school and yard and will be trotting shortly. Here is a pic of her a few weeks ago being long lined.
My other 3 year old is being backed professionally at a local dressage yard. She is currently being ridden in walk around the school and yard and will be trotting shortly. Here is a pic of her a few weeks ago being long lined.
Ponyplanet
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I am 8 weeks down the line from starting a rather bolshy very mature 3yo welsh x TB gelding, he had his first buck today after all this time
, luckily a growl made him think twice about doing it for a second time
kerilli
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I'm wimping out of backing my Fleetwater Opposition filly at the moment, seeing whether i've got any more eventing to do this season (so need to stay in 1 piece!), as she could be a professional rodeo bronc'er (wouldn't need a bucking strap, i have never seen a horse buck like this one), and rears vertical to show off to me on the lunge.
so, being a bit of a coward at the moment. she's been lunged in full tack and stood over on the mounting block, that'll do for now...!
my other 3 yr old is still a bit too immature, will do her in a few months i think.
so, being a bit of a coward at the moment. she's been lunged in full tack and stood over on the mounting block, that'll do for now...!
my other 3 yr old is still a bit too immature, will do her in a few months i think.
CalliChristmasTree
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Day 3 for us tonight
htobago
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They are about to start backing Tobago, my 4yo Arab stallion, this autumn. He's been lunged and long-lined (fine apart from his usual over-exuberance, excessive playfulness and compulsive need to show off all the time). He's just started learning to loose-jump (ditto) ... watch this space...
Ladyfresha1
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My boy was backed last Sept but has only been sat on a couple of times since. I rode him a few weeks ago and he bucked me off, got back on him then he caught his foot in a rut and fell over - so I fell off again! Can't wait to have my arena built - falling on grass is too painful! I do lots of longreining though and will get him going well under saddle over the winter. He is only 3 though and still very immature, so not in too much of a hurry as long as he does enough to remember.
Maybe there should be a special prize for who gets the most buises. Lets run a HHO comp.
Maybe there should be a special prize for who gets the most buises. Lets run a HHO comp.
Shilasdair
Patting her thylacine
I am having some wolf teeth hauled out of one of mine, then will be.
Wish me luck.
I'll need it
S
Wish me luck.
I'll need it
S
Baydale
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Done! Baydale Boys come in 3 sizes: small, medium and large and this one, Jupiter, is the small version (Hector is M and HumungaHorse is, obviously L or even XL).
Was a little b**ger to start, but cute once he realised we weren't for messing with! Been out hacking lots, popped a few cross poles and ditches. Will do young event horse classes with him next year.
Was a little b**ger to start, but cute once he realised we weren't for messing with! Been out hacking lots, popped a few cross poles and ditches. Will do young event horse classes with him next year.
sallyf
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mines still standing in the field so hopefully will start when we move in 3 weeks.
expecting her to be a bit cute as she was part hand reared and knows which buttons to press.
expecting her to be a bit cute as she was part hand reared and knows which buttons to press.
ASM2
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ANOTHER v smart Baydale bay N! I take it he's 3 and aiming for BYEH as a 4 yr old next year? The G pony has a similar plan but with v rusty rider in tow who hasn't done a dressage test for years
, (I'm told I need to ask "kermit" about lessons?!
) hence the act of cowardice on my part in backing her now at 2 and before she grows any more - I can wrap my legs round quite happily and play gymkhana games!
Baydale
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Thanks A, yes he's 3 - and doesn't he look like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth? His mum had attitude and he has the same sire as HumungaHorse, so I reckon I might have a feisty one there.
V wise move, backing her now, and I like the ploy of doing it while she's eating - wish I'd thought of that.
V wise move, backing her now, and I like the ploy of doing it while she's eating - wish I'd thought of that.
ASM2
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I bet - I used to know a Buskhill Gunnar daughter and she was deceptively feisty too!
And yes the feed bucket is v much the way to pony's heart and is my close backing companion
, especially since she seems to go beserk at the merest sight of Roger
- so he's absolutely no use!
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And yes the feed bucket is v much the way to pony's heart and is my close backing companion
henryhorn
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CCj is onto day three of starting one of our homebred horses, he is the last one from our original bloodline (Knock Boy/Ambertson) ex a TB x Hanno mare and has been sat on in the stable a good few times over the last year.
They have a round pen where she works so easier to send him to her than try and do him at home. He isn't for keeping and will just do a month or two of being ridden then be advertised.
We're also part way through rebacking a lovely five year old by Matinee ex one of our mares from the above bloodline who was up to hacking stage last year then got abandoned due to no rider. He will be sat on this week then do some hacking again, then after a few weeks' schooling be advertised. He is a particularly attractive horse but sadly only 15.2 hh, yet his identically bred brother is 16. 2hh...
I'm trying to be sensible and only keep those I really want to, one of the brood mares will be sold next autumn too, as we are looking for something that's done at least Intermediate successfully , 16. 1 hh minimum with the right bloodlines to compliment our existing ones.
They have a round pen where she works so easier to send him to her than try and do him at home. He isn't for keeping and will just do a month or two of being ridden then be advertised.
We're also part way through rebacking a lovely five year old by Matinee ex one of our mares from the above bloodline who was up to hacking stage last year then got abandoned due to no rider. He will be sat on this week then do some hacking again, then after a few weeks' schooling be advertised. He is a particularly attractive horse but sadly only 15.2 hh, yet his identically bred brother is 16. 2hh...
I'm trying to be sensible and only keep those I really want to, one of the brood mares will be sold next autumn too, as we are looking for something that's done at least Intermediate successfully , 16. 1 hh minimum with the right bloodlines to compliment our existing ones.
volatis
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Well after saying Beau was being rather backward about the backing process he was a little star yesterday and we can now trot on thelunge and walk round the school off the lunge, without having a mental blank about the the human magically appeared on his back half way through. Maybe he grew a brain cell in the last week!