ecrozier
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ACtually GAN1 you weren't at Patchetts in November for BD were you? Saw a horse looked very like adonnis in the warm up and noticed you are in Herts!
Because I am bored - 'show and tell' on your 4 year olds!
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sarahhelen1977
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Yes - we were there just before Keysoe I think - I keep him about 10mins from Patchetts so am there rather a lot!
ecrozier
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Stinjywellies yours is beautiful too!
Stinkywellies
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Thanks Emma - i love her lots! This is such a thread - good thinking!!
ecrozier
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What a spot - I thought I saw a horse that looked very like those pics there - was my first go at BD, with my older horse, on remembrance sunday. We aren't far from there either maybe 30mins, took Roo there for their autumn indoor show as well.
StaceyTanglewood
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Yeah we were so thrilled when we found out his breeding - had no idea when we bough him about his dad's side so finding out royal geneve is grandad was a huge bonus to say the least.
Interesting about the pessoa - what age do you start using it? I have been putting off too much lunging as he is still growing. Oh and it took him a while to get the going round in circles thing too! Only did it for a couple of days tbh before we got on and then had to do again for vet when he got kicked, hadn't lunged for maybe 6 - 8 weeks and vet thought it was hilarious, he said we were lunging in the shape of a (broken) egg!
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I started it with her at about 2 1/2 (6 months ago) i have done it about 3 times i dont actually clip it on to the bit but put it on do it up and put the part of it round her hindlegs and walk her around
with lunging its about two circuits on each rein - i havent done anything since october though and in march (just before she is 3yo) i will put a saddle on and lean over her im lucky i am rather light and then depending on how she reacts i can guage when i need to send her for breaking when she is a bit weaker or when she is a big 16.2hh and feeling brilliant !!
Yeah we were so thrilled when we found out his breeding - had no idea when we bough him about his dad's side so finding out royal geneve is grandad was a huge bonus to say the least.
Interesting about the pessoa - what age do you start using it? I have been putting off too much lunging as he is still growing. Oh and it took him a while to get the going round in circles thing too! Only did it for a couple of days tbh before we got on and then had to do again for vet when he got kicked, hadn't lunged for maybe 6 - 8 weeks and vet thought it was hilarious, he said we were lunging in the shape of a (broken) egg!
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I started it with her at about 2 1/2 (6 months ago) i have done it about 3 times i dont actually clip it on to the bit but put it on do it up and put the part of it round her hindlegs and walk her around
with lunging its about two circuits on each rein - i havent done anything since october though and in march (just before she is 3yo) i will put a saddle on and lean over her im lucky i am rather light and then depending on how she reacts i can guage when i need to send her for breaking when she is a bit weaker or when she is a big 16.2hh and feeling brilliant !!
Stinkywellies
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I used the pessoa on mine last year (when she was 4), just to help her stretch through her back and she hates side reins. I probably lunged her once max twice a week only for about 10 - 15mins. She seemed to cope really well with it and i found it usful in getting her used to a contact on her mouth.
Baydale
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Agree that there are some v scrummy 4yos on here.
Mine looked like this last year as an early 3yo (with his big, fat Cleveland Ginger mate in the background):
Then this was the end of August, when he was backed and being ridden away ie. pottering around the farm, looking for monsters:
He was turned away in September and then brought back into work late March, with a view to doing his first BYEH qualifier at the end of May, Bramham BYEH in June and a couple of BE 4yo classes.
Stafford BE 4yo:
Burghley final:
The day after Burghley he was turned away and is currently looking like a yeti/yak/hairy cob in the field, and will stay there until I have space to bring him in - beginning of April hopefully.
He was pretty much kept ticking over the whole time, worked 5 days a week, sometimes just 20 mins in the school or 30 mins hacking. He's a bit of a tinker so I like to give him one big break rather than lots of little ones: little ones would just give him a chance to regroup and think of new and more athletic ways to challenge me.
Mine looked like this last year as an early 3yo (with his big, fat Cleveland Ginger mate in the background):
Then this was the end of August, when he was backed and being ridden away ie. pottering around the farm, looking for monsters:
He was turned away in September and then brought back into work late March, with a view to doing his first BYEH qualifier at the end of May, Bramham BYEH in June and a couple of BE 4yo classes.
Stafford BE 4yo:
Burghley final:
The day after Burghley he was turned away and is currently looking like a yeti/yak/hairy cob in the field, and will stay there until I have space to bring him in - beginning of April hopefully.
He was pretty much kept ticking over the whole time, worked 5 days a week, sometimes just 20 mins in the school or 30 mins hacking. He's a bit of a tinker so I like to give him one big break rather than lots of little ones: little ones would just give him a chance to regroup and think of new and more athletic ways to challenge me.
Gamebird
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OK so I think someone should give me some sort of booby prize for actually parting with money for this 4yo
Though luckily he could also do this:
I didn't get him until August. He went to a couple of riding club rallies:
A lesson with Ruth Edge:
And a Pony Club ODE in September where he did a 27 dressage and a double clear finishing 2nd
. Only missed 1st by 0.2 penalties (and I was only going for the experience, promise!).
He is now fat and supposed to be hunting, dressaging and SJing though activities are currently rather curtailed
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Roll on BE 2010!
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Though luckily he could also do this:
I didn't get him until August. He went to a couple of riding club rallies:
A lesson with Ruth Edge:
And a Pony Club ODE in September where he did a 27 dressage and a double clear finishing 2nd
He is now fat and supposed to be hunting, dressaging and SJing though activities are currently rather curtailed
Roll on BE 2010!
madhector
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My 4 yr had done nothing really when I got her, could just about walk, trot and canter on the left rein but not on the right!
She had a very easy month of hacking with a bit of schooling, then started jumping but only once a week. Went for a couple of lessons and then did her first ever competition and jumped a double clear in the British Novice coming second!
She did another BN a few weeks later, jumping another super clear round and the the snow arrived and she has been having a holiday, which was quite good timing really. She will hopefully start work again mid Jan and aim to start her event season at poplar park, probably doing the PN but will see how the flatwork is by then
Not many photos Im afraid but her she is when she just arrived...
In the school...
Jumping...
Very dark schooling pics...
She had a very easy month of hacking with a bit of schooling, then started jumping but only once a week. Went for a couple of lessons and then did her first ever competition and jumped a double clear in the British Novice coming second!
She did another BN a few weeks later, jumping another super clear round and the the snow arrived and she has been having a holiday, which was quite good timing really. She will hopefully start work again mid Jan and aim to start her event season at poplar park, probably doing the PN but will see how the flatwork is by then
Not many photos Im afraid but her she is when she just arrived...
In the school...
Jumping...
Very dark schooling pics...
Calvo
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Wow!! Theres some really fab horses!!
I join in with my rising 4 year old..lol Hes called Danny or Pony. He is roughly 15hh and is Welsh Cob X Andalusian. The funny thing is, I really want to event this one
When I first tried him out in July 2009
A piccie of him standing (August 2009)
I focused mainly on Long reining during August and pretty much the end of November and started riding him gently and in short burst in december.. The piccies below are my most recent ones in the last 2 weeks
And finally one of him in the snow
hmm Ive put in alot of piccies lol
I join in with my rising 4 year old..lol Hes called Danny or Pony. He is roughly 15hh and is Welsh Cob X Andalusian. The funny thing is, I really want to event this one
When I first tried him out in July 2009
A piccie of him standing (August 2009)
I focused mainly on Long reining during August and pretty much the end of November and started riding him gently and in short burst in december.. The piccies below are my most recent ones in the last 2 weeks
And finally one of him in the snow
hmm Ive put in alot of piccies lol
MillbrookSong
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Lovely thread!!
This is Buster as a 3yo just out of training
1st dressage lesson as a 4yo - been in work about 2 months after a long break since we bought him
Some BYEH pics
Barbury - 30/35 for dressage
Gatcombe - 32/40 for jumping
Also did hartpury BYEH and got equally good marks
And then WW BE4yo
SJ not a stylish round but had a massive black eye but we were clear
And then XC - 1 stop so 11th but other wise we would have been 5th
And now at just turned 5 he looks like this and is in training to be my point to pointer!!
Sorry photo overload!!
This is Buster as a 3yo just out of training
1st dressage lesson as a 4yo - been in work about 2 months after a long break since we bought him
Some BYEH pics
Barbury - 30/35 for dressage
Gatcombe - 32/40 for jumping
Also did hartpury BYEH and got equally good marks
And then WW BE4yo
SJ not a stylish round but had a massive black eye but we were clear
And then XC - 1 stop so 11th but other wise we would have been 5th
And now at just turned 5 he looks like this and is in training to be my point to pointer!!
Sorry photo overload!!
Heidiham
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Firstly hello competition riders
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This is my homebred 4 year old last year on her 3rd birthday:
and in August doing a little of this:
I then backed her just after Burghley (with good neck strap after Daddy was a slightly naughty boy in the stallion parade....
- I needn't have worried, she was a doddle!)
We then padded around a little, schooled a bit and did a little prelim:
and are now doing absolutely nothing until the Spring
This is my homebred 4 year old last year on her 3rd birthday:
and in August doing a little of this:
I then backed her just after Burghley (with good neck strap after Daddy was a slightly naughty boy in the stallion parade....
We then padded around a little, schooled a bit and did a little prelim:
and are now doing absolutely nothing until the Spring
JDChaser
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Love Buster! Who was he in training with, if you don't mind me asking? Should make a nice pointer!!
ecrozier
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Wow yet more lovely 4 year olds!! Aren't we all a lucky bunch
Thanks everyone for sharing the pictures and info!
Nosey
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There are some gorgeous GG's on here!! Particularly like Madhector's little mare!
lizzieb
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There are some very lovely horses on here
I'm jealous
siennamum
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Coco is a wild & woolly character, bit dominant.
4 in April, we've sat on him but not much else yet. Too busy trying to cope with the snow. He needs to work so we will crack on asap and get him out and about. (His feet look a funny shape - but that's sorted now)
Anyway , this is him, 16.1 or thereabouts, by Old Leighlin, out of a conn jumping mare:
This is the afternoon he arrived, when it was torrential rain - but he's never been in a stable so had to go out. He wanted to go down the field but daren't, so stood pathetically by the gate waiting to be rescued..
4 in April, we've sat on him but not much else yet. Too busy trying to cope with the snow. He needs to work so we will crack on asap and get him out and about. (His feet look a funny shape - but that's sorted now)
Anyway , this is him, 16.1 or thereabouts, by Old Leighlin, out of a conn jumping mare:
This is the afternoon he arrived, when it was torrential rain - but he's never been in a stable so had to go out. He wanted to go down the field but daren't, so stood pathetically by the gate waiting to be rescued..
siennamum
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She is really lovely, you must be really proud of her.
mrblue
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This is my boy, he was backed in April (so rising 5 - June)
this is him in Aug
this is him at his first show with me
this is him in Aug
this is him at his first show with me
_jetset_
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Oooo... I am loving this thread
I have a rising 4 year old (she will be 4 in April / May this year) so will watch this with interest
I have a rising 4 year old (she will be 4 in April / May this year) so will watch this with interest
ESH_Jess
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This is our stallion as he looked as a 3yo
This is him as a four year old - this summer.
Over the summer he was doing 1/2 to 3/4hr a day 6 or 7 days a week, but dropped this down when the weather got worse and to give him a bit of an easier time over the winter - as it turns out he's had a very easy time the last month as we've been snowed in!! Lol!!
This is him as a four year old - this summer.
Over the summer he was doing 1/2 to 3/4hr a day 6 or 7 days a week, but dropped this down when the weather got worse and to give him a bit of an easier time over the winter - as it turns out he's had a very easy time the last month as we've been snowed in!! Lol!!
ecrozier
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I'm so chuffed with how well this thread has gone! So many beautiful horses!
I will try and remember to do another thread in 3 months time and everyone can update how their baby horses are doing
I will try and remember to do another thread in 3 months time and everyone can update how their baby horses are doing
Mickyjoe
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This is our stallion as he looked as a 3yo
This is him as a four year old - this summer.
Over the summer he was doing 1/2 to 3/4hr a day 6 or 7 days a week, but dropped this down when the weather got worse and to give him a bit of an easier time over the winter - as it turns out he's had a very easy time the last month as we've been snowed in!! Lol!!
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Ooh he's beautiful!!!! How's he bred?
This is our stallion as he looked as a 3yo
This is him as a four year old - this summer.
Over the summer he was doing 1/2 to 3/4hr a day 6 or 7 days a week, but dropped this down when the weather got worse and to give him a bit of an easier time over the winter - as it turns out he's had a very easy time the last month as we've been snowed in!! Lol!!
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Ooh he's beautiful!!!! How's he bred?
ESH_Jess
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Thank-you
he is by Sandro Hit out of our a Weltruhm x Matcho AA mare. His name is Santo Hit.
stace1
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what a great post, very useful and has given me great insight as to how to bring on my rising 4yr old