measles
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As Billy the 4yo has been such a good boy since arriving from his breeder in Ireland almost 3 weeks ago we thought that it would be good education for him to have a BIG adventure and go to a PC rally yesterday at a local large, affiliated show centre.
Off we headed mid morning for his big adventure. Tacked up on the lorry and took him off to put on boots and hoof oil. He found it so scarey that he....dozed off..! Into the indoor he went, legged him up amidst ponies and biz and he ignored the lot and proceeded to work sweetly in a low key flatwork lesson.
I was a bit taken aback as he did not react in any way to his new surroundings - you kind of expect a youngster who has not worked away from home to at least have a few whinny's or a shoogle or two! Billy stood stock still whilst waiting his turn and the instructor spoke to the small group as can be seen in this photo - though he does look as though he has laid a blue cone in the process!!
Back onto the lorry he went for another sleep and then in the afternoon he had a very short and gentle jump lesson. I'd like to report exciting goings on such as snorting, spooking or a carry on but he just worked away quietly around the jumps like an old grade a.
Whe his turn came to jump he popped quietly through the trotting poles and to a placing pole to a small fence happily. Fence two (against my judgement I have to say) had two hexagonal blue water trays under it and he did think they needed a good sniff. I'm sure back at home in Ireland the other horses when they heard where he was going had told him about the Loch Ness Monster but after a snurfle in them he decided the monster had gone awol and they deserved a complete lack of interest and over he went. He then jumped around all of the other fillers first time, through a little double, related distance, and dog leg of actual 3-D cube fillers to the green ones in the photo.
The thing he found most interesting in the course of the day was discovering that round minty things with holes in the middle come out of mum's pocket when he is good!
The entire day went without incident and I am now giving serious though as to whether someone in Ireland has shrunk his teeth to baby ones, doctored his passport and he's actually 104 rather than 4yo!
Off we headed mid morning for his big adventure. Tacked up on the lorry and took him off to put on boots and hoof oil. He found it so scarey that he....dozed off..! Into the indoor he went, legged him up amidst ponies and biz and he ignored the lot and proceeded to work sweetly in a low key flatwork lesson.
I was a bit taken aback as he did not react in any way to his new surroundings - you kind of expect a youngster who has not worked away from home to at least have a few whinny's or a shoogle or two! Billy stood stock still whilst waiting his turn and the instructor spoke to the small group as can be seen in this photo - though he does look as though he has laid a blue cone in the process!!
Back onto the lorry he went for another sleep and then in the afternoon he had a very short and gentle jump lesson. I'd like to report exciting goings on such as snorting, spooking or a carry on but he just worked away quietly around the jumps like an old grade a.
Whe his turn came to jump he popped quietly through the trotting poles and to a placing pole to a small fence happily. Fence two (against my judgement I have to say) had two hexagonal blue water trays under it and he did think they needed a good sniff. I'm sure back at home in Ireland the other horses when they heard where he was going had told him about the Loch Ness Monster but after a snurfle in them he decided the monster had gone awol and they deserved a complete lack of interest and over he went. He then jumped around all of the other fillers first time, through a little double, related distance, and dog leg of actual 3-D cube fillers to the green ones in the photo.
The thing he found most interesting in the course of the day was discovering that round minty things with holes in the middle come out of mum's pocket when he is good!
The entire day went without incident and I am now giving serious though as to whether someone in Ireland has shrunk his teeth to baby ones, doctored his passport and he's actually 104 rather than 4yo!
