Queenbee
Well-Known Member
Have spent a few days schooling ben as suddenly he is loving schooling, going really well and forward (sometimes too forward
) and is now cantering well and not bucking
since he's chilled his canter down in there. So he had a couple of days off, I rode him the day before yesterday to try out a dressage saddle and then yesterday planned a hack... well that never happened, I woke up my back in protest from riding in a dressage saddle, my eyes puffy, nose and glands in protest to a sodding cold and then to top it all off just before I went to go to the yard doped up on painkillers I slipped on some water on the floor with three cups of coffee in my hand, fell like a ton of bricks and like a prize plank put my hand straight on the smashed up cups on the floor... thus slicing my hand up
So, ben had yesterday off! Today however, I decided we would do a new longer hack, he has been so good in the school that I wanted him to get out and have a good old ride, hes also been getting a bit jiggy on his normal route and I wanted him to experience somewhere new. When I got up the yard another livery who also owns a four year old had just text me to see if I wanted to hack out with her, so we tacked up our coloured boys and set off into the blue yonder. We were out for two hours although we pretty much walked all the way except for a couple of canter paths, neither boy had ever done these lanes before and they were both bold as brass, it was lovely and hilly so they got a good work out, there was a teeny granite bridge which we were sure we would have to get off for and lead the boys over... nope, they took the bridge better than the pro's. It was such a fantastic ride, the sun was out but not too hot as we didnt set off until 6pm, ben has only ever done a max of an hrs hack so this was such an achievement for him and he loved every minute of it, both boys led one of the two canters and ben really picked up and extended when he led, thoroughly enjoying himself.
it was just such a lovely ride, lovely company and actually incredibly nice to take the two baby boys out together. Just wanted to share
) and is now cantering well and not bucking since he's chilled his canter down in there. So he had a couple of days off, I rode him the day before yesterday to try out a dressage saddle and then yesterday planned a hack... well that never happened, I woke up my back in protest from riding in a dressage saddle, my eyes puffy, nose and glands in protest to a sodding cold and then to top it all off just before I went to go to the yard doped up on painkillers I slipped on some water on the floor with three cups of coffee in my hand, fell like a ton of bricks and like a prize plank put my hand straight on the smashed up cups on the floor... thus slicing my hand up So, ben had yesterday off! Today however, I decided we would do a new longer hack, he has been so good in the school that I wanted him to get out and have a good old ride, hes also been getting a bit jiggy on his normal route and I wanted him to experience somewhere new. When I got up the yard another livery who also owns a four year old had just text me to see if I wanted to hack out with her, so we tacked up our coloured boys and set off into the blue yonder. We were out for two hours although we pretty much walked all the way except for a couple of canter paths, neither boy had ever done these lanes before and they were both bold as brass, it was lovely and hilly so they got a good work out, there was a teeny granite bridge which we were sure we would have to get off for and lead the boys over... nope, they took the bridge better than the pro's. It was such a fantastic ride, the sun was out but not too hot as we didnt set off until 6pm, ben has only ever done a max of an hrs hack so this was such an achievement for him and he loved every minute of it, both boys led one of the two canters and ben really picked up and extended when he led, thoroughly enjoying himself. it was just such a lovely ride, lovely company and actually incredibly nice to take the two baby boys out together. Just wanted to share
