PolarSkye
Well-Known Member
. . . and he was a little star!
I'm not going to go into why he hasn't done any work - it's nobody else's business - but he was perfectly sound.
He's been at the new yard since last Saturday - I have worked him in hand and lunged him (walk only - no small circles) three times this week. I did plan to ride yesterday but he came in caked in fresh mud and sweated up from fretting b/c his friends had come in before him so didn't.
He was a little tense and short striding to start with - but he always starts out like that . . . I started out working him on a really loose rein to encourage him to take longer steps and then when I put my inside leg on he lifted his back, softened and stepped under himself . . . I didn't ask for much of that . . . moved him around the school, asked him to bend both ways, let him stretch and then we called it a day.
It was very windy and he didn't bat an eyelash - not even when other horses were led in right past the school . . . no napping, no objection . . . just obliging, willing and very, very relaxed.
I can't tell you how pleased I am with him . . . he really is a little superstar. The goal for this week is to get out onto the gallops (around the farm), in walk only, by this time next week. They are slightly hilly so it'll help with his fitness. More work in the school in walk, more work in hand and then I think by the end of next week we can start to ask for a tiny bit of trot.
I love my horsey.
P
I'm not going to go into why he hasn't done any work - it's nobody else's business - but he was perfectly sound.
He's been at the new yard since last Saturday - I have worked him in hand and lunged him (walk only - no small circles) three times this week. I did plan to ride yesterday but he came in caked in fresh mud and sweated up from fretting b/c his friends had come in before him so didn't.
He was a little tense and short striding to start with - but he always starts out like that . . . I started out working him on a really loose rein to encourage him to take longer steps and then when I put my inside leg on he lifted his back, softened and stepped under himself . . . I didn't ask for much of that . . . moved him around the school, asked him to bend both ways, let him stretch and then we called it a day.
It was very windy and he didn't bat an eyelash - not even when other horses were led in right past the school . . . no napping, no objection . . . just obliging, willing and very, very relaxed.
I can't tell you how pleased I am with him . . . he really is a little superstar. The goal for this week is to get out onto the gallops (around the farm), in walk only, by this time next week. They are slightly hilly so it'll help with his fitness. More work in the school in walk, more work in hand and then I think by the end of next week we can start to ask for a tiny bit of trot.
I love my horsey.
P
. But the first two lines just sound aggressive almost...
