SpotsandBays
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He really is!!! Thanks for looking after us, and putting up with the shenanigans. Raglan was such a good boyHe was a little ****!!!
But the photo is one to frame
First weekend of October weekend plans!
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SEL
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If I'd been betting which one of us was going to hit the deck it wasn't you with your [usually] angelic boy! Mine seemed to have a personality transplant - in a good way.He really is!!! Thanks for looking after us, and putting up with the shenanigans. Raglan was such a good boy
QuantockHills
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stunning picture!! I'd have that blown up and put on the wall....
Tiddlypom
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I wondered if that was you aboard the cob who is taking a precautionary evasive sideways action in the rather spectacular photo of SaB’s dismount
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SEL
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It was!!I wondered if that was you aboard the cob who is taking an precautionary evasive sideways action in the rather spectacular photo of SaB’s dismount
There was a lot more daylight under my backside than I realised at the time. Poor stewards if they'd had to deal with both of us on the ground.
Given Baby Spots is usually chilled in groups and I'm usually on the snorting, piaffing monster cob the turnaround caught us both by surprise. I shoved a double dose of magnesium down mine for breakfast and it obviously worked
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
Well sat!
SpotsandBays
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Oh god imagine the chaos if they were both loose…It was!!
There was a lot more daylight under my backside than I realised at the time. Poor stewards if they'd had to deal with both of us on the ground.
Given Baby Spots is usually chilled in groups and I'm usually on the snorting, piaffing monster cob the turnaround caught us both by surprise. I shoved a double dose of magnesium down mine for breakfast and it obviously worked
Bernster
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I was just behind you at the end of the ride. He still seemed pretty jolly from what I saw!
We had a fab time, ground was way better than I thought and we missed the rain. Horses were great. I popped a few jumps but stopped at the end as Finn wasn’t loving the very choppy ground before the final few jumps. It was quiet though although we were in the later section.
SEL
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I need to learn to recognise posters in person! Ground was really good and I was relieved we didn't need tractors to tow off the field.
I think early on was a bit more chaotic from what I've heard. The serious jumping crowd were out early and it was fast and busy.
DressageCob
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I went on a local farm ride on Friday on my own for the first time. My boy was very jolly but 100% safe. We just popped a few logs, nothing too complicated, but it was lovely.
My babies came in on Monday for a trim. They were both very good with the farrier, although they weren't sure they could stand on 3 legs for as long as he needed them to, so they tried to sit down
They came in without using the older horses as a lead, walked past vans and cars without drama and went in separate stables for the first time. I put the little one in a stable with a high door because of previous threats to jump out. They were in for a few hours, behaved perfectly, then marched me back to the field
I'm delighted with the youngsters so far. The big lad is a good 15hh and very easy to handle, is a little cocky. The little one could do with growing upwards instead of just outwards, and was supposed to be a boy but turns out to be a girl, and would rather not be touched a lot of the time, but she's just so charming.
I also had another lesson on my YO's horse, this time in the double bridle and riding through an AM test. I still feel out of my depth but I'm enjoying the experience!
My babies came in on Monday for a trim. They were both very good with the farrier, although they weren't sure they could stand on 3 legs for as long as he needed them to, so they tried to sit down
They came in without using the older horses as a lead, walked past vans and cars without drama and went in separate stables for the first time. I put the little one in a stable with a high door because of previous threats to jump out. They were in for a few hours, behaved perfectly, then marched me back to the field I'm delighted with the youngsters so far. The big lad is a good 15hh and very easy to handle, is a little cocky. The little one could do with growing upwards instead of just outwards, and was supposed to be a boy but turns out to be a girl, and would rather not be touched a lot of the time, but she's just so charming.
I also had another lesson on my YO's horse, this time in the double bridle and riding through an AM test. I still feel out of my depth but I'm enjoying the experience!
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
So glad that your youngsters are coming on so well, they look like real characters. Also very nostalgic for the look between the ears of a black cob with a hogged mane, that really takes me back. His ears were always pricked like that, too.
May I ask how the girl was supposed to be a boy
? I’ve had that with a kitten before, but not a horse!
May I ask how the girl was supposed to be a boy
? I’ve had that with a kitten before, but not a horse!
DressageCob
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So glad that your youngsters are coming on so well, they look like real characters. Also very nostalgic for the look between the ears of a black cob with a hogged mane, that really takes me back. His ears were always pricked like that, too.
May I ask how the girl was supposed to be a boy
Honestly, I have no idea. When "they" were born the breeder posted on Facebook about the arrival of the new colt. They were weaned with the colts and sold to me as a colt. A vet examined them for the passport and another vet examined before transport to see that they were fit to travel. Not a single person noticed they were missing a willy! When they arrived with me the tummy hair was so thick I didn't notice, but within a couple of weeks I noticed her weeing and thought there was something wrong with the plumbing. Since she was quite feral it took me ages to try to feel the undercarriage or lift up the tail, but finally managed to get a look and saw the proof! I still got the vet out in case she was a hermaphrodite but he said she's just 100% female and god knows how it was missed!
in the photos of her as a new baby she did have a big chunk of umbilical cord, but you'd think with fresh babies it's easy enough to check. It's a pain because I bought her as a companion for the other one, and we do single sex turnout at my yard, but for now we are keeping things as they are. I just need to come up with a name!
DressageCob
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I do have the faff of sorting out the passport to do. At the moment she's a chestnut colt. All markings match so it's definitely the right youngster, just the wrong bits! I don't even know if it's possible to get a passport sex change. I've had my vet endorse my markings certificate thingy for now.
Tiddlypom
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Crikey, what a do!
I hope that it’s not too onerous to get her sex properly recorded on her passport and that it continues to work out at the yard re the turnout.
I hope that it’s not too onerous to get her sex properly recorded on her passport and that it continues to work out at the yard re the turnout.
YourValentine
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Surely you could just write to the passport office to say your horse identifies as a mare not a colt
and could they please respect their life choice?
and could they please respect their life choice?
DressageCob
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Surely you could just write to the passport office to say your horse identifies as a mare not a colt
and could they please respect their life choice?
It's very Gen Z
I will make sure I obtain gender affirming documentation for her asap