Flooded February weekend plans?

[millitiger]

Apart from ark building, what is everyone up to?

We're building on last week and going SJ again this weekend, doing the 1m again. I will learn to love it!
Hoping for slightly more input into our round this time, planning to give more work the day before!

A busy week for us as then we have SJ lesson Tuesday and dressage lesson Friday.
Eventing feels a long way off with this incessant rain, however I'm really enjoying our training at the moment anyway.

Good luck and have fun all!

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Good to hear you are enjoying your training and sounds like getting stuck into it as best you can with the weather.

No plans for me, horsey or otherwise, this weekend. Two rides last weekend was probably a bit much so I've been feeling a bit unwell this week. Not a great idea to keep overdoing it but overall it was worth it for the mental health gains. Hopefully I can get out on a hack again next week

 

[BronsonNutter]

RC area SJ this weekend, but due to some bizarre organisational thing (the way they have ordered the classes - I am meant to be jumping consecutive heights) I am due to have SIX hours between my SJ rounds. So we'll probably jump the first class then go home, which is disappointing.

 

[CanteringCarrot]

No floods here, just wind.

Not sure what we're going to do this weekend.

Due to the wind we did some field cleanup. A tarp blew into the field from somewhere. So when my horse met me in the field, we then walked back out to another part and retrieved the tarp. That's as exciting as it gets with a youngster sometimes

He's got a nice little attitude though. Always up for an adventure and did not care about a strange item in the field. There would've been much snorting from my last horse!

 

[humblepie]

RC area SJ this weekend, but due to some bizarre organisational thing (the way they have ordered the classes - I am meant to be jumping consecutive heights) I am due to have SIX hours between my SJ rounds. So we'll probably jump the first class then go home, which is disappointing.

Not helpful but good luck.

 

[maya2008]

Arena hire to get us out of the horrible wet - we have made it to the dizzy heights of 8 minutes of canter and pole work, which given that we can only walk out hacking at the moment, feels like heaven!

Some in hand walks for the young ones who are bored being stuck in a muddy field (but if I put them in the summer ones those would be trashed in a second and then we’d have no summer grazing so nothing I can do there!).

Trying to figure out how to explain to the pony my son is backing how to behave nicely in-hand, when the usual methods don’t work for her. She’s coming along amazingly under saddle but genuinely doesn’t seem to understand when you correct her for undesirable behaviour on the ground. Might start with carrots and some clicker training and go from there.

Fencing…always fencing.

 

[HopOnTrot]

Nothing for me but taking daughter (age 6) to an indoor lesson with PC, she doesn't know how lucky she is! Then off to the Treehouse sale in Worcester to spend our life savings on body protectors which will hopefully double as floatation devices if the weather gets worse!

 

[blood_magik]

I have guido leidelmeyer booked to do a groundwork session. He was supposed to be doing a follow up with Jack but he (Jack) has spectacularly broken himself so NV will do the session in his place as too late to cancel.

 

[Alibear]

Empty out the trailer locker is about it for me.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Stressage tomorrow, SJ lesson Sunday - though my RI has broken her arm so need to find a pole picker first to help her. I’ve finally entered the first SJ comp since Aintree in November next weekend so really need a jump before then.

 

[Kirstd33]

Not a lot due to the horrendous weather and my diminished levels of enthusiasm! Main aim tomorrow is to get coblet out of his swimming pool, sorry field and up into a stable to dry out for a while and possibly a short hack if he isn't too stiff. Then sunday I may hire a local arena with my daughter and her share pony for an hour of fun pole work?

 

[humblepie]

Still doing our bits of hacking mainly at walk as tracks too muddy for him and a bit of school work. Rode this afternoon on a late lunch and got hailed on.

 

[Nicnac]

Going to support my Team Quest peeps tomorrow. May hack sprog's giraffe on Sunday or walk with her whilst she rides. Vet back next week after 3 weeks rest to recheck stifle.

Have fun all and don't blame you for going home with 6 hours btw classes @BronsonNutter !

Really hope it's a bit drier for the next few weeks as soooooo fed up of mud and sh*tty weather

 

[HopOnTrot]

Several hundred pounds lighter but both daughter and I have nice new 2018 Racesafe (and lots of purple matchy matchy for the little one )

 

[nikkimariet]

Nothing, as I am poorly, again Managed a hack first thing. Rooni enjoyed it far more than me!

 

[Ample Prosecco]

The start



The end



The score!



8s for a downward transition and halts. Plus rhythm in the collectives. Which I’m super happy about because that’s the focus of the Joe work. And it’s the first ever test where I haven’t had ‘hard against the hand’ in downward transitions. But contact and rider effective’s/correctness were 6.5 so they don’t like my loopy reins. Still its all going in the right direction !

 

[Kirstd33]

Had a lovely hack this after noon with a fellow livery, set off in hailstones but got back in glorious sunshine. Coblet enjoyed it and was moving nicely, we’re still Bitless and doing well until we turned for home down our homemade jump track. Turns out I don’t have brakes in canter with cross country jumps towards home! Stayed on though so will take that as a win!
Hoping for another hack tomorrow with eldest daughter.

 

[maya2008]

Today…

Unicorn pony gave daughter her cantering confidence back, after Welsh gelding she adores ran off with her 3x and trashed it (feeding error, too many oats!). She then hopped back on him and did some pole work much to his delight. He does love his little girl.

Hacked everyone else - through the woods on the harder tracks because the world is a lake. Son’s project went first for a bit, spooked a bit, learnt about bicycles and was relaxed enough on the way home that I could hear the kids singing and mucking around behind me.

 

[humblepie]

@nikkimariet hope you better soon. All a bit frosty and foggy for much so done some in hand standing up for the judge practice and lateral work at walk and a bit of trot. Just keeping things ticking along. I need to do some running to get myself fitter too.

 

[j1ffy]

Not a lot here - I had planned to do a WE training comp yesterday but felt exhausted after a busy week of work and seeing ABBA Voyage on Friday night so schooled instead. Chilli was absolutely wired, he's had a quiet couple of weeks and it showed! Hacking today.

 

[nikkimariet]

@nikkimariet hope you better soon. All a bit frosty and foggy for much so done some in hand standing up for the judge practice and lateral work at walk and a bit of trot. Just keeping things ticking along. I need to do some running to get myself fitter too.

Did manage a jump lesson and also to help a friend at the eventing champs at Aston but I am deeeeeaddddd on my feet now!

 

[Wishfilly]

Just hacking in the rain- at least we are getting lots of practice at going through water! Feeling virtuous because I rode, rather than sacking it off altogether- trying desperately to keep him fit as we have some exciting plans (well, for me) at the end of the month, but we both hate getting drenched.

 

[Cloball]

No horsing for me I've been wedding dress shopping

 

[millitiger]

We had a practice jump at home yesterday and he felt awesome- careful and keen and some celebratory humps thrown in!

At SJ today, they were running about 40 mins late so quite a bit of waiting around, particularly as I always like to be early anyway.
He didn't warm up badly but also a bit 'meh' and slow off the ground. I think he really doesn't like wax surfaces unfortunately!
Into the main arena and he was still a bit backwards, however jumped a nice clear round and even managed to come 5th- we never get placed SJ, let alone in big classes!
Withdrew from the 1m as they were still running late and we needed to get home but was pleased with our outing.


Busy week with jump lesson Tuesday and dressage lesson Friday so either days off or hacking days around those.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Did manage a jump lesson and also to help a friend at the eventing champs at Aston but I am deeeeeaddddd on my feet now!

Katie’s old pony Dolly was there! I nearly went to watch. Course looked great

 

[sugarpony]

Katie’s old pony Dolly was there! I nearly went to watch. Course looked great

I saw her, was in a few horses before me! I was sure it was your old Dolly

Course was great, we just had the joker down at the end which I’m absolutely kicking myself for. Took a pull when I should have kept my leg on. Would have been top 10 without it, maybe one day I’ll forgive myself

 

[Ample Prosecco]

@sugarpony Very well done! The course looked tricky and loooooong! The water was so deep.

Dolly just had the Joker too. She was within optimum time so would also have placed.

 

[blood_magik]

We’ve had a relatively productive weekend. I’m trying to take advantage of only really having Nashville in full work and getting him really confident (ive babied him a little as he’s quite sensitive and also huuuge) with a view to starting competing properly this summer.

So with that in mind, We went for a hack on the long reins and made it over the scary low-sided bridge at the bottom of the hill without batting an eyelid.
We also had a groundwork session with Guido Leidelmeyer yesterday, which confirmed that I need to stop babying him and put some more boundaries in place.

this afternoon we have a shared lesson away from home so the plan is to try to keep his brain busy and keep the spooking/napping to a minimum.