MrsMozart
Just passing through...
I bought him, a 16.2 IDxTB type, nine months ago from a low end market for not a lot of money (i only went for a coffee with Friend!). Having lost the Dizzy one a few months before I wasn't sure I ever wanted another one, other than my yearling bog-off, and did not go with the intentions of buying anything more exciting than a cappuccino 
We saw Boyo. A big lad. The only one there I'd have even considered. He'd been scrubbed to within an inch of his life and had old whip marks around his hocks. I didnt see anyone with him at any point. When i collected him he followed me from the stall to the trailer with his nose tucked into my arm and walked straight in.
He didn't know what a field was and was unsure around other horses, so he was checked over by the vet and the physio, then left to be a horse, being brought in at night for food, handling and chill time.
I broke a leg (mine, no horses involved!) in September, which tied in perfectly with him relaxing and field toning, but wasn't perfect when I was being swung round off either end of him, including in the school where, at some point in his history, he'd learnt he could quite easily get away. He was very nosy, followed me around like a puppy, ran up to me in the field, got better in the stable, and learnt that rugs weren't going to kill him.
When muscled up enough and chilled, he went to Mickey Gavin to back. MG has been a star indeed His work with the horse, his patience with me, culminated yesterday in one very, very happy MrsMozart . I have some lessons to get so much better at (timing!) and he's never going to be an 'easy' horse, but he makes my heart sing quietly.
Now I am really looking forward to my horse coming home. I doubt it will be plain sailing, but with MG's help and that of my daughter's instructor Ezra Jeremiah, plus good friends, I believe we will do just fine
There is a proviso of intermittent lameness. Hey ho. Of course there was nothing the times the vet saw him, so she said see how he goes when he has some muscle and he's working, which we've done. It's still intermittent and we've racked our brains for the common denominator but can't come up with one. Anyhoo, he'll be off to Oakham in a couple of weeks for a work up. Hopefully they can find it and fix it. Once I know he's going to be okay I'll put pictures up
We saw Boyo. A big lad. The only one there I'd have even considered. He'd been scrubbed to within an inch of his life and had old whip marks around his hocks. I didnt see anyone with him at any point. When i collected him he followed me from the stall to the trailer with his nose tucked into my arm and walked straight in.
He didn't know what a field was and was unsure around other horses, so he was checked over by the vet and the physio, then left to be a horse, being brought in at night for food, handling and chill time.
I broke a leg (mine, no horses involved!) in September, which tied in perfectly with him relaxing and field toning, but wasn't perfect when I was being swung round off either end of him, including in the school where, at some point in his history, he'd learnt he could quite easily get away. He was very nosy, followed me around like a puppy, ran up to me in the field, got better in the stable, and learnt that rugs weren't going to kill him.
When muscled up enough and chilled, he went to Mickey Gavin to back. MG has been a star indeed
His work with the horse, his patience with me, culminated yesterday in one very, very happy MrsMozart . I have some lessons to get so much better at (timing!) and he's never going to be an 'easy' horse, but he makes my heart sing quietly.Now I am really looking forward to my horse coming home. I doubt it will be plain sailing, but with MG's help and that of my daughter's instructor Ezra Jeremiah, plus good friends, I believe we will do just fine
There is a proviso of intermittent lameness. Hey ho. Of course there was nothing the times the vet saw him, so she said see how he goes when he has some muscle and he's working, which we've done. It's still intermittent and we've racked our brains for the common denominator but can't come up with one. Anyhoo, he'll be off to Oakham in a couple of weeks for a work up. Hopefully they can find it and fix it. Once I know he's going to be okay I'll put pictures up
