i rode Raff!! woohoo (pointless, self indulgent... but who cares?!)

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yay!

this afternoon i got back 'in the saddle'. i stopped riding at about 26 weeks pregnant, and my little baby is now 7 weeks old... so Raff has not been ridden for about 5 months.

as i'm a total chicken (lost my confidence a few years ago) the lovely Kerilli got on him first. he was angelic - even with her mares in the next field, all giving him the eye (ok, ok, so it was him giving them the eye...)

then i got on... it's as if a little switch goes in his head. it's like "uh oh, mum's on board" and he turns into mr safe, reliable plod.

he genuinely didn't put a foot wrong. we only walked a few circles... but it was enough to remind me why we bought him. he really is a little confidence giver. he might not set the showing world on fire, he might not win Dressage Horse of the Year... but he's worth his weight in gold, i swear to god.

and now i'm actually crying. what a wuss i am.
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awww P im so happy for you, been thinking about you wondering how he was
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we knew he was little mr perfect though
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Raff is definitely a little gem...so so pleased for you you must be absolutely brimming with pride
 
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Raff is definitely a little gem...so so pleased for you you must be absolutely brimming with pride

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am literally GLOWING with pride and happiness. only a few months ago i swore i'd never get on a horse again...

he had so many chances to get freaked out today... i had a call to say i was being picked up (with raff) in ten mins, so i literally grabbed him in the field, threw a bridle on him, dragged him out of the field, into a strange horsebox, out into a new yard with GIRL horses to flirt with, threw a strange saddle on him, took him into a strange school, etc etc... and yet he didn't get phased at all.

p.s by 'strange' i mean one he didn't know... it sounds like i'm calling kerilli's lorry, yard, saddle and manege 'strange'...
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haha, it's all very very strange here!
so pleased for you hun, especially pleased that i didn't actually have to bully you to get on, that my gentle suggestion to bring your hat worked, and that he was such an angel! 10/10. xx
 
oh bless him...well my great numpty horse flipped his lid because of a long waterproof coat and dumped his rider in the wettet part of the arena last week. so Raff in my books is a very very brave boy
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i must come and meet him and you have to come meet mine soon....we said that ages ago!
 
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oh bless him...well my great numpty horse flipped his lid because of a long waterproof coat and dumped his rider in the wettet part of the arena last week.



to be fair to Ted... long waterproof coats freak me out a bit too...



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PMSL is that because scary stalker men stereotypically wear this kind of coat??
 
well done you and Raff, especially going to a new place etc to do it! Bet it felt amazing and how nice of kerilli to help you
 
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well done you and Raff, especially going to a new place etc to do it! Bet it felt amazing and how nice of kerilli to help you

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she is a total STAR, and sooo brave and knowledgable... i am merely a quivering pleb next to her
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(though secretly i think she was eyeing up raff as her next event horse...
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