Introducing Lindeza (lin-day-za)

ycbm said:
I rode her this morning and I'm really understanding this. If Ludo didn't have such enormous movement and flexibility, (and lovely character) he might be in trouble now :) I'm confirming all over again why I do so little with him even though he is five now, he is still just too rubbery and leggy for his own strength to hold it all together for more than half an hour on the arena. She, on the other hand, has two years on him in maturity and feels as if she is put together in an entirely different way. She feels as if she is sat down behind the entire time. Everything pushes from the back end. It feels fabulous!

I led her to the steps for the first time today instead of taking the steps to her. She did one half step back, I repositioned the steps and got on. This is the quickest I've ever been able to teach a horse that on my own.

We did some walk and a bit of trot, but we were inside the barn, which is tiny (because it was raining ?) so not much. No issues at all. I'm looking forward to getting her outside and asking for a canter.

She's a lot calmer today, and also ate up all her 'food' - a couple of handfuls of soaked grass nuts in oat straw chop with minerals. I can feel her ribs now if I push a bit, moving homes and the cold weather has just knocked off the bit of excess fat I was concerned about. Hopefully the new regime will keep her at the weight she is now.

Would you believe it, I'll have owned her a week tomorrow!
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I've loved following this journey, can't wait to see how she comes on!
 
HufflyPuffly said:
This thread makes me all fuzzy inside, I’m so pleased for you ycbm ☺️.

I had a lesson yesterday and was laughing that Skylla looks very ‘Spanish’ when ridden (from someone who has trained a lot of them) but apparently Skylla just makes it hard work rather than being as fabulous as a real one ?. Maybe instead of an Arab I should try a Spanish horse next ?.
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I know you wanted a chestnut Arab mare but I saw a lovely grey filly on preloved today it's a new advert she is 3 years old in Cheshire.
 
Cortez said:
The down side of this, though is that riding "normal" horses becomes impossible. The last time I rode a non-Iberian horse was five years ago - a fancy WB - and it was like sitting on a particularly unintelligent log.
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They're nicknamed dumbbloods for a reason tbf.

I've always fancied a PRE too, but my default to ride "more forward" when anything goes wrong would probably need to be fixed first, oh yeah and a budget of £0 is a significant issue :p
 
Kamikaze said:
Robin is a warm blood and certainly not a dumb blood. I actually take offence to that. He is quicker and sharper than my tb’s and a heck of a lot more intelligent too.
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Apologies, it was not meant to offend. I've heard it many times, and seen it demonstrated on more than one occasion, however like anything, theres bright and not so bright and I ought not stereotype.
My personal experience came from riding in to the fence and stopping because I didnt ride a clear and definite turn aid ? he was a bit special though
 
Roxylola said:
They're nicknamed dumbbloods for a reason tbf.

I've always fancied a PRE too, but my default to ride "more forward" when anything goes wrong would probably need to be fixed first, oh yeah and a budget of £0 is a significant issue :p
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I used to breed Trakehners, they're not dumbbloods by any means, but you won't get me on anything that's not an Iberian or an Arab these days. I like to be happy.
 
ycbm said:
I went into the field this evening to chop the seed heads off the docks, and she saw me from 150m away and made a beeline for me. It was lovely! She's very people orientated for a horse who mostly sat in a field for nearly seven years :)

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More pics pls!

We have a newly arrived bay PRE at our yard. I won't say it in my cobbus's hearing, but he is the most beautiful horse I think I have ever seen.
 
A week today!

Good grief how time flies. (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like an apple. ??? sorry can't resist my favourite joke of all time).

Yay, we've had a canter! One on each rein. And done a lot more trot and changes of direction. She has such a short stride compared to Ludo, it feels like her legs are going like the clappers ? It's exactly what I bought her for, to be different. She also stood at the step for me to mount instead of having the step moved to her. That's probably the quickest any horse I've had has learnt to do that when there is no one to hold them. She is very slow to learn to go into her own stable though when she comes in, though. You can tell she's never lived in, so far I've had to lead her into it every day.

For a horse who was in a field for most of her seven years, she's incredibly human orientated. If I'm in view she doesn't take her eyes off me. She's calm now, and today she passed a very big test when I took Ludo out for a hack. She hardly made any fuss at all. I was very surprised by that, and very pleased.

And she worked on the arena with the OH running a power barrow, chucking stone in it and appearing and disappearing over the wall without batting an eyelid. She backed off some cow parsley at the side of the arena waving in a slight breeze and I told her not to be so silly :) She is almost ready to try a short hack. I'm pretty confident it will go well.

I'll try and get some photos of me on her soon but I think my cameraman is busy tomorrow.

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ycbm said:
I went into the field this evening to chop the seed heads off the docks, and she saw me from 150m away and made a beeline for me. It was lovely! She's very people orientated for a horse who mostly sat in a field for nearly seven years :)

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She luuuurves you":D
Ah you see what I was saying now about eye contact too ! Sometimes when i'm working on the land I can feel THE EYES boring into me.

It's an interesting difference that I noticed very quickly between my Arab and the PRE. Preferido has his eye on you all the time and that's even when you hold a bowl of food to him. Always his eye makes contact with you ,where as my own horse just stuffs his face looking everywhere else!.
Give it a go with your two and see if it happens with Deeza.

How lovely that you can ride out on Ludo and she will be ok.
Can't wait to see some more photo's and a video:) xx
 
One of the most heartbreaking things about my rescue PRE horse, the one who was being beaten to the ground with chains when he was found, the one who was so frightened of doing something wrong he was literally paralysed and afraid to move, and in the beginning would fall in the stable and crawl to the corner if someone looked over the door; he still likes people, he will follow me around the field, he always looks at me when I pop my head out of the door. Even after all that, he likes people.
 
Cortez said:
and in the beginning would fall in the stable and crawl to the corner if someone looked over the door; he still likes people, he will follow me around the field, he always looks at me when I pop my head out of the door. Even after all that, he likes people.
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Dear god, that’s made me cry. Who on earth could make a horse so terrified? ?
 
This is what I found when I went out this morning. Do we think she has settled in?

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I have some video but I'm fighting android's file management non-system at the moment to process some stills from it. I truly did not realise until I saw it this morning what an absolutely stunning horse she is.

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ycbm said:
This is what I found when I went out this morning. Do we think she has settled in?

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I have some video but I'm fighting android's file management non-system at the moment to process some stills from it. I truly did not realise until I saw it this morning what an absolutely stunning horse she is.

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They are both stunning and look at where they live FFS . How bloody amazing is that.
Lucky horses and lucky you:) xx
 
ycbm said:
A moment of fame for Ludo, although he was a bit Kevin this morning, but he is five now so he's allowed, I guess. Just catching some Deza moments now, back later.

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Not sure what I'm more envious of:
The horse
The Rider's excellent riding
The Scenery
The Arena
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Hmmm......joking aside he looks superb. And Deza's movement is just jawdropping. You are so lucky with these two.
 
thefarsideofthefield said:
Just been catching up on this thread - Deza is utterly beautiful .
However I think you could do more to improve the overall picture - if you tucked your vest into your pants and hiked your waist band right up to your armpits you could achieve a much more pleasing 'Spanish ' look'. Just a suggestion .
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