Hovis_and_SidsMum
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After suffering something of a confidence crisis recently I decided last night "what the heck" and took Hovis on his own to the big field. Last time with me up there he jogged the whole way and I spent most of the time curled up in the feotal position around his neck.
This time he was lovely and so i thought sod it and went for a little trot then a canter! I've not cantered him on his own in a huge open field before and he was great. On the way back to the yard we walked past one of the youngsters field and the gate swung open in the wind right into us. It made an awful noise and banged right into hovis so i thought we'd be off. He froze for a minute but i put my hand on his neck and he was fine.
My YO had seen what happened and said as we came into the yard that theres not many horses that would have been so calm and thats he's one hell of a 5 year old. So why do I still get nervous sometimes? I think i need a serious kick up the bum - i have a saint of a baby horse and I'm a scaredy cat puff!
This time he was lovely and so i thought sod it and went for a little trot then a canter! I've not cantered him on his own in a huge open field before and he was great. On the way back to the yard we walked past one of the youngsters field and the gate swung open in the wind right into us. It made an awful noise and banged right into hovis so i thought we'd be off. He froze for a minute but i put my hand on his neck and he was fine.
My YO had seen what happened and said as we came into the yard that theres not many horses that would have been so calm and thats he's one hell of a 5 year old. So why do I still get nervous sometimes? I think i need a serious kick up the bum - i have a saint of a baby horse and I'm a scaredy cat puff!