JennBags
HHOSS Wonder Woman
A couple of weeks ago I made a trip to Wales to see a couple of horses that had caught my eye. Was very lucky as I managed to persuade a couple of lovely HHOers to view them with me, DirectorFury came to see one that was totally not as described, but we had a lovely afternoon driving round the Mumbles and visiting her lovely horse (who I might have stolen if she was a hand taller 
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The next day I met up with Milliepops and we went off to see a little Irish dark brown cob, who was exactly as described and just lovely. I tried him in a frozen solid school, and he was very sweet and willing, I popped him over a tiny jump and he was so honest I pretty much fell in love with him, MP liked him too. We discussed me going back 2 weeks later to hack him out, and I said I'd call later when I got home.
After getting MP's valuable input and thinking about it on the long drive home I decided that I was going to have him, horses like him don't come along that often and I'd had a feeling from the first time I saw his advert, so I got a vet to give him the once-over and last Saturday a friend and I took the lorry down to Wales to get him. The drive down was easy and when we got there I took him out for a quick hack up the road with the lady who was selling him, and he was very well behaved. We went into the house and logged into the bank to transfer the money, which the bank then took 3.5 hours to do, so we didn't get away until 5:30, by the time we got back to the yard it was 10pm!
I always swore I wouldn't have 2 horses again, and it's been a really tough week. I managed to hack out one morning and he was brilliant, didn't put a hoof wrong, but I just have not had the time or energy to do anything else with him, and I figure it's better to start him and be consistent rather than do a bit there and a bit there so I'm not pressuring myself to ride. I've found a lovely place to turn G away and it looks like he's going next weekend so I can get going with Nelson then. He's settled in very well, and has already learnt that my right pocket usually has treats in it, and is getting less wary about taking them.
Facts and figures: he's 15:3, rising 7, Irish cob but no breeding recorded. He's done a little bit of xc, sj and hunting in Ireland but not a lot of schooling and I'm really excited about bringing him on a little and improving that side. I'm not a great rider by any stretch of the imagination but he's very willing and trainable.
)The next day I met up with Milliepops and we went off to see a little Irish dark brown cob, who was exactly as described and just lovely. I tried him in a frozen solid school, and he was very sweet and willing, I popped him over a tiny jump and he was so honest I pretty much fell in love with him, MP liked him too. We discussed me going back 2 weeks later to hack him out, and I said I'd call later when I got home.
After getting MP's valuable input and thinking about it on the long drive home I decided that I was going to have him, horses like him don't come along that often and I'd had a feeling from the first time I saw his advert, so I got a vet to give him the once-over and last Saturday a friend and I took the lorry down to Wales to get him. The drive down was easy and when we got there I took him out for a quick hack up the road with the lady who was selling him, and he was very well behaved. We went into the house and logged into the bank to transfer the money, which the bank then took 3.5 hours to do, so we didn't get away until 5:30, by the time we got back to the yard it was 10pm!
I always swore I wouldn't have 2 horses again, and it's been a really tough week. I managed to hack out one morning and he was brilliant, didn't put a hoof wrong, but I just have not had the time or energy to do anything else with him, and I figure it's better to start him and be consistent rather than do a bit there and a bit there so I'm not pressuring myself to ride. I've found a lovely place to turn G away and it looks like he's going next weekend so I can get going with Nelson then. He's settled in very well, and has already learnt that my right pocket usually has treats in it, and is getting less wary about taking them.
Facts and figures: he's 15:3, rising 7, Irish cob but no breeding recorded. He's done a little bit of xc, sj and hunting in Ireland but not a lot of schooling and I'm really excited about bringing him on a little and improving that side. I'm not a great rider by any stretch of the imagination but he's very willing and trainable.
