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I went to do an unaffiliated Intro A walk and trot test today on Frodo, who has spent 2 years as a racing pony and who I have owned since the beginning of May. Since then he has had 4 weeks off with a swollen knee (wrenched it in the field) so our progress has been curtailed slightly!
As with most ex-racers, speed is Frodo's favourite thing - he jumps beautifully but at 100 miles an hour, he found a hack in the woods with 2 friends THE most exciting thing ever and trotted/cantered sideways (literally sideways) for almost the whole hour we were out.... you get the idea
Today's aim was to actually get him into the indoor arena, if we managed any attempt at a test that would be a bonus 
Well he was a complete and total superstar, I cannot begin to tell you how proud I am of my little horse He loaded immediately, traveled politely and well, and was patient when I tacked up. Our 'warm up' was walking for 40 mins around the overflow car park (a grass field) so he didn't upset any other horses, then we went straight into the indoor arena to do our test. He walked straight in without batting an eyelid, ignored the music playing, was absolutely fine with the white boards and the flowers at each marker, and was just brilliant. I will admit that we didn't show (if any!) much walk 
he found it all very exciting, but he was lovely in trot and although tense he didn't rush as much as I'd expected and was quite controllable. We were emphatically last (54.13%.....) but he got 6s for his trot which I was very happy with for his first test, and I am delighted with him
A massive thanks to Wkiwi for all her advice, you have been so patient answering all my questions, thank you
A little pic of my gorgeous boy, who patiently waited for 2 hours tied to the lorry whilst his stable companion competed
As with most ex-racers, speed is Frodo's favourite thing - he jumps beautifully but at 100 miles an hour, he found a hack in the woods with 2 friends THE most exciting thing ever and trotted/cantered sideways (literally sideways) for almost the whole hour we were out.... you get the idea
Today's aim was to actually get him into the indoor arena, if we managed any attempt at a test that would be a bonus Well he was a complete and total superstar, I cannot begin to tell you how proud I am of my little horse
He loaded immediately, traveled politely and well, and was patient when I tacked up. Our 'warm up' was walking for 40 mins around the overflow car park (a grass field) so he didn't upset any other horses, then we went straight into the indoor arena to do our test. He walked straight in without batting an eyelid, ignored the music playing, was absolutely fine with the white boards and the flowers at each marker, and was just brilliant. I will admit that we didn't show (if any!) much walk he found it all very exciting, but he was lovely in trot and although tense he didn't rush as much as I'd expected and was quite controllable. We were emphatically last (54.13%.....) but he got 6s for his trot which I was very happy with for his first test, and I am delighted with him A massive thanks to Wkiwi for all her advice, you have been so patient answering all my questions, thank you
A little pic of my gorgeous boy, who patiently waited for 2 hours tied to the lorry whilst his stable companion competed
