My next equine project horse

Cobbytype said:
Crikey, a bum cheek squeeze. I'm trying them now and it makes my face contort in peculiar way - a dead giveaway to the dressage judges I'm sure. Mental note to me: "If asked to ride Ted, do not consume anything remotely spicey the night before unless entered into the 4.30 at Chepstow".
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Fun Times said:
Hellfire, 24 hours on, is that poor chap STILL going round and round on Ted??
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Kind of !, We took him back into the school today and he was so funny. Did the normal walk/stop/walk/bend warm up with a bit of leg yield. The rein was taken up to start trot and Ted produced canter with a big smile on his face and one of those alarming head twisting yiphee moments, followed by a motorbike corner and an out of control long side.

We put a few poles down to give him something to concentrate on whilst getting the trot established again, he is such a clown, but is still prone to getting a panic on if things go wrong. No doubt we are going too slowly but none of us are young or brave.

The session ended really well with control in the canter on both reins a fab trot and a few steps of rein back which is helping him to listen and wait. For his cool down he went round the 15 minute block on his own. He will soon be flying solo out hacking regularly. So much to look forward to this summer, Little Alice is loading and will be heading for her first W/T test soon.

It will be 4 years in June since I started this thread, has it run it's course, time to close it ?
 
AdorableAlice said:
Kind of !, We took him back into the school today and he was so funny. Did the normal walk/stop/walk/bend warm up with a bit of leg yield. The rein was taken up to start trot and Ted produced canter with a big smile on his face and one of those alarming head twisting yiphee moments, followed by a motorbike corner and an out of control long side.

We put a few poles down to give him something to concentrate on whilst getting the trot established again, he is such a clown, but is still prone to getting a panic on if things go wrong. No doubt we are going too slowly but none of us are young or brave.

The session ended really well with control in the canter on both reins a fab trot and a few steps of rein back which is helping him to listen and wait. For his cool down he went round the 15 minute block on his own. He will soon be flying solo out hacking regularly. So much to look forward to this summer, Little Alice is loading and will be heading for her first W/T test soon.

It will be 4 years in June since I started this thread, has it run it's course, time to close it ?
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Close it? Never! It is my favourite thread ever :)
 
AML said:
You may close it when Ted becomes the well made hunter he is destined to become.

Not before. :)
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Understood !

I will take his picture in June this year, that will be 4 years to the day the thread started and he will be 5 years old on 22nd June 16. By then he will be established at prelim, done a fun ride and hopefully started to jump (need a rider for that bit) and he should be nearly fully grown.
 
I'm another who would hate to see this thread closed, I really, really want to see a photo of Ted with AA on board sporting a beautiful red rosette on his bridle. (More than one is allowed). No time limit on this, but closure of thread before this achievement will result in tears before bedtime (Mine)
 
Please don't close it! I'm facing a tough year (end of days for aged horse and difficult decisions re husbands health) and rely on this thread to cheer me up and learn about perseverance and triumph over adversity. You are team leader AA for lots of us x
 
CLOSE IT!!!!! when hell freezes over!!!!! can you close it, it's one of the reasons I come on here. I think there would be a major revolution if you didn't post Ted and Alice's adventures.

How very dare you to even suggest such a thing
 
They secretly like being famous really and Dim Tim is yet to join the antics.

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Please keep going. Your updates are lovely - they capture the highs and lows of horses perfectly.
I'm another who wants to see the update of you and ted winning together :-)
 
Aww Tim looks a sweetheart...love the fact he got distracted at the photocall :)

PS Please, please, pretty please keep the thread open - your updates would be very sadly missed......
 
I for one would like to follow this strapping young lad well into retirement in twenty years time or so. :)

How lovely that he is excited about having cracked the canter code.
 
I think we need some up-to-date pics of Alice. I'd forgotten how pretty she is! I had a tb mare called Alice, usually prefixed by Malice. Yours looks much less homicidal.
 
No,no please don't close this!I've got quite a few of my Belgiam friends hooked on your posts. Ted is famous, I even have a friend undergoing cancer treatment, you have kept her going with your courage, wit ,knowledge,warmth and frankly kindness....
The forum would simply not be the same; we want updates, Alice and Ted out hunting,showing or simply their day to day adventures.
This year has been SO depressing , we seem to be losing all our friends , I haven't got over losing Terry Wogan , such a gentleman.
So PLEASE we can't go without your updates and frankly I would worry how you are getting along !
 
AA, please don't stop the updates. You provide encouragement and inspiration to so many of us, and help so many escape their own troubles for a few minutes.

By all means open a new chapter, but please don't stop.

Ted and his companions are gorgeous, and a tribute to you.
 
AA please please keep your posts going. I love hearing about Ted and all his antics and the rest of the gang. They always put a smile on my face in the darkest of days. Also I do feel you might be lynched......... (in the nicest possible way :))
 
Ted has been out and about this week, all on his lonesome and has been a very good boy. He has been schooling in a friends school and can now do shoulder fore in a reasonable fashion. However, just as with the canter, when Ted grasps something new he likes to offer it a lot. I can see him being a real pain with anticipation just now, his whole attitude is 'I want to please you' which is fabulous of course, but he does need to wait for instructions !

He is so supple from his poll to his tail, never known one so supple and he is finding sideways very easy. That is making hacking easier for him too apart from this afternoon when he met a JCB working in a narrow spot. I was not there but it went like this - walk on and take no notice Ted, can't frightened. You can do it, it's scary, don't want to. Lets do sideways past it - NOPE and stuck.

The digger driver then got off the machine and came over to the horse and produced the crust off a sandwich and with a very broad Irish accent spoke to Ted and offered him the crust and told Ted to follow him. Ted will do absolutely anything for food and sure enough ambled past the digger. The digger driver and my rider had a good chat and it turned out that the digger driver used to be a horseman and was quite complementary about Ted. No doubt the next JCB Ted meets will have to produce a sandwich before Ted will pass it !
 
AdorableAlice said:
Ted has been out and about this week, all on his lonesome and has been a very good boy. He has been schooling in a friends school and can now do shoulder fore in a reasonable fashion. However, just as with the canter, when Ted grasps something new he likes to offer it a lot. I can see him being a real pain with anticipation just now, his whole attitude is 'I want to please you' which is fabulous of course, but he does need to wait for instructions !

He is so supple from his poll to his tail, never known one so supple and he is finding sideways very easy. That is making hacking easier for him too apart from this afternoon when he met a JCB working in a narrow spot. I was not there but it went like this - walk on and take no notice Ted, can't frightened. You can do it, it's scary, don't want to. Lets do sideways past it - NOPE and stuck.

The digger driver then got off the machine and came over to the horse and produced the crust off a sandwich and with a very broad Irish accent spoke to Ted and offered him the crust and told Ted to follow him. Ted will do absolutely anything for food and sure enough ambled past the digger. The digger driver and my rider had a good chat and it turned out that the digger driver used to be a horseman and was quite complementary about Ted. No doubt the next JCB Ted meets will have to produce a sandwich before Ted will pass it !
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I love this. Perhaps rider should carry a sandwich to give to random digger drivers if needed?

When I moved my boy to a new yard he was on box rest and there was lots of building going on. Ever since, he has thought building is a fine, fine thing and that everyone who does it is a fine, fine man. When he grows up he wants to be a builder. So maybe Ted will now have the same view of diggers and other potential scary machinery.
 
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I'm glad you've decided not to close the thread, I'm another who really enjoys your updates on Ted and the gang :)
Can't believe it's been 4 years! I started reading this thread from the start (you've had Ted just a bit longer than me and OH have been together!) and it's really brought tears, smiles and giggles to me too over the years! :D

I'd agree that opening another thread with a link to this one could be a good plan at some point but we definitely want you to keep updating us with everyone's progress please! :D
 
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