My next equine project horse

Ted has only been working so hard at Borstal so that he earns the right to wear the older brother's clothes. If you take that away from him now it would be belittling his efforts and no one wants to take a pi$$ed off carthorse to dressage....
 
Have just sat here at a very dull afternoon at work where nothing work-related is working but we aren't allowed to leave...yawn... and read most of this thread. What a lovely story!! I'm so excited to hear how the walk trot test goes, thank you for sharing so much it's been such a fab read.
 
Look.....................!!!!

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Nah, you can't get rid of the hairy feet. They add to his general magnificence, and he is Shire-cob X, isn't he? Both those breeds would be embarassed to lose their feathers!
 
Errrm, who is that riding Ted? Looking good, anyway!
You have had your first amble on Ted - that must have felt amazing (love Alice's report btw, that really made me laugh).

Good luck for today's dressage test, and look forward to hearing about it.
 
Good luck for today! Hope Ted has done lots of revising ;)
He looks absolutely super by the way, I do love hearing your updates on him :) Last time she was up I was telling my MIL about him and how much he's changed, tried to find before and after photos but as I was on my mobile I couldn't find the right pages ha ha! :)
 
So funny to read Ted and Alice's progress,but this doesn't overshadow how delighted I feel for you. Have lots of fun with Ted today.
 
Thank you for all your good wishes. I travelled over to Ted this morning telling myself all we need is for him to travel well, cope amongst the other horses, at least get near the white boards, not sit on the judges car or flatten any small children.

The pictures tell the rest of the story.

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Yes Ted your legs have gone red, it stops you turning them green in the trailer. Green feathers are not in.

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Enter at A, please stay in the arena

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Intense concentration from Ted

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and relax in a heap

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65.6% and...............

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Needless to say I cried, again. The class had various sections in it which I didn't really understand so I just stuck him in the open section, there was only 4 in the open but never the less he scored nicely. Not once throughout the morning did he question what was asked of him. In the warm up, which was busier than I expected it to be, they had 3 arena's running together, so there were plenty of horses cantering around Ted, he remained calm and attentive.

The judge was good, she had been told he may not cope and she let him have two trots around the outside before saying go. After the test he was parked in the warm up and used as a sofa to watch for half an hour, before sharing a can of vimto with me and the crust off David's bacon sandwich.

He loaded well and is now wandering around his paddock happily.

No idea why the pictures didn't show, can someone fix it please.
 
Ormsweird said:
Well done Ted!

Alice, you have so much to live up to now. Can you just imagine the boasting when he gets home!
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Don't tell Alice, she will only book herself into therapy again. Ted will be on his mobile all afternoon, he made lots of friends today, even though one person was overheard suggesting all he needed was a cart. How rude, we didn't tell him.
 
AdorableAlice said:
Thank you for all your good wishes. I travelled over to Ted this morning telling myself all we need is for him to travel well, cope amongst the other horses, at least get near the white boards, not sit on the judges car or flatten any small children.

The pictures tell the rest of the story.

DSCF1638_zpsvfprtjdq.jpg


Yes Ted your legs have gone red, it stops you turning them green in the trailer. Green feathers are not in.

DSCF1645_zpsg75i3qb3.jpg


DSCF1649_zpsyrfzwfwk.jpg


Enter at A, please stay in the arena

DSCF1653_zpszz6oaija.jpg


Intense concentration from Ted

DSCF1663_zps5dxntsh9.jpg


and relax in a heap

DSCF1667_zps6oie1ia4.jpg


65.6% and...............

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Needless to say I cried, again. The class had various sections in it which I didn't really understand so I just stuck him in the open section, there was only 4 in the open but never the less he scored nicely. Not once throughout the morning did he question what was asked of him. In the warm up, which was busier than I expected it to be, they had 3 arena's running together, so there were plenty of horses cantering around Ted, he remained calm and attentive.

The judge was good, she had been told he may not cope and she let him have two trots around the outside before saying go. After the test he was parked in the warm up and used as a sofa to watch for half an hour, before sharing a can of vimto with me and the crust off David's bacon sandwich.

He loaded well and is now wandering around his paddock happily.

No idea why the pictures didn't show, can someone fix it please.
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Pictures fixed :). You need 'img' instead of 'url' inside the [].

Well done Ted!
 
Absolutely brilliant.

Top marks to the groom, too, for Ted's immaculate turnout :D. Lovely neat plaited mane, very tidy tail (can't tell on my screen whether it was pulled or plaited), and quarter marks too. Ted rocked the (sparkly white) feathered look really well.
 
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