lhotse
Well-Known Member
Some of you will remember my post from three weeks ago about my new new horsey, so I thought I would give you all an update.
Today we went for an hour and a half hack, with just my sister on foot for company. We encountered a pirate flag, a car with a bike on the roof, a bike, several joggers, other horses and lots of scary gateways with silage bales/monsters. That was just for starters as at the end of the long lane is a the pig farm!! So, legs on and forwards she went, past the old tractors, barking dogs, goats, pigs and flapping tarps, not to mention the llamas!! Next up straight away was a cottage that resembles a construction site, so cement mixers, skips and scaffolding. Past it all without any trouble, just a bit of trepidation. The ride was then quiet for a next couple of miles until we reached the bog open common!
This was conquered on a loose rein and she even stepped over a puddle which I have been told was her nemesis.
So, after a couple of paddies whilst being ridden in the field, the first of which she demonstrated her desire to be a Spanish Riding School Lipizzana rather than an Arab, a few second thoughts from me as I was comparing her to my beloved old mare, and a bout of spasmodic colic last week which my vet said was probably caused by the grass not knowing whether it's summer or winter and a change of home (my old mare used to get colic at this time of year when she came in season, the joys of sensitive mares!!), I think we are forging a partnership that will hopefully be as strong as my last one.
I'll be glad when she's finished moulting though as I'm covered in white hairs, the chestnut ones just didn't show!!
Forgot to add, she now has a theme tune too!! When I was tiny, I always loved The White Horses on TV, and dreamed that one day I would be able to gallop into the sunset on a white horse!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCNbERKvMs&feature=related
Today we went for an hour and a half hack, with just my sister on foot for company. We encountered a pirate flag, a car with a bike on the roof, a bike, several joggers, other horses and lots of scary gateways with silage bales/monsters. That was just for starters as at the end of the long lane is a the pig farm!! So, legs on and forwards she went, past the old tractors, barking dogs, goats, pigs and flapping tarps, not to mention the llamas!! Next up straight away was a cottage that resembles a construction site, so cement mixers, skips and scaffolding. Past it all without any trouble, just a bit of trepidation. The ride was then quiet for a next couple of miles until we reached the bog open common!
This was conquered on a loose rein and she even stepped over a puddle which I have been told was her nemesis.
So, after a couple of paddies whilst being ridden in the field, the first of which she demonstrated her desire to be a Spanish Riding School Lipizzana rather than an Arab, a few second thoughts from me as I was comparing her to my beloved old mare, and a bout of spasmodic colic last week which my vet said was probably caused by the grass not knowing whether it's summer or winter and a change of home (my old mare used to get colic at this time of year when she came in season, the joys of sensitive mares!!), I think we are forging a partnership that will hopefully be as strong as my last one.
I'll be glad when she's finished moulting though as I'm covered in white hairs, the chestnut ones just didn't show!!
Forgot to add, she now has a theme tune too!! When I was tiny, I always loved The White Horses on TV, and dreamed that one day I would be able to gallop into the sunset on a white horse!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCNbERKvMs&feature=related
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