Should be out and about for the next 2 weekends.
) we were back to it for another ease of handling lesson inside followed by a EOH test with the judge outside. Chilli had clearly had a massive sleep as well, plenty of squashed poos, poo stains and not much hay gone! However he was far more relaxed and did a great job, except gates which are usually our strong point... In the test ride we got an 8 for our sideways pole, with the judge saying it's the best she'd seen all morning across all levels, a 7 for our bridge but down to a 4 for the rope gate.:
Love him! What a helpful boy. Maybe he's thinking you just do the rope loop bit and he'll do the rest?Chilli and I had a great time at WE camp. We arrived early Saturday morning and I headed into a psychology workshop. Came back to a very dozy Chilli...unfortunately the sleepiness didn't extend into the arena and we had a very tense and spicy first 'ease of handling' lesson! Luckily it was with a trainer who has met him a few times. He was still very good with the obstacles themselves. After a quick nap (for both of us - my old dog had kept me awake for half the night, probably stressed about the storm coming!) we had a dressage test run-through. Chilli was far more relaxed in the warm-up then rode like a tank on a pogo stick for the test itself, it was hideous. We spent the rest of our time with the judge getting him to relax so we ended the day with some nice work.
Lovely dinner and a massive sleep (apparently it was a bit windy...I didn't even notice
We learnt loads and met some lovely people (including other HHOers!). I'm waiting on a video from our EOH test yesterday PM but here are a couple of clips from the lesson yesterday morning, including our new gate problem and Chilli helping me to fix it
If he'd stopped going backwards in the first place we'd both have had an easier jobLove him! What a helpful boy. Maybe he's thinking you just do the rope loop bit and he'll do the rest?
. Not sure why he lost his gate skills on day two, he 'clicked' with the gate a few months back and has been brilliant since then. I'll have to setup my rope gate at home again and get it back on track... I do absolutely adore him though despite the ridiculous behaviour at times!
It was mainly on Rigsby's thread. It was a shock. About 9 months ago, I didn't think I would ever be happy again. Many great friends grabbed me and kept me running onwards. For some weeks, Joe Midgley came and rode BH once a week and he did little else.I hadn’t realised that red-1, that’s very sad, but I’m glad to hear there are good times still to be enjoyed
Brilliant photo. Lovely horse.
Thank you. I'm lucky to be able to ride her.
Thank you. I'll have to get it printed and framed I think. I hope it's the first photo of many.
You've got two very handsome boys there.
