Right then! Weekend plans!

I had a rubbish weekend! I was turning out on Saturday and my rather fresh mare took off bucking and unfortunately I hadn't cleared the area in time. I took a kick to my back, right on the ribs and was sent flying into the mud. X-ray at A&E showed only a teeny tiny little crack and its barely bruised - so very lucky but OUCH it hurts!

After the usual long wait in A&E the Dr told me that they worry about lung, liver, kidney etc damage from kicks rather than the actual broken rib itself and I'm sitting there thinking "yup - that's why I'm here". He then told me I was acting too 'together' to be seriously hurt. After a 4 hour wait I'd worked out it was probably just a knock to the rib as well, but remind me to burst into tears and writhe around on the floor in agony next time I go in rather than act too 'together'!

Good to see others having much more successful weekends. I've got a pole work clinic this Friday that I'm determined to get to, so the yard are exercising the naughty mare and I'm building up a stash of codeine in preparation.....
 
milliepops said:
Millie moved into her retirement home today. Bit of a funny old day, I will miss having her on the yard and in fact as I left tonight I called "night Mills" but there was only Salty and Kira to answer me :o

But she's dead chuffed, having not really seen grass for weeks and now she's up to her fetlocks in OH's hayfield ;) She's got a HAPPA buddy for company who has also recently retired - it's really sweet as she's one I used to look after when I worked at HAPPA.
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Have you got her near home MP? That makes retirement a lot easier if they are still under your care I think.
You need to change your user name to Kirasaltypops now ;)
 
Hope you heal soon SEL, they said something very similar to me when I did my collarbone, "oh you seem to smiley to be broken" one x-ray later, "yes you have very much broken your collarbone"...

Do they not know us horsey peeps are made of strong stuff ;), I've found the best way to be seen quickly is to bleed everywhere a lot :o (that was a kick to the head), they don't like having to follow you with a mop :lol:!

OMG please please make your name KiraSaltyPops MP :lol: that has properly tickled me :lol:
 
SEL said:
I had a rubbish weekend! I was turning out on Saturday and my rather fresh mare took off bucking and unfortunately I hadn't cleared the area in time. I took a kick to my back, right on the ribs and was sent flying into the mud. X-ray at A&E showed only a teeny tiny little crack and its barely bruised - so very lucky but OUCH it hurts!

After the usual long wait in A&E the Dr told me that they worry about lung, liver, kidney etc damage from kicks rather than the actual broken rib itself and I'm sitting there thinking "yup - that's why I'm here". He then told me I was acting too 'together' to be seriously hurt. After a 4 hour wait I'd worked out it was probably just a knock to the rib as well, but remind me to burst into tears and writhe around on the floor in agony next time I go in rather than act too 'together'!

Good to see others having much more successful weekends. I've got a pole work clinic this Friday that I'm determined to get to, so the yard are exercising the naughty mare and I'm building up a stash of codeine in preparation.....
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Fell off my mare in the summer on the road, after a week I went to docs to get sleeping tablets as I thought I'd bruised my ribs and I wasn't sleeping at all, especially as I'd developed a cough.

Doctor poked and prodded and insisted on a urine test- and there was blood in it. Referred me straight to hospital, turned out I had three broken ribs, trauma on my lungs, and my kidney was bleeding. Doctor was in hysterics.

Funniest thing was I'd managed to interview successfully for a new job the day after I did it... Totally unaware of what I had really done.

Horsey folk are well tough ;)
 
Ohhhhh SEL that sounds painful! Don't be too much of a stoical horsey person about the polework clinic, you might need to give yourself a bit more time. Obv hope you are comfortable enough but don't be too proud!


SEL said:
Have you got her near home MP? That makes retirement a lot easier if they are still under your care I think.
You need to change your user name to Kirasaltypops now ;)
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:D :D :D hahaha Millie would be horrified to hear she could be replaced so easily!
Yeah she's pretty close by, at the moment OH and I alternate nights at each others houses so I'll be passing daily, and as it's just round the corner from his so he can drop by at other times. Longer term we plan to have a house together over there within the next 12 month so she'll be on the doorstep, just have to work out where to put the working horses at that point... :rolleyes:

AlexHyde said:
OMG please please make your name KiraSaltyPops MP :lol: that has properly tickled me :lol:
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:D :D :D lol it is quite funny, I just don't think I could do it!

Kira had a lesson this morning, she was really quite worked up still and STILL outraged at Salty being in Millie's palace. But we put the tension to good use and moved the half steps on a bit, and she did a cracking run through of the HP - almost piri - HP - change line from A102 off both reins so we are about ready for another advanced I think... which is handy as just sent some late entries for our last chance to get into a 102 class until FEB! it's all 105 between now and then round here.
 
milliepops said:
Ohhhhh SEL that sounds painful! Don't be too much of a stoical horsey person about the polework clinic, you might need to give yourself a bit more time. Obv hope you are comfortable enough but don't be too proud!




:D :D :D hahaha Millie would be horrified to hear she could be replaced so easily!
Yeah she's pretty close by, at the moment OH and I alternate nights at each others houses so I'll be passing daily, and as it's just round the corner from his so he can drop by at other times. Longer term we plan to have a house together over there within the next 12 month so she'll be on the doorstep, just have to work out where to put the working horses at that point... :rolleyes:



:D :D :D lol it is quite funny, I just don't think I could do it!

Kira had a lesson this morning, she was really quite worked up still and STILL outraged at Salty being in Millie's palace. But we put the tension to good use and moved the half steps on a bit, and she did a cracking run through of the HP - almost piri - HP - change line from A102 off both reins so we are about ready for another advanced I think... which is handy as just sent some late entries for our last chance to get into a 102 class until FEB! it's all 105 between now and then round here.
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Super exciting on the Kira front, even if she is outraged :o:D!

Question on the Advanced tests, do you have to wait until you can see them on the event schedule or can you do the PYO ones? It has confused me thus far :o...
 
I did A100 as a PYO, I haven't worked out whether you can do a PYO as your PSG qualifier or whether you need to do a proper class... tbh not worried about that at the moment as she's not ready for PSG really, this is just playing.

I haven't got any more PYOs in sensible travelling distance until feb so *gulp* snuck into A102 on the weekend :p Plus M75 to start on the Summer points campaign :D
 
No, well, I suppose she can do it all apart from needing to neaten the piris up, had a breakthrough on those it seems and now she can see the point of it :D but absolutely no rush at all...
I'm more interested in sorting out the issue of getting good work in the first test of the day really, rather than pushing on for the sake of it. There's plenty to go at in the advanced tests for now and it would really really help to be able to just go and do one test. That would open up venues further afield, for example, which will become a bit more pressing as she progresses. And also mean she could do her best work in the difficult tests rather than ending up running on fumes :D
 
Ah ok I see, with Topaz practice makes erm better :D, with getting her to pull her socks up for the first test...
But don't listen to me, mine is still a complete tool and scared herself with her own fart last night :rolleyes3:...
 
AlexHyde said:
Ah ok I see, with Topaz practice makes erm better :D, with getting her to pull her socks up for the first test...
But don't listen to me, mine is still a complete tool and scared herself with her own fart last night :rolleyes3:...
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the problem is she uses up too much petrol in the first test :o spooking and being generally backward, and then she gets tired in the second (which is usually the harder one). so I want to work out how to be able to just do one test in an outing :D
 
milliepops said:
the problem is she uses up too much petrol in the first test :o spooking and being generally backward, and then she gets tired in the second (which is usually the harder one). so I want to work out how to be able to just do one test in an outing :D
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Sounds like exciting progress with Kira! You've achieved so much with her in such a short space of time.

You've tried the two warm-up tactic haven't you? Is the issue that she's spooky in the test arena the first time? What happens if it's two different test arenas?
Could you hire venues with multiple arenas and work through one test after another in different arenas until it's boring?! Even if only Novice tests so she doesn't get too tired...
 
My tact with Topaz for some manning up in the first test, is she is told unceremoniously to go forwards :o, she was(is :o) a ****** for dropping off the leg and spooking. We sacrificed a few tests with some 'nope just forwards' moments, she is better now but still have to sacrifice some relaxation for getting on with it and getting in front of my leg, and then shockingly she does relax a bit as she is listening, it's just the not so pretty bit of on you go :o.

It helps that she is uber sensitive and last time out carrying a schooling whip did the trick (it was actually for her second test as her first one was completely over the top and I had to drop the whip in the warm up for fear of ejection!). I'm positive you'll get there though and figure out what works best for her :).
 
j1ffy said:
Sounds like exciting progress with Kira! You've achieved so much with her in such a short space of time.
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funny isn't it, because at the convention when they were describing what they were expecting of their 6-turning-7 year olds, I thought she was about on track then... she's 12, but was essentially backed at 9. But it seems rather rapid compared to anything else I've trained :o

You've tried the two warm-up tactic haven't you? Is the issue that she's spooky in the test arena the first time? What happens if it's two different test arenas?
Could you hire venues with multiple arenas and work through one test after another in different arenas until it's boring?! Even if only Novice tests so she doesn't get too tired...
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yes, the 2 warm ups doesn't work, and I've given up hope with arena walks too, they don't help. It's getting *inside* the white boards for the first time. Doesn't seem to matter if the next test is in a different arena.. she knows the difference between inside & outside the boards, but doesn't care for the geography of *which* boards apparently!

AlexHyde said:
It helps that she is uber sensitive and last time out carrying a schooling whip did the trick (it was actually for her second test as her first one was completely over the top and I had to drop the whip in the warm up for fear of ejection!). I'm positive you'll get there though and figure out what works best for her :).
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K is selectively sensitive - today, Adam touched her with the piaffe stick and she is a-OK, tickety boo if you tap her on the croup, just sits and gets more active... but highly offended if you touch her legs. Yet at other times, you have to really boot her to get going just from walk to trot. Ho hum... keep on keeping on! :D
 
Have you got boards at home? Ever tried getting her ready and riding through test in boards before putting her on wagon?
 
ihatework said:
Have you got boards at home? Ever tried getting her ready and riding through test in boards before putting her on wagon?
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that's thinking outside the box.... no, I haven't tried that but we do have something that i could use... would need a bit of coordination with school booking/jump removal etc but not impossible!
 
Boards at home first, what a good idea!! Well worth a try.

Whoever asked, yes, you can use a PYO to qualify for a PSG as long as you ride the appropiate advanced test.
 
Can you also do arena hire with the white boards out? I seem to remember Summerhouse offering something like that (but could be mistaken!)
 
ester said:
could you get boards out with great frequency at home MP? I'd just turn her out with some guttering :D
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:D:D
Could probs negotiate the turnout thing more easily:D I'm already at war with the jumpers at my yard... i tidy the jumps away... They put them back ;) white boards could tip them over the edge :lol:
 
Righto, so we're doing that thing are we, when last week's weekend plans thread goes right up to the next one. And people get confused and start to add to this one? ��

Sad to hear that MIllie has now retired, what a shame but you've had such lovely times with her. And you have two new poneez to play with. I am loving the new name for you too haha.

Well done everyone else on some fab times out !
 
Late update! Clinic went super well, first time the baby TB has been out in a couple of months and she behaved super! :D Lots of new things to jump for her, including a three fence bounce. She has a great attitude towards cross country that we can build on over the summer and start competing again when the new season starts :D
 
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