Kallibear
Well-Known Member
So pleased with the big orange idiot yesterday.
He's nearly 4 and just started a bit of light work to keep his brain occupied. He was sat on and walked about in the autumn and has started some hacking in the new year and hacked a couple of times a week. We've just started getting lessons and have so far racked up three 20min lessons to add to his enormous total of 3 other times in a school (no school or even grass paddock at home )
Therefore we are TOTALLY ready to go dressaging and did so this weekend . Ok, so he can barely trot round the school without falling over his own overly long legs but I figured a nice trip out to a quiet local venue would do him the world of good.
A very excited pony just arrived in the warm up.
And this is the result
[video=youtube_share;-zpwxl6LaOk]http://youtu.be/-zpwxl6LaOk[/video]
He was awfully good for such a green horse. Warm up was interesting as he couldn't concentrate with all these exciting other strange horses but he walked and trotted like a good boy. He was DESPERATE to get inside the magically forbidden indoor school where these strange horses kept entering and exiting and was so excited when it was finally his turn.
I expected him to be spooky and jumpy but he was very chilled. Not enough to relax and lengthen his neck (he's got a naturally very high head carriage so it's a work in practise) but still obedient. He didn't understand why we had to keep going round and round and kept trying to stop by the back door to see out (could just catch glimpses of the warm up outside with horses going past) He took the long rein as an opportunity to flip his nose about (it's been a big issues we're working on) and thought he should halt again the second time at X (well, that's what we did the first time and he learns so quickly) but no acrobatic airs above the ground or trying to canter (his new favorite activity)
But all in all I'm so pleased with him. He did well for his 7th ever time in a school.
The judge though so too and he earned himself a self-coloured rossete I have to say the judging was massively inconsistent and despite me thinking he's ace, he didn't deserve to be placed (they didn't even notice him breaking trot down at A?!) but frillies are always nice
And as it's his rossete he feels he can do as he wishes with it! Such fun. I forgot to get a photo whilst still at venue so I was trying to get one once he'd be turfed back out at home. Trying being's the right word. He's very trying sometimes.
He's nearly 4 and just started a bit of light work to keep his brain occupied. He was sat on and walked about in the autumn and has started some hacking in the new year and hacked a couple of times a week. We've just started getting lessons and have so far racked up three 20min lessons to add to his enormous total of 3 other times in a school (no school or even grass paddock at home )
Therefore we are TOTALLY ready to go dressaging and did so this weekend . Ok, so he can barely trot round the school without falling over his own overly long legs but I figured a nice trip out to a quiet local venue would do him the world of good.
A very excited pony just arrived in the warm up.
And this is the result
[video=youtube_share;-zpwxl6LaOk]http://youtu.be/-zpwxl6LaOk[/video]
He was awfully good for such a green horse. Warm up was interesting as he couldn't concentrate with all these exciting other strange horses but he walked and trotted like a good boy. He was DESPERATE to get inside the magically forbidden indoor school where these strange horses kept entering and exiting and was so excited when it was finally his turn.
I expected him to be spooky and jumpy but he was very chilled. Not enough to relax and lengthen his neck (he's got a naturally very high head carriage so it's a work in practise) but still obedient. He didn't understand why we had to keep going round and round and kept trying to stop by the back door to see out (could just catch glimpses of the warm up outside with horses going past) He took the long rein as an opportunity to flip his nose about (it's been a big issues we're working on) and thought he should halt again the second time at X (well, that's what we did the first time and he learns so quickly) but no acrobatic airs above the ground or trying to canter (his new favorite activity)
But all in all I'm so pleased with him. He did well for his 7th ever time in a school.
The judge though so too and he earned himself a self-coloured rossete I have to say the judging was massively inconsistent and despite me thinking he's ace, he didn't deserve to be placed (they didn't even notice him breaking trot down at A?!) but frillies are always nice
And as it's his rossete he feels he can do as he wishes with it! Such fun. I forgot to get a photo whilst still at venue so I was trying to get one once he'd be turfed back out at home. Trying being's the right word. He's very trying sometimes.
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