Spanish Boy arriving next week - EEKK!

Turned him out in a paddock today as he just wasn't liking school turnout.
Was pretty chilled, the geldings in the next field were more stalliony than him! Was out for 1.5 hrs and was pretty chilled tbh. Came in a bit sweaty, more from adrenalin than running around.
Out again for an hour this afternoon and absolutely nailed it,super chilled and found him playing in the water trough 😜
 

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So, after a great day on Saturday, turned him out for a bit, quite chilled in the field, then lunged him with tack on and had a little plonk around the school, was quite forward, but the weather was cold and very windy, so will forgive him for that!
Sunday, a disaster, he has now decided that he likes having friends in the field next door, and when I brought him in yesterday bed time, as all of the other horses weren't in, he was in a bit of a pickle (he did have company in the stable next door, but wasn't happy with that horse)

He did settle once the others came in and hour or so later, but he was pretty stressed for a bit.
I think he has just seen what a normal horse life is like and doesn't want to be confined to a stable AT ALL!!
Having spoken to his seller, she said I need to just let him get on with it and he will settle soon enough, it is all a big change for him, they don't wrap them in cotton wool in Spain!
So feeling a little despondent today :-(
 
Mum bought an ex-racehorse who had been stabled a lot and seemed very chilled in his stable. He then discovered being turned out in a big field with friends and, understandbly, decided he hated the stable and would take ages to settle when brought in. Despite everyone else coming in and being next door etc.

Once he realised that he will go back out again and his friends are still there etc and not be in for days he has settled right down again and is chilled in his stable.

So don't stress, just try to be consistent in you managemt so he learns the new normal amd I'm sure he'll settle down again in a week or two. But it is tough and they do stress us out 😅
 
YourValentine said:
Mum bought an ex-racehorse who had been stabled a lot and seemed very chilled in his stable. He then discovered being turned out in a big field with friends and, understandbly, decided he hated the stable and would take ages to settle when brought in. Despite everyone else coming in and being next door etc.

Once he realised that he will go back out again and his friends are still there etc and not be in for days he has settled right down again and is chilled in his stable.

So don't stress, just try to be consistent in you managemt so he learns the new normal amd I'm sure he'll settle down again in a week or two. But it is tough and they do stress us out 😅
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Thank you, that is exactly what I need to hear!
I could bring him in with others, but that will mean that he won't be in routine, so then when I decide to get him into my routine, will we have this all over again.
I am going to bring him in a little later, do some ground work with him/groom etc and then he will only have an hour or so to cope before the other boys come in (our little mare is in the stable next to him, but she isn't good enough apparently!!
Everyone I have spoken to (inc his seller) has said to just keep to my routine and he will eventually suss it out, but it is so hard, when he stands at the door piaffing until the boys come in (they've missed a trick cos he can piaffe for Spain!! :p )
He hasn't dropped any weight and is completely chill once everyone is in, eating well and drinking well too. I didn't think he would take to turnout so quickly and would want to be back in his safe place - how wrong was I!!!
You are right very tough and stressful, need to fast forward a coupl of weeks 🤯
 
Well, Trigo seems to be settling pretty well now, he is managing a full day in the field, he has friends on both sides. He is trying to graze, but finds it all rather confusing!! He has a big tub of hay in the field which he is munching his way through, so obviously quite relaxed about it all.
The issue of him being upset once in and the other still out for a few hours, we have started going up to the yard a little later, get him and our mare in at the same time so he know she is coming in too. Then groom and do some groundwork with him, he is a quick learner and very chilled in school.
He was then getting very stressed and was piaffing at his stable door until the others came in, but getting him in a little later, working his brain and then less time until the others come in , seems to have worked. He came in last night and started munching his hay. He had about 5 mins of piaffing inbetween leaving him and the others coming in, so definitely winning :cool:
I'm so much happier that he is happier...
 
OK, so really struggling to upload pics and vids to my post - so any tips would be great - tells me they are either the wrong format or the files to large - and seeing as I am a bit of a dinosaur, not sure how to get around this....
Trigueño (Trigo) is doing absolutely brilliantly.
Has settled really well, just a bit anxious if he doesn't go out soon after his neighbour goes out, but is settling to the routine of him and our little mare coming in before the others .
I rode him in the school over the weeken, he was foot perfect, quite green in the school, but I know that he hasn't done much schoolwork, despite being 13 yo. SO a nive blank canvas to work with !
Yesterday I hopped on and hacked him down the road, my Mum walked with me to the bridleway and then I went of on my own, had a little trot, nice and forward, has brakes - so all good!
He does want to be on the right hand side of the road though, understandably!!
So, now I am getting my confidence, I will increase his workload bit by bit.
He has finally worked out how to graze too, so all in all, he is doing great.
Highly recommend Sophie Marie Gooding for buying a Spanish horse, he is everything she said he would be and more
 
Pi Cob said:
, so really struggling to upload pics and vids to my post - so any tips would be great - tells me they are either the wrong format or the files to large -
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Basically you need to make the file small which depending on your phone, could need 3rd party compression software.

However a couple of workarounds

If you have uploaded to Facebook, download/save from there and it will be smaller than the original.

Open the photo on your phone and take a screenshot. This will also be smaller
 
criso said:
Basically you need to make the file small which depending on your phone, could need 3rd party compression software.

However a couple of workarounds

If you have uploaded to Facebook, download/save from there and it will be smaller than the original.

Open the photo on your phone and take a screenshot. This will also be smaller
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And videos that I have posted on FB, any ideas how to get them on here?
Thanks for your help 🥸
 
Pi Cob said:
He does want to be on the right hand side of the road though, understandably!!
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When I moved to the UK with my two, the ridden one was always telling me we were on the wrong side of the road. I had to really concentrate to keep her left. It was also unnatural to me.

Luckily the youngster was broken here so never had that problem.

He sounds super. I didnt realise he was older so habits more ingrained!
 
Pi Cob said:
OK, so really struggling to upload pics
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don’t really know about vids but for photos on apple iPhones:

Click attach file,
photo library,
click the three dots in the bottom left,
click options at the very bottom of the list,
Finally, click “medium” on the size list (this reliably works while retaining decent quality, large is sometimes ok, small usually results in a noticeable loss of quality).

Then blue tick and send!
 
Sounds like he is doing well for the short time you’ve had him. Is there anyone you can hack out with just to get him out and about as our rides may be quite different to what he was used to. Things like cows, sheep etc might be a shock and if you have a calm buddy he will get used to new things more easily
 
DressageCob said:
He's lovely. What's the story of his name? He's such a rich shade of orange, he doesn't look like wheat at all.
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I have no idea his name, but it does have a number of different translations, wheat coloured, olive skinned and flaxen. Wonder if he was a more golden colour at birth or perhaps his mane was more flaxen at birth?
His mother was called Espiga, which I believe is an ear of corn, so perhaps related to that?
His colour seems to change every day - it is a beautiful colour!!
 
Pi Cob said:
I have no idea his name, but it does have a number of different translations, wheat coloured, olive skinned and flaxen. Wonder if he was a more golden colour at birth or perhaps his mane was more flaxen at birth?
His mother was called Espiga, which I believe is an ear of corn, so perhaps related to that?
His colour seems to change every day - it is a beautiful colour!!
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IME Spanish horses take their name from their mother (and also the Spanish are often not very creative!) - my horse Indio was out of India, then I had Enchilado who was out of Enchilada... 🙈

My first PRE, Pocholo, is a bit of a mystery but I think he was born the same year as 'Pocholo' (a grandson of Franco) was on the Spanish equivalent of 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' so I've always wondered if that's where his name came from 🤣
 
j1ffy said:
IME Spanish horses take their name from their mother (and also the Spanish are often not very creative!) - my horse Indio was out of India, then I had Enchilado who was out of Enchilada... 🙈

My first PRE, Pocholo, is a bit of a mystery but I think he was born the same year as 'Pocholo' (a grandson of Franco) was on the Spanish equivalent of 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' so I've always wondered if that's where his name came from 🤣
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My previous horse (PRE) and he was called Morfeo JD, his dad was the famous elite stallion "Cacique IX" and his mum was "Gargantilla Mar" - not sure where his name come from either!

Trigueño is the 8th Trigueño and there seems to be plenty of Trigueñas too!!
We call him Trigo (pronounced Treego) which means wheat :cool:
 
j1ffy said:
My first PRE, Pocholo, is a bit of a mystery but I think he was born the same year as 'Pocholo' (a grandson of Franco) was on the Spanish equivalent of 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' so I've always wondered if that's where his name came from 🤣
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I've come across a few PREs with Franco related names. One on a previous yard there was one called Caudillo, and my Spanish mum was a bit " do they know what that means?"
 
criso said:
I've come across a few PREs with Franco related names. One on a previous yard there was one called Caudillo, and my Spanish mum was a bit " do they know what that means?"
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I've seen some pretty horrendous names in the studbook when looking at my horses' lineage. One was a former four letter German right-wing party beginning with N...

Pocholo (human) has thankfully moved well on from his relations' roots...he's also known as the King of Ibiza and was legendary for his parties when younger!! TBH I think he is the human version of my Pocholo (and you've met him of course!) 🤣. I just googled him and he now his his own range of backpacks, I might have to get one for P's loaner!
 
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