That'll teach me!

[Auslander]

A few days ago, I stated on here that Bernster's mare, who has been semi- retired here for years, had finally graduated to become one of the well behaved ones!
That was a really stupid thing to say...
This pic is her, shortly after I retrieved her from the paddock she'd just jumped into - over the gate that you can see in the pic - because she was cross that the resident event horse was doing some canter sets in the field, and she wanted to join in!

I was standing about 5m away with my back turned - and didn't hear a thing, so she popped it very cleanly!

 

[The Xmas Furry]

How retired is she? ?

 

[teapot]

Her face 'yes? And?'

 

[Auslander]

How retired is she? ?

In her head, she's still about 5 years old, fit and ready to go hunting at a moments notice.
She hacks out a few times a week, and makes her own entertainment in between!

 

[Auslander]

Her face 'yes? And?'

The funniest face was the 30 yr old TB who has his own paddock as he's so decrepit - he couldn't quite believe his eyes when he saw her charging round his field whistle-snorting!

 

[Bernster]

She’s a tinker that one. Didn’t take long for the halo to slip although really we’re all quite impressed at the pop on her, in truth

 

[Auslander]

She’s a tinker that one. Didn’t take long for the halo to slip although really we’re all quite impressed at the pop on her, in truth

I still can't believe she did it - and I'm very impressed!

 

[View]

Horses 101 - the moment you relax and think you've cracked it is the moment you had better watch out.

Retired? Really? Definitely not in her mind.

 

[Jeni the dragon]

Love her expression!

 

[Auslander]

Love her expression!

Smug! She looked less cheerful when I tied her to the fence so I could take photos of the ridden beast galloping!

 

[Regandal]

Love it! I’ve got a fence-hopper, the first time he did it, my friend excitedly ran for a tape measure to see how high he had jumped.

 

[Auslander]

Part of the tantrum is because the cob was allowed to stay in the field (so the others didn't beat her up!). I explained that she could've stayed out if she could be trusted to stand quietly and watch - but she's not one for standing while others gallop...

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

My warmblood mare would always jump out of her field and do it right in front of you she really had no shame at all, seen her clear the gate and electric fence on occasion and you could never leave her out alone as that was a dead cert for jumping out.

 

[splashgirl45]

we had our grazing split into 4 paddocks and rotated them, well we rotated them for the others, my trakehner cross jumped into whichever field took her fancy. the fences were just under 4 ft and it took us ages to work out who was pooping in the fields we had cleaned. i was driving past the fields one day and saw her in the wrong field, by the time i had unlocked and got there she had jumped back acting like she had been there all of the time. you've got to love a crafty mare

 

[Labaire]

My lusitano would fence hop for fun too ?