Weekend plans!

Fiona said:
My pony passed the vet this morning :)
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Great news :)

The Fuzzy Furry said:
Changes looking good MP :)
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Thanks, we still get the odd wild one but we appear to be through the 'change and stop dead' phase, as well as the 'leap but don't bother to change' phase so here's hoping she will now learn to do them with her bum down rather than up...

LeannePip said:
She's looking super MP! and glad Millie got to go out partying too! <3 when is her next showing outing?
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looking at 15th April at the moment :)
Almost-eventing looked pretty darn successful, you must be thrilled with her :)

AdorableAlice said:
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Just love this photo of Alice, she's just my type.
 
Lesson Friday night - Was fab! Now have our first dressage outing planned.

Saturday - Threw my favourite yard brat up on Skye for a sit. Got on famously. I have now lost my horse....
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Sunday I rode for 20 minutes but the day for her mostly consisted of sunbathing... and she spent her first night out (rugged!!)
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Think it's safe to say she's settled in... and getting fat! Hoping to get to Strathearn for an XC play later this month too.
 
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Quiet one for us, just prepping for the start of the season when the Diva will make her prelim debut (she did a few intros last year). The hooligan is set to do a bit of inhand showing at the end of the month in an attempt to get him back out seeing the world.

The Diva is working really nicely at home, but I know we will take several steps back when we are out and in the ring as she seems to have the horse version of ADD and spends the whole time away gawping and shouting at anyone and everything. Canter was a massive stumbling block for her last year as it was sort of akin to sitting on a bowling bowl going down a hill, at considerable speed. So we have worked really hard this winter and now have a canter that is actually rideable and, more importantly, a bit more pliable. Quite whether it will stay that way in a test environment remains to be seen!

I have managed to desensitise the hooligan to being lunged in tack, and he managed a small session last night with no explosions at all, which is a miracle. I then popped on him and took him about for a walk around the fields, where he felt like an unexploded bomb and very nearly had a mental and physical breakdown at two ducks who were minding their own business. There was method in my madness, however, because then I took him back in the school and he instantly relaxed so I was as able to do some long and low trotting (unheard of, normally) with absolutely no hysterics or silliness.

So a good weekend for me here. Diva picture, just because she's a cutie...

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Quiet one for us too :) Saturday they had a day in the field - madam has a cut to the top of her hock so just wanted her to walk about on it so it didn't swell too much. Then Sunday we all went for a hack. I rode the project as he's an unknown quantity on the road for us, and mum rode Annie, they both behaved well considering we had loads of push bikes, a car transporter (caused a spin from the project but no other drama so good boy), and speeding tractors x-( I have to say my little 5yo is a blinking saint, mum hadn't ridden for months, Annie hadn't been up the road for about a month and she looked after mum impeccably didn't so much as sidestep at anything.
 
First horseball training session since my accident some 8 months ago. Riding my 17.2hh ex racer who is extremely fit and well, in the very arena where I nearly got separated from my left arm and within minutes I was charging round the arena, no hands on the reins lobbing balls around.

It felt AMAZING!
 
Wimbles said:
First horseball training session since my accident some 8 months ago. Riding my 17.2hh ex racer who is extremely fit and well, in the very arena where I nearly got separated from my left arm and within minutes I was charging round the arena, no hands on the reins lobbing balls around.

It felt AMAZING!
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Awesome :D There's nothing like a distraction and some competitive lobbing to take your mind off these things!

I spent last night lobbing entirely different balls around in an entirely different fashion, from my spare, who may well be upped to my no.1 if he carries on being so awesome :p

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Well my weekend only finished today!

Had a fab lesson with Wills Oakden, and then the most brilliant cross country lesson with William Blane this morning - he is an ace instructor. So I do believe I am officially ready for the eventing season :)

Have enjoyed reading about what everyone else has been up to, especially the pictures :)
 
Wimbles said:
First horseball training session since my accident some 8 months ago. Riding my 17.2hh ex racer who is extremely fit and well, in the very arena where I nearly got separated from my left arm and within minutes I was charging round the arena, no hands on the reins lobbing balls around.

It felt AMAZING!
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Well Done Wimbles! Any horseball pictures?

milliepops said:
looking at 15th April at the moment :)
Almost-eventing looked pretty darn successful, you must be thrilled with her :)
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Yes really really pleased with her, cant wait to get going now! :D
 
After 2 years of rehab we came 4th at our first unaff dressage. Lots to work on but considering the circumstances I'm so pleased. He loved the day out too which was the main thing. Fingers crossed its onwards and upwards from here!
 
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