Weekend plans?

I had a fab day ! Went to see a foal, and just melted when I met her. I tried to breed one last foal out of my old girl Asha, but she didn't take.( Turns out she has cushings, so retired off now). So here's Mena :


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Her temperament is just amazing, so chilled out. Didn't mind a complete stranger just walking into her stable and giving her a scratch. Her mum is a stunner too , and Dad is none other than Avanti Amorous Archie. I even did a selfie with her, and she decided to nibble my hair. Its the first time ive ever been excited about winter coming, as she comes home with me in November.

Then when I got home my bank was finished . We had a load of top soil and sleepers left over, so what else would you do with them ?


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The ponies will have no excuses on the xc field now. So excited x
 
Michen said:
Thank you both! We had a super day, with four minutes warm up for DR he pulled out a 32.3 which was nicely competitive, a silly pole sj which was my error of course but a fantastic ride XC, losing out on a placing thanks to some time penalties for being too fast. Absolute legend. Excuse my horrid riding socking him in mouth after the roll top- still rusty and shattered by that point!

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Looks terrific! Well done :D
 
Awwww Asha, too cute! So jealous, I'd love to have a foal... but you can't just have one, can you... :p I think OH would kill me. I'll have to wait til the oldies, er... move on. :( Though if Salty turns out to be a goodun, she might be the one, and she's related to Millie so it would be a way to scratch the itch I always had of wanting a foal from her.

Anyway. Daydreaming. How about some ditches with the sleepers?

Michen, I saw your vid on FB earlier and thought YAY!! that was the fence you were having a wobble over wasn't it. Massive well done to you both.
 
Wow, lots going on already! Congrats Michen, bog pony looks as class as ever :D

Oh Asha, that foal... I should think the next few months will feel very long indeed. Is she intended as a riding horse for you?

Congrats AA on AA's win

Well done on breaking through the 1m mark again BM, shame about the tipped pole.

Inter 1 on the strange, midgety, Welshy pink cob MP :eek3: this horse and rider journey is getting really quite mad now!
 
DabDab said:
Inter 1 on the strange, midgety, Welshy pink cob MP :eek3: this horse and rider journey is getting really quite mad now!
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I know :o ludicrous. But really fun. She's never going to set the world alight but at local shows it's pretty cool :cool3: 2 lessons ago I debuted the 2s we'd been working on at home so the challenge was set to do an I1 this year, autumn looks pretty busy but if we get to November without the wheels falling off then that could be a good time :) It's interesting training at this level now is more about the strength and stamina than the ability to understand and deliver the movements, you can see why GP is as far away now as PSG was at the beginning. She can do the I1 test now but it's rather rough rough the edges, simply because it's so physically demanding. Interesting stuff. A few rungs down the ladder it was more about teaching her to be responsive, supple, obedient and developing technique. I know there will be lots more of that to come :wink3: but it can't, until she has a deeper level of gymnastic fitness. On we go... :rolleyes:
 
Oohhh MP , a salty baby !! Sounds amazing, which stallion would you choose ? ( I love foal planning even if it maybe years away !!) I agree you do need more than one baby , Mena will have our Frank to grow up with , plus Asha who is a fab nanny.

Dabdab , yes she’s a keeper . To be my riding horse in the future, perhaps do some showing classes , maybe even have a go at side saddle one day. I’m going to try side saddle with my girl Pip next year , just need a few miles on the clock first . X
 
Asha said:
Oohhh MP , a salty baby !! Sounds amazing, which stallion would you choose ? ( I love foal planning even if it maybe years away !!) I agree you do need more than one baby , Mena will have our Frank to grow up with , plus Asha who is a fab nanny.
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hehehe I couldn't even plan it at this stage. She's still rather useless :D (though we did have a very good school this morning which was encouraging :) ) But I was always so sad that I couldn't pass on Millie's genes to the next generation, so this would be the nearest I could get (I did see a very lovely foal out of a mare very similarly bred to Salty, by Negro, and THAT made my heart beat a bit faster!!!)
 
Thanks DabDab - pleased that we got round as it’s been 18 months since we jumped anything bigger than a British Novice.

One or two more and I think we’ll be on track to attempt another newcomers 🤞🏻

Super happy that we got round without any major misses today as there’s normally at least one 😳 😅

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Beautifull Archie baby!

Well done Bog & Michen :D :D :D

Taking Gingerface Jr out for second flight in new box for a hack with a friend. Fingers crossed it goes well and maybe before end of year can join in this thread properly :)
 
That was a lovely supple round BM, not surprised you're pleased. That one he knocked it just looked like he just didn't jump the height. Fingers crossed for the newcomers :)

Interesting MP, developing physical strength/fitness is so fascinating (to a nerd like me anyway), you just plod away and then one day you realise a kind of magic has happened. Must be so intriguing once you're at that level of performance.

Sidesaddle is super cool Asha. You must share pics if you get going with it on pip :D
 
blood_magik said:
A bit of both - I did a face-to-face intensive at hers to start with where we set a long term goal. then a few video conference sessions where she set me short term goals/homework and went over how we’d gotten on during the week/at shows. And then today she came to mine to do a jumping session (she’s also a trainer).

I would definitely recommend it if you suffer from a lack of confidence. I’ve noticed a difference in the 4 weeks since we started.
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Took my baby pony out for a cross country schooling session. We had a confidence blip last time out so took it easy. Despite being distracted by various other groups out training, she jumped everything nice and confidently so am very happy with her :D We have a Hunter Trials coming up next month, hopefully I can decide what level to enter her at soon... :)
 
Woo hoo what a fab day :) :) :) Exactly as I had hoped, relaxed, enjoyable and very fun - the only downsides were lots of horrible horse flies and a sunburned nose :D

The lovely DabDab and the absolutely adorable Delilah were kind enough to come and watch us, and clearly they are a good luck charm :) (DabDab has designed herself an appropriate badge already :p )
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So Jensen was looking fantastic, and after a bit of persuasion decided to play ball - double clear and 4th place :) I'm so pleased with him, currently waiting impatiently for the photographer to put the pictures up!

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Had a lovely day helping out at the riding school open day today. I'd offered to help out for an hour setting up, but ended up staying the whole day - teh eve never done an open day before so this was a big deal - the place has never looked so spotless! Retired ponies who haven't been ridden for years were hoof oiled and brushed, a few got plaited and the point to pointer got dressed in racing best and was paraded by his exercise rider in full silks. Most of my work was legging kids up, doing girths and stirrups, and washing horses down after each session.

We fitted in a parade of 26 horses and ponies, a gymkhana demo, chase me Charlie, a dressage demo, a stable management lecture and got to ride in the flat work lesson which involved far too much sitting trot without stirrups for my liking as it was boiling hot, as well as lead rein taster rides round the field, face painting and cream teas. Then we brought the whole lot in under saddle, lined them up and I got to sit on the funny little Spanish horse listening to the yard owner read Ronald Duncan's 'The Horse' over the loudspeaker. Not quite HOYS but for all the tiny kids there on the lead rein ponies, I think it may as well have been.

Lots of tired kids and happy horses tonight; best day I've had in ages.
 
Brilliant weekend :) . New horsey Cora has great temperament and i think once we've got some more weight on there'll be no stopping us.
Mare and foalie ace'd their show. 2nd for her and a 1st for foalie who behaved all the while like he'd done it all before.
Today little miss partbred who'd made he debut and proved to be chilled out to the max and picked up a 1st and a 3rd and the amazing Harold took to showing like a duck to water bringing home two 1sts and a 4th (for being a little portly oops).
Even managed to fit in little miss partbred's first sit on, a poodle on Cora and a hack on Mr spotty bum for a friend. Now pooch and I have flopped on the sofa after investigating the ice cream drawer in the freezer
 
ElleSkywalker said:
Beautifull Archie baby!

Well done Bog & Michen :D :D :D

Taking Gingerface Jr out for second flight in new box for a hack with a friend. Fingers crossed it goes well and maybe before end of year can join in this thread properly :)
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Thought my face in this one might make you giggle :p can’t believe you let an actual horse in unicorn wagon. Would be very excited to see some comp reports from you this year!!!!

 
Asha said:
I had a fab day ! Went to see a foal, and just melted when I met her. I tried to breed one last foal out of my old girl Asha, but she didn't take.( Turns out she has cushings, so retired off now). So here's Mena :


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Her temperament is just amazing, so chilled out. Didn't mind a complete stranger just walking into her stable and giving her a scratch. Her mum is a stunner too , and Dad is none other than Avanti Amorous Archie. I even did a selfie with her, and she decided to nibble my hair. Its the first time ive ever been excited about winter coming, as she comes home with me in November.

Then when I got home my bank was finished . We had a load of top soil and sleepers left over, so what else would you do with them ?


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The ponies will have no excuses on the xc field now. So excited x
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Foal is absolutely GORGEOUS! Very envious!
 
We managed our first test - prelim 13 - I’ve threatened to do it loads of times with my little mare (had her over a year now) but something has always got in the way (mainly my lack of confidence). We enjoyed it, she was so well behaved and whilst there’s a lot to work on, it wasn’t a disaster so we’ll be doing some more. Nice hack today (late so the flies not as evil) so she could chill out a bit.
 
Sounds like everyone had a fantastic weekend, Well done!!

Our weekend was amazing, Coolie powered through every phase and felt incredible. I am so proud of us. We didn't place, but it feels like I have won anyway! I am so lucky to have him.
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I also think I have trained the baby horse to be a giant Labrador. He spent the weekend walking around the event with me, trying to make friends with all the people and all the horses, and hoping that people had food for him. He's not rude, just very friendly and curious. It's a relief really since even a few months ago he was way too stressy to lead around without worrying where his legs were.
 
Michen said:
Thought my face in this one might make you giggle :p can’t believe you let an actual horse in unicorn wagon. Would be very excited to see some comp reports from you this year!!!!

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Woohoo go Michen and Bog!! Lots of people worried about that fence, it was a bit meaty for a supposedly 'kind' 80! Go you!!

Saw your lorry parked on the corner as I was heading to my SJ and saw you driving away as we were coming back from XC, shame I didn't get to come and say hello. Sounds like you did really well and had a great day, so that's fantastic :)

We ended on a bit of a cricket score. Had a disappointing 41 DR (best score in my section was 29.1 but most between 35 & 45). I had a severe sat nav malfunction in the SJ (first time that's ever happened :D ) after I forgot to count no 4 and then sailed past no 5... so crossed my tracks and many time faults. Then had a really cheeky stop from B at the penultimate fence. No ground line and he just didn't fancy. Broke a nail and nearly fell off :D came around again and completed.

XC he was keen and a mad bean and was absolutely flying!! The 70 course was really lovely (especially compared to parts of the 80!), nothing too tricky but most were full up to height. Nothing really concerned me apart from a few I thought he might look at. Which he did but he was jumping!

Well... all until the very last fence, which was the smallest on the course. My friends were cheering me on coming into the last, so I got a bit complacent. I sat up 3 strides out but that's all I did, so B said 'well I'm not going to jump it by myself!' and stopped. A very costly 20 pens and now some time faults for having to circle. Very silly Embo, you think I'd know by now never to take it for granted that he will just jump...

The plus was that B had barely worked up a sweat for the XC and was barely puffing so he's fitter than I give him credit for (considering he's still a bit porky!), so pleased with that.

So we completed on 107.4 which was good for 17th place :D :D :D

Not a great day score-wise; but for my first event of the season we completed, didn't fall off or get eliminated, or come last! So that's a win in my book :) lol
 
Well done Embo. I;ve been knocking up cricket scores all season LOL!

Michen your face in that picture is fabulous!!

Asha that foal is awesome.

AE - sounds like you had a great day. Well done
 
Thanks AE and Bernster :) Gratuitous pic of the boy going through the water..... (PURCHASED FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER!)

Quite interested that it looks like I need to jack my stirrups up a couple of holes when I had already got them on a shorter hole than usual!

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Ahhhh a shame not to meet you! Where are you next heading? The SJ was very twisty I also got lost!! Big congrats on your completion xx

Embo said:
Woohoo go Michen and Bog!! Lots of people worried about that fence, it was a bit meaty for a supposedly 'kind' 80! Go you!!

Saw your lorry parked on the corner as I was heading to my SJ and saw you driving away as we were coming back from XC, shame I didn't get to come and say hello. Sounds like you did really well and had a great day, so that's fantastic :)

We ended on a bit of a cricket score. Had a disappointing 41 DR (best score in my section was 29.1 but most between 35 & 45). I had a severe sat nav malfunction in the SJ (first time that's ever happened :D ) after I forgot to count no 4 and then sailed past no 5... so crossed my tracks and many time faults. Then had a really cheeky stop from B at the penultimate fence. No ground line and he just didn't fancy. Broke a nail and nearly fell off :D came around again and completed.

XC he was keen and a mad bean and was absolutely flying!! The 70 course was really lovely (especially compared to parts of the 80!), nothing too tricky but most were full up to height. Nothing really concerned me apart from a few I thought he might look at. Which he did but he was jumping!

Well... all until the very last fence, which was the smallest on the course. My friends were cheering me on coming into the last, so I got a bit complacent. I sat up 3 strides out but that's all I did, so B said 'well I'm not going to jump it by myself!' and stopped. A very costly 20 pens and now some time faults for having to circle. Very silly Embo, you think I'd know by now never to take it for granted that he will just jump...

The plus was that B had barely worked up a sweat for the XC and was barely puffing so he's fitter than I give him credit for (considering he's still a bit porky!), so pleased with that.

So we completed on 107.4 which was good for 17th place :D :D :D

Not a great day score-wise; but for my first event of the season we completed, didn't fall off or get eliminated, or come last! So that's a win in my book :) lol
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