Well for the past few weeks I have been getting to know Dustry and teaching him the basic ‘stop’ and ‘go’ voice commands on the lunge and today I had a little sit on board! He behaved very well despite the high winds and the sound of guns at the adjacent shoot. He felt surprisingly big, and strong for a 3 1/2 yr old. I will ride him briefly again tomorrow then that will be him finished for the winter as he will be turned out 24/7 whilst Soap comes back in from his holiday for a full clip, and…
It seems like a very long time ago now that I entered a BE CDT day in March to kick off our season, after that day inspired and eager to have a productive year I wrote down my aims for 2009, you can see the original post here, and to recap my aims were… MY AIMS FOR 2009 Dressage – to gain a score(s) in the low 30’s SJ – to get a clear(s) round (with or without time faults) XC – to get a clear(s) round inside the time Overall – to be placed at Intro and move up…
*drum roll*…..say hello to ‘Dustry’ my latest ‘project pony’. As well as producing and competing my own event horses I also bring on the odd ‘project’ from time to time. I look out for horses with a nice nature, good conformation and the potential to go far. In the past I have re-schooled ex-racers into sensible sane riding club horses, rehabilitated, and re-schooled a neglected Irish sports horse, and most recently a few years ago broke in and brought on a new forest pony broodmare. I really enjoy producing these ‘project horses’ and get a huge kick out of bringing…
…just snooping about online and I found my testimonial with these pics I took of Jack after I received my SoloGroom kit and gave him a makeover. What a scruffy little urchin he was after his box rest!
After a great clear round last weekend at Larkhill I entered Soap for another hunter trial at West Wilts. He loves his XC and I thought the 1m class there would be good prep for our last event of the season BE100 at Moreton. He warmed up well, and got very excited squeaking and leaping into canter in the start box! He started ok but a little inconsistent rushing and then backing up which felt odd, then he stopped at fences 4 and 5. These fences were on the edge of a little copse, and I wrongly put the stops…
A rather exciting DVD shaped jiffy bag arrived in the post the other day, and in it was my Total Recall video from MK3DE! On the DVD is our steeplechase where I give Karen Donkers a run for her money in the ‘vocal encouragement’ stakes. Listen out for my embarrasing outbursts! The XC which after the steeplechase looks positively sedate, and our almost clear SJing round complete with massive rider gaff at the last double! Steeplechase – 2 laps, 6 fences in 1 min 58 secs – Optimum Time 2mins XC – 27 jumping efforts @ a speed of 450mpm…