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thread on which to report positive things

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MiffyWhinge · 27/02/2010 13:07

firstly the sun came out, hooray

secondly and even more welcome Joey didn't put a foot wrong today (once he started concentrating and stopped having a good look at everything around him). He managed to shoulder in, leg yield and, with a placer pole, put in a single stride of canter before a jump and do a double with a placer pole in between - he was a star, am ashamed of all the grumpy thoughts I've been having about him until recently. Clever, beautiful boy

please share yours!

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Butkin · 05/02/2011 20:55

The Allistair Hood clinic went really well today - 20 quid well spent for an hour.

Five young riders in DD's group ranging from 7 to 10 years and all about the same level. After walking and trotting he got them cantering together as a group (plenty of space) and, as it was DD's first time cantering in company, we were a bit concerned but actually worked out great and she had to do it sometime. Then they practised one at time and he got them really perfecting their style and presentation.

Davina Whiteman is doing one in our area next week and we were very impressed with this one.

ManateeEquineOhara · 06/02/2011 14:07

Pandora, I love the ponies in the garden! And I used to ride on council estates in Hemel Hempstead, they were actually great for hacking because the planning of the town meant that there were wide verges and big stretched of grass running behind houses etc. It was fab :)

Positive stuff - tomorrow DHorse moves to her new home!!! I have been moving her stuff over to the new yard the last few days, and making her new stable all cosy for her. I hope the weather is a bit better tomorrow though, I have to hack her there on a busy road and it is currently that kind of windy weather that is just perfect for winding up horses...

Pixel · 06/02/2011 21:44

Good luck with the move, I hope it keeps fine for you. What a relief it will be to get away from Psycho bitch! (you can have ours if you find you miss herGrin).

Positive things - Dhorse is moulting like mad, spring must be on the way! Smile

And I'm ridiculously pleased with my new furminator, such satisfaction from scraping out all that old hair and it doesn't make my hand ache like my old shedding blade did. Little things and all that...

Butkin · 06/02/2011 22:16

Pixel - snap!

We got stuck into the furminator, for the first time this season, when they got back from riding this morning. They weren't really ready to start shedding loads but still satisfying and reminds us that Spring is on it's way!

LovePinkBitsOfMyHorse · 07/02/2011 13:42

Furminator is on my list, although I can borrow one it must be annoying after a while? Not using it yet, but looking for local SJ things for my worryingly well behaved horse which the going is good.

Pony was fantastic today, especially considering how swirly it is out there, even cantered nicely along grass verge jumping the drainage things without being silly. Only one incident of 'cantering on the spot' on the road which is forgivable :)

Horse so good I am actually worried Hmm

LovePinkBitsOfMyHorse · 07/02/2011 13:43

*while the going is good

stupid iPad

ManateeEquineOhara · 07/02/2011 17:07

Well, we moved yards, this is an emotional, but still positive thing! Last night I rode her for the last time in the bottom field at the old yard. We only walked and she was bucking and doing weird jiggling on the spot, spinning around and leaping forward into a buck. I was bareback too thinking that would be fine for a nice calm walkabout and paddle in the stream! I nearly came off several times Confused

So I took her for a long ride to get to the new yard so that she wasn't so lively on the busy road leading to the yard. Didn't exactly work...she was still very strong. The busy road was bloody scary. We got to the new yard and DHorse seemed a bit confused when I got off, put her in a stable and untacked her etc!

Then she went out and was chased around by two mares. She kept trying to get away from them and just graze, then they would come charging after her and she would squeal and run off.

I watched for a while then the yard owner kept an eye on her and gave me a call to say that she was fine...I was quite scared when I answered the phone to her, I was worried that she was going to say she had been kicked.

Going up there now to see her. A bit nervous about meeting the other liveries but yay no psycho bitch. I will probably still see her as I go to the new yard though, she lives right next to it and is hopefully enraged that I got a place and she didn't! Heh.

LovePinkBitsOfMyHorse · 08/02/2011 19:42

Have you both settled in ok Manatee?

ManateeEquineOhara · 08/02/2011 20:49

I have - she hasn't, actually I am going to post a thread about it to try and be rational or something Confused

MitchiestInge · 23/02/2011 18:19

Joey is going to Topthorn spring showing show in a couple of weeks! Hope by advertising this it will make him be good - will just show him in hand if he seems rodeo-y, or pretend he is not mine and leave sharer to it. Not sure how the brown one will cope without him for the day though.

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