Fri 3rd
Well September seemed to have passed by SO quickly and we’re now into Autumn and some rainy, windy weather. Today, though, is just before Stormy Amy and the weather is calm and nice (although very rainy last night), so a nice opportunity to snatch a ride on Bella. Last time I rode, about 10 days ago, she seemed a bit ‘off’, a bit lame, so I made the decision to leave her for this time as think she may have bruised a hoof when I rode her to and back from the house 2 weeks ago. Always good to rest a horse if unknown lameness happens, it often goes after this time but if it hadn’t I would have called our vet out.
SO, today we just had a bit of a plod, started with a loose rein and testing our connection with turns in the weave and then the serpentine and also did the walk/turn/back out through the corner tyre obstacle. We then picked up the rope with a tyre tied to it. I use this as a pulling exercise, I grab the loop at the end of the rope and ask Bella to walk around dragging it behind her, turning under the rope to change directions and to back up. It was a lot of fun and she did really well. Stormy, who was ca
sually grazing along the fence line saw the tyre bobbing in the long grass and put his head up and trotted with the high head of a horse that was, not spooked so much, but made alert with something they didn’t expect 😉 lol.
- Shelley – HorseSavvy.co.uk