My horses
MAKE PLANS WITH HORSES? YOU MAY AS WELL SCOOP SAND WITH A SIEVE
In other words, you can daydream all you like about where you and your horse will be in a month, six months, or in a year. Brilliant if it all goes well, but an alternate reality is often waiting in the wings like a tiger with big sharp teeth ready to bite you on your…
Read MoreMardi Part 3: The cob with the Bentley engine!
The last part of Jay Johnson’s visit to help me with Mardi Day three dawned and it was my turn to get straight on to Mardi. She was feeling fresh but not crazily so as she had done two days of very hard work. Before I got on Jay again went through exactly how I…
Read MoreMardi Part 2: Jay Johnson works his magic
So my scruffy-looking project mare turned out to have all sorts of tricks up her sleeve (read part one here). Turns out she arrived with a spare eject button. After a fence, she had a neat way of dropping her shoulder bucking and spinning all at the same time making her pretty tricky to sit…
Read MoreThe scruffy project mare who is here to stay! Part 1
In the spring of 2019 a picture of a horse caught my eye on Facebook (always a bad thing!) I then watched a wee video of this mare jumping and thought I saw something I liked in her. Because I quite enjoy doing this I bought her – sight unseen and untried. (I don’t recommend…
Read MoreI bought a giant horse
I didn’t even know that I needed or wanted a new horse, in fact, I actively, categorically, didn’t want another one, no, no, no. Being the owner of a collection of eight at the moment I was absolutely not in the market for another. This herd includes home-bred youngsters, broodmares, retired field ornaments and a…
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