Can I thread hi-jack and ask about Annie - she's a welsh d - (I might have asked this about welshies before!) how would you describe her really? You say spicy (love that!) but I'm curious about the breed. I've read and heard so much about them being "interesting". Are they difficult? How would you describe them overall?
Ive had a few part Breds and ridden a fair few full Ds and Faran is full D.
All part and full have been good allrounders, athletic, good stamina and good sense. However all have had quirks, and Kia was the only one who wasnāt greedy, Stella epitomised the word greedy but sheād be starved by the herd leader so she was made that food orientated. They have all had their opinions and liked them heard but with varying degrees of OK then Iāll do it when you put the foot down. Stella was probably the most compliant to this and Kia the most argumentative
Faran is the most chilled welshie Iāve had, even Kia was not as laid back in his youth as Faran is, Kia had beautiful manners and was bombproof out a hack but once he was wound up that was it, Faran calms down a lot quicker and forgets things easier, Kia was a grudge holder.
Iāve been riding Annie for two years now. Sheās fab, very quirky and opinionated, jumps like a stag, as long as itās not a filler
, she however can be a right boot as her owner calls her, she gets impatient and if you have to get off her donāt expect to be getting back on as she is done, I had to get off for a pee about five mins after getting on and the rest of the 45mins she was a cow as In her head youād had your ride
that was an interesting jump group
.
I like Welshies and their crosses, I believe them to have the best of all world but then again I donāt mind character and opinion and āspicinessā in a horse as long as there is no malice in it and they arenāt out to hurt you
I donāt bully my horses I am however firm handed ie I set boundaries and we work within them, I donāt tolerate crap from them but I wonāt beat compliance out of them either, I find this works well with them, you can blow their brains if you are too harsh, this is true of any horse I suppose but welshies take it to heart sometimes hence Kiaās grudges, he went in a total huff after I tobered him, heād pinned me to a wall in the stable not long after I got him and was giving me both sets, needless to say he regretted that almost immediately then decided it was my fault, we made up but he held onto that one for a while, I ate dirt quite w few times that month but my mother he was a saint for
old shite