Lol if your Gonna get a LOT.
You may as well hit the jackpot for the highest total in the state.....
WE DID ...
You may as well hit the jackpot for the highest total in the state.....
WE DID ...
2019 Hacking/Riding Thread
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That's the spirit!Lol if your Gonna get a LOT.
You may as well hit the jackpot for the highest total in the state.....
WE DID ...
Native Lover
Native Pony Fan
Riding again today...it’s my lesson and it’s raining typical :-(
Had a super pootle yesterday but got a bit annoyed with myself as I ought to have pushed him on more - he just stopped because he thought it was time to stop! lol and with my mojo being down, I didn't go forward like I should have. Mr T encouraged us - but anyway there you go. Mr T had a ride too - so that was nice. It was lovely and sunny and no wind! (Well hardly any!)
Managed hour and half on Monday, very lucky with weather. Mild and sunny again. Trying to take Hogan round less familiar routes, which he used to get a bit silly about, but taking more and more in his stride now. Managed to go past 6 or 7 forest ponies without breaking his stride - I let him look but not stop. Getting a lovely trot out of him now - next must try a trot in company! (Last time he threw a complete wobbler, but that was with the pony that wound him up something rotten). Halts brilliant now and happy to stop 100 yds from home gate while I chatted with neighbour. Baby steps, but I'm SO proud of him!
Native Lover
Native Pony Fan
1/2 hour lesson..... transitions in walk, trot stop and halt 20 meter circles..... leg yeilding brilliant. 30 mins today we are getting much more accurate..... soon be ready for my first Dressage test
we are getting much more accurate..... soon be ready for my first Dressage test
Annoyed with the weather today - got to the yard just too late, and Hogan was drenched! Didn't stay dry enough long enough to get him dry. May have to start popping a rain sheet on the night before I intend to ride.
That sounds like a good plan! How vexing getting rained off. Though sometimes I have just taken a pile of towels and soaked up the excess off Zi, then tacked up. I have a woollen saddle pad - maybe that helps?
I did the towel thing on Monday - he wasn't quite dry when we went out, but near enough. Just so frustrating when it stops raining 10 minutes AFTER he's got soaked!
Managed hour's hack today, but VERY windy. Both Hogan and his very calm bestie fitted in a good spook each - Hogan at the ripples the wind made in a puddle.. Kept it to walk today, and although they were both on their toes, it was relatively uneventful. Had put a rain sheet on last night, and glad I did, as it rained off and on until about 2 hours before we set off.
. Kept it to walk today, and although they were both on their toes, it was relatively uneventful. Had put a rain sheet on last night, and glad I did, as it rained off and on until about 2 hours before we set off.
A frustrating weekend for me. Saturday was very windy - too windy for me to take the mad grey thing out hacking. Instead I borrowed YO's veteran and had a hack around with her (and even he had a couple of spooks. By 3:30 the wind had dropped a bit so I took Harvey in the school. He was a bit mad and kept spooking and running (I think the grass coming through is having an effect too). We ended up cantering round, and round, and round, and round until I was getting dizzy and still he didn't want to stop. I tried to do some jumping which will normally get him focussed but he was just running at the fences so I gave up.
On Sunday it was my third attempt to get to my first SJ clinic at 90cm. I knew the lorry battery was a bit flat so I had it on charge the previous day, but it was completely dead. I tried to jump start it off the car which I have done many times before but that didn't work either so another clinic cancelled The mechanic is going to come and look at it and fit a battery isolator but I haven't got a date yet so no more going out and about for me at the moment. It was too windy to hack again so I hijacked the yard veteran again to cheer myself up.
In the late afternoon I had a lesson at home and to my surprise Harvey decided to play nicely. We are still concentrating on working on my steering and rhythm.
Sorry that all my piccies look the same - they are different ones honestly!
Saturday's mad session!
Sunday at 90cm
Hacking
1 hour 20
4 miles
Schooling
1 hour
Totals
Schooling
7 hours 10
Hacking
51.2 miles
15 hours 20
On Sunday it was my third attempt to get to my first SJ clinic at 90cm. I knew the lorry battery was a bit flat so I had it on charge the previous day, but it was completely dead. I tried to jump start it off the car which I have done many times before but that didn't work either so another clinic cancelled
The mechanic is going to come and look at it and fit a battery isolator but I haven't got a date yet so no more going out and about for me at the moment. It was too windy to hack again so I hijacked the yard veteran again to cheer myself up.In the late afternoon I had a lesson at home and to my surprise Harvey decided to play nicely. We are still concentrating on working on my steering and rhythm.
Sorry that all my piccies look the same - they are different ones honestly!
Saturday's mad session!
Sunday at 90cm
Hacking
1 hour 20
4 miles
Schooling
1 hour
Totals
Schooling
7 hours 10
Hacking
51.2 miles
15 hours 20
It's been horrible week here with snow and record cold temps there is a bit of melting. Yesterday and today .
We may have turned the corner on temps
Thank God we will be above freezing
And lots I'd sun til Thursday with rain Friday.
Hopefully I can try and play soon.
We may have turned the corner on temps
Thank God we will be above freezing
And lots I'd sun til Thursday with rain Friday.
Hopefully I can try and play soon.
Always good when a frustrating weekend finishes on a good note - perseverance paid off!A frustrating weekend for me. Saturday was very windy - too windy for me to take the mad grey thing out hacking. Instead I borrowed YO's veteran and had a hack around with her (and even he had a couple of spooks. By 3:30 the wind had dropped a bit so I took Harvey in the school. He was a bit mad and kept spooking and running (I think the grass coming through is having an effect too). We ended up cantering round, and round, and round, and round until I was getting dizzy and still he didn't want to stop. I tried to do some jumping which will normally get him focussed but he was just running at the fences so I gave up.
On Sunday it was my third attempt to get to my first SJ clinic at 90cm. I knew the lorry battery was a bit flat so I had it on charge the previous day, but it was completely dead. I tried to jump start it off the car which I have done many times before but that didn't work either so another clinic cancelled
In the late afternoon I had a lesson at home and to my surprise Harvey decided to play nicely. We are still concentrating on working on my steering and rhythm.
Sorry that all my piccies look the same - they are different ones honestly!
Saturday's mad session!
Sunday at 90cm
Hacking
1 hour 20
4 miles
Schooling
1 hour
Totals
Schooling
7 hours 10
Hacking
51.2 miles
15 hours 20
Yet again you trump us all on the bad weather stakes! Hope it clears up for you soon!
Lol not exactly the aspect I'd like to
Be winning on.
But better weather is in the cards.
Be winning on
.But better weather is in the cards
.
Sonny unmounted 15.75hrs
Mounted 3.75 hrs
WOO HOO I DID GET TO PLAY TODAY!!!!
The snow is slippery and places it packed down will be worse now before its better
becoming icy.
Im just happy I could get some play in at all.
The wind came up very gusty but he was still really good no silly britches.
If the sun nips into it every day.....
This was no fun the other day getting out to the barn
I did all the early am snowblowing later my husband did more of the worse of the shoveling and made a race track for the goats.
I will be VERY HAPPY to see green again.
Mounted 3.75 hrs
WOO HOO I DID GET TO PLAY TODAY!!!!
The snow is slippery and places it packed down will be worse now before its better
becoming icy.
Im just happy I could get some play in at all.
The wind came up very gusty but he was still really good no silly britches.
If the sun nips into it every day.....
This was no fun the other day getting out to the barn
I did all the early am snowblowing later my husband did more of the worse of the shoveling and made a race track for the goats.
I will be VERY HAPPY to see green again.
Love the goats on their roundabout race track!Sonny unmounted 15.75hrs
Mounted 3.75 hrs
WOO HOO I DID GET TO PLAY TODAY!!!!
The snow is slippery and places it packed down will be worse now before its better
becoming icy.
Im just happy I could get some play in at all.
The wind came up very gusty but he was still really good no silly britches.
If the sun nips into it every day.....
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This was no fun the other day getting out to the barn
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I did all the early am snowblowing later my husband did more of the worse of the shoveling and made a race track for the goats.
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I will be VERY HAPPY to see green again.
They LOVED it .
But they all needed it . He made one in the other goats area too.
The snow was too deep for them to move about easily.
It was cute to see them chasing around.
.But they all needed it . He made one in the other goats area too.
The snow was too deep for them to move about easily.
It was cute to see them chasing around.
I really don't fancy riding on/in snow - but I guess needs must!
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