Did the earth move for you? Jack in action!

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For a big lad :D he can shift a little...the sooner he is broken to chains so we can harrow the school afterwards and remove the 'potholes', the better! :rolleyes:

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Love the pics! You look like you are having so much fun. Oh my goodness -- he is huge, isn't he? How do you mount? I'd need a ladder, I think.
 
palmerlover52 said:
Oh my! How many hands is he?!

He's ginorrrmous, check the dust clouds!!!
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He was sold to me as a full 18 hands, but a quick poll round the yard and I reckon that he is anywhere between 18.1 and a bit and 18.3hh, but we can't check because the tape is stretched!!!! :rolleyes:

The combination of the size of his feet and his feathers, he really does shift the sand about a bit! :eek:
 
ponypalz said:
Love the pics! You look like you are having so much fun. Oh my goodness -- he is huge, isn't he? How do you mount? I'd need a ladder, I think.
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It's not me, I was in charge of the camera, but riding him is such fun, you can't help smiling! :D

Mounting is fine, I use a normal sized block, but dismounting is really an undignified slide down his foreleg, taking care not to give myself a black eye on the stirrup! :cool: Fortunately he is a gentle giant and his sire is renowned for really nice temperament in his offspring, so he doesn't bat an eyelid!
 
He's a beaut! Makes my Clydie X look small! Do you find the size of Jack's feet a problem? Mine does in the school because the smaller-footed horses make a track round the edge which is just too narrow for big feet! Out hacking I'm sure he trips more because he struggles to find a large enough even surface to fit his feet on! BTW Love the name Jack too, think it really suits him.
 
lovely biiig horse - i remember practising flying changes on ruby yrs ago in a very echoey indoor school - when we came out - YO said she could hear us several hundred feet away:)
 
He's gorgeous - and he really looks as if he's enjoying himself. What's he like out on a hack - awesome I should think! Don't you just love these gentle giants.:p
 
Bangers & Mash said:
I can't belive how uphill he is! How is he bred?
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His sire is Nottage Trump Card, his dam is Stanmar Lady Mary and she's by Blackden Mascot.

In answer to the other questions, he LOVES hacking - he'll have been here three weeks on monday, so he's still incredibly nosey and enjoying exploring but he is a bit sloppy with his feet, so he stumbles a little - usually because he is peering over the hedgetops! I get a great view from up there :p He finds being in the school very dull, I knew that he had mainly been hacked before he came, but he hasn't got a clue about flatwork. He's unfit, has no bend or flex and is really lumpen on one rein, so there's some work to do before he is broken to drive, but I love him, he's so genuine :D and he really does try, even if he is not sure what he is supposed to be doing, and I couldn't wish for more than that! ;)
 
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