today we went along to a highland pony group xc day I havent ridden xc for such a long time and Skye has never done it. Im not as secure as i used to be so i went in saying i was literally just wanting to hack along behind the others and pop over the odd little stick on the ground, in walk or trot
well it turns out skye is not just a superstar hacking pony, we ended up giving a lead to the others in the group and nothing was a problem We had 1 stop where her stomach got the better of her haha. I really do struggle to get her infront of the leg enough so we dont make a very pretty or correct shape/picture, however by the end of the hour where the others were really knackered and showing it, she suddenly really pepped up and took me forward in a lovely canter. We jumped a little sequence of 4 jumps and she felt brilliant!!
i dropped the contact and the bales were too tempting to not grab a mouthful we did jump it the 2nd time and it was one of our better fences but no pic sadly
*I* *HATE* *DROPS* there is a really steep hill just out of the pic and I squealed when she made me come in a forward trot, we ended up doing it over and over again as the others in the group were having none of it and even giving a lead didnt help. I really felt for them, been there.
Im so glad I took the punt to buy this lovely, safe and genuine pony
well it turns out skye is not just a superstar hacking pony, we ended up giving a lead to the others in the group and nothing was a problem We had 1 stop where her stomach got the better of her haha. I really do struggle to get her infront of the leg enough so we dont make a very pretty or correct shape/picture, however by the end of the hour where the others were really knackered and showing it, she suddenly really pepped up and took me forward in a lovely canter. We jumped a little sequence of 4 jumps and she felt brilliant!!
i dropped the contact and the bales were too tempting to not grab a mouthful we did jump it the 2nd time and it was one of our better fences but no pic sadly
*I* *HATE* *DROPS* there is a really steep hill just out of the pic and I squealed when she made me come in a forward trot, we ended up doing it over and over again as the others in the group were having none of it and even giving a lead didnt help. I really felt for them, been there.
Im so glad I took the punt to buy this lovely, safe and genuine pony