Its been ten years since my Grandad gave me Chunky for my tenth birthday,I got him in October 1998,I forget the exact date but I know it was the same weekend as Calf Club at my school which is always in early October.
Chunky was ten and had been bought my Grandad as a two/three year old at the yearling sales,he then raced him and he retired from racing he was broken in and became mine.
In 1998 when I first got him,
It was great,I used to hack him out over the farm by myself and he was awesome but then about a year or so later he started acting up a bit and I lost a lot of confidence on him. We got the vet out who diagnosed him as being deficient in selenium so we started to supplement him with it and his behaviour improved again.However I still had no confidence with him and so for a year I stopped riding him,my Mum then decided that it would be best if he was given to one of her friends for her to ride so she took him for about six months and did lots of hacking with him.
That was in 2001,also in that year my sister got Dargi and as he was a bit too old and slow for my sister I took over him and either my sister or my mate would ride Chunky,I still had little confidence with him at that stage.
2002/2003 was great,we used to all go for massive hacks and kept all our horses at our house or my mates,
My mate and Chunky,
Chunky was ten and had been bought my Grandad as a two/three year old at the yearling sales,he then raced him and he retired from racing he was broken in and became mine.
In 1998 when I first got him,
It was great,I used to hack him out over the farm by myself and he was awesome but then about a year or so later he started acting up a bit and I lost a lot of confidence on him. We got the vet out who diagnosed him as being deficient in selenium so we started to supplement him with it and his behaviour improved again.However I still had no confidence with him and so for a year I stopped riding him,my Mum then decided that it would be best if he was given to one of her friends for her to ride so she took him for about six months and did lots of hacking with him.
That was in 2001,also in that year my sister got Dargi and as he was a bit too old and slow for my sister I took over him and either my sister or my mate would ride Chunky,I still had little confidence with him at that stage.
2002/2003 was great,we used to all go for massive hacks and kept all our horses at our house or my mates,
My mate and Chunky,