Don't you love the wet winter days? I don't. But Prince does. You should see him in the rain with no rug on, he gallops around like an arab stallion with mares watching. Its so beautiful, and in the worst of the winter, he just finds the muddest patch in the paddock and rolls in it until he is no longer chocolate, he is grey/black/brown with mud (by the way this is way better then in the summer time, were you only have a thin layer of dust).
About a week ago i had put Princes rug on the day before (after cleaning it and waterproofing the neck) and then next morning (after it had been raining all night) he decided he would show me what he thought of his rug. He sluntered over to his rolling patch of mud, and dropped down gently and rolled.
This wasn't a roll-one-side and get up and do the other-side, this was a roll-both-sides-vigurously and then get up. When he stood up the mud (as it was so soggy) ran off his cover in streams. He then shook, splattering me with mud and water. i looked at his filthy neck, head and body, and just howled with laughter.
Just a warning, don't ever try to pamper your horse in the winter time, it will be wasted. Even with a rug on it still will be wasted.
So this week has be way to wet to do anything as you can tell by the title. Today however is a beautiful day, unfortantly i have to do job searching for WINZ. but since Victer (Pat and Tony's grandson which lives with them) has a teachers only day today i had to go down to the Kaponga library and since it doesn't open to 1 o'clock i got to sleep in, also i got to (finally!) clean prince's paddock out (and best bit) and i gave Prince a brush. i also picked his feet out and noticed his right front hoof has grown out faster then the one on the left. along with that he has a bit of thrush in all of his hooves. i'm gonna have to start picking out his feet everyday (since i only do it before riding or when i get a chance to groom him).
For those of you that don't know thrush is black stuff that gathers around the frog in warm wet conditions. Thrush is a fungal infection. normally to treat that i pick out his feet and use the hoof knife to cut as much off as possible and then use the brush on the hoofpick to sweep any dirt away and then i use honey (just any honey you have in the cupboard) by just plastering as much on as possible. This dries out the thrush and removes any infection.
once i'm done here in the library, i shall go home and ride Prince around the paddock and work on his jumping skills.. hmm and i think i'll drag the other barrel up from the back paddock and practice barrel racing.. sounds like fun!
Thursday 31 May 2012
Thursday 24 May 2012
Racehorses, Falls, Frosts and Parelli Level Three Disks
I'm a slacker.. thats all i can say.. well not really, i'm sorry again folks! i keep forgetting to blog, and keep you guys updated.. but since i've finally made it on here, let me tell you about my week..
On Saturday i went riding. i walked prince down to Marilyn's place only to find that i've turned up at a wrong time. Marilyn's husband Neville was out saddling up Poppet ( the young yearling/two year old racehorse-to-be). when ever Prince came into sight she would pace backwards and forwards on the end of her lead rope (she was tied up) and her head would come up so high i was worried she would rear, and then she would neigh out to Prince. To my surprise, he only called back once.. he has such a lovely deep neigh when he is showing off to girls lol..
so while they were saddling up i did some ground work, just the circling game (sending my horse around in circles while i stand still) and some change of directions (where Prince spins around on his hind legs in the other direction) then i walked Prince around the track with Poppet being ridden on a lead rein with Neville's daughter Diane (i think thats her name) riding in a exercise saddle.
After two laps i got tired of walking and started riding Prince. i made sure Poppet was at least half a lap ahead of me before mounting. When i rode Prince i kept him at a walk, but he danced the whole way round and kept trying to trot on me, he wanted to catch up to Poppet. When we got back to where we started ( which is straight and flat - most of the track is a slight hill or down hill) i asked Prince to trot, which he did so promptly i got a bit worried, then he flung his head up and hunched his back. before he could react i bent his head and flew off the side.
instead of trotting him on the ground i ran along side him, and to my surprise (i seem to be getting along of these!) he cantered along side me.. no bucks, WOO HOO! we finished up there on a good note.
Earlier as we rode along the track i kept an eye out for Poppet and her rider.. about halfway round i noticed her rider was on the ground.. my first thought was oh no! she fell off. i found out later she did fall off.. she landed on her feet- also i learned she was a pony club rider- which explains the landing on the feet thing..
when i'd finished with Prince i watched Neville train Poppet in the paddock. after about half an hour of lunging or so he let her off the lead for Diane to ride around.. Poppet took one look at prince and trotted down to see him and then when her rider wouldn't let her Poppet reared up and spun around (who can stay on that?) Diane went flying over Poppets head and landed on her feet again! talk about luck! apparently she fell off up the top of the paddock when they were lunging, and she landed on her back, thank goodness she was wearing a protector pad.. which she broke with those falls...
On Monday it was so cold we had a frost.. in fact it froze Princes water trough twice! he broke it earlier on in the morning, so when i came out it was all jagged but it still had a seal of ice across the top, which i had great fun breaking it again..
Yesterday afternoon when i came home from course i discovered a massive big box on the doorstep, YAY! so i quickly did all my jobs and took it into my 'house' and ripped it open.. my lovely mother had sent me some clothes.. thanks mum! and the whole level three Parelli set!!!!!!!! I'll have to review level two again before i get started, because i've noticed my Parelli has gone majorly downhill... i think that's because my horse has turned in to a four personality horse.. kinda hard to deal with, but VERY interesting! he used to be solely a Left-Brain Introvert, which is you have to motivate him with grass, pats, rest and treats. Not bribe him, but when he has done something you want give him one of those rewards. Now he is everything... i'll never be bored!
On Saturday i went riding. i walked prince down to Marilyn's place only to find that i've turned up at a wrong time. Marilyn's husband Neville was out saddling up Poppet ( the young yearling/two year old racehorse-to-be). when ever Prince came into sight she would pace backwards and forwards on the end of her lead rope (she was tied up) and her head would come up so high i was worried she would rear, and then she would neigh out to Prince. To my surprise, he only called back once.. he has such a lovely deep neigh when he is showing off to girls lol..
so while they were saddling up i did some ground work, just the circling game (sending my horse around in circles while i stand still) and some change of directions (where Prince spins around on his hind legs in the other direction) then i walked Prince around the track with Poppet being ridden on a lead rein with Neville's daughter Diane (i think thats her name) riding in a exercise saddle.
After two laps i got tired of walking and started riding Prince. i made sure Poppet was at least half a lap ahead of me before mounting. When i rode Prince i kept him at a walk, but he danced the whole way round and kept trying to trot on me, he wanted to catch up to Poppet. When we got back to where we started ( which is straight and flat - most of the track is a slight hill or down hill) i asked Prince to trot, which he did so promptly i got a bit worried, then he flung his head up and hunched his back. before he could react i bent his head and flew off the side.
instead of trotting him on the ground i ran along side him, and to my surprise (i seem to be getting along of these!) he cantered along side me.. no bucks, WOO HOO! we finished up there on a good note.
Earlier as we rode along the track i kept an eye out for Poppet and her rider.. about halfway round i noticed her rider was on the ground.. my first thought was oh no! she fell off. i found out later she did fall off.. she landed on her feet- also i learned she was a pony club rider- which explains the landing on the feet thing..
when i'd finished with Prince i watched Neville train Poppet in the paddock. after about half an hour of lunging or so he let her off the lead for Diane to ride around.. Poppet took one look at prince and trotted down to see him and then when her rider wouldn't let her Poppet reared up and spun around (who can stay on that?) Diane went flying over Poppets head and landed on her feet again! talk about luck! apparently she fell off up the top of the paddock when they were lunging, and she landed on her back, thank goodness she was wearing a protector pad.. which she broke with those falls...
On Monday it was so cold we had a frost.. in fact it froze Princes water trough twice! he broke it earlier on in the morning, so when i came out it was all jagged but it still had a seal of ice across the top, which i had great fun breaking it again..
Yesterday afternoon when i came home from course i discovered a massive big box on the doorstep, YAY! so i quickly did all my jobs and took it into my 'house' and ripped it open.. my lovely mother had sent me some clothes.. thanks mum! and the whole level three Parelli set!!!!!!!! I'll have to review level two again before i get started, because i've noticed my Parelli has gone majorly downhill... i think that's because my horse has turned in to a four personality horse.. kinda hard to deal with, but VERY interesting! he used to be solely a Left-Brain Introvert, which is you have to motivate him with grass, pats, rest and treats. Not bribe him, but when he has done something you want give him one of those rewards. Now he is everything... i'll never be bored!
Thursday 17 May 2012
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Thursday 10 May 2012
Riding, Piaffe and a new Cover
My horse can do piaffe! just get him a mare, and i'll stop him from galloping after her and he with dance on the spot... and added to that will be a tail straight up in the air like an Arabs, and his head curved into a crest.. just stunning!!
On that same day, i went riding in the racing oval down the road at Marilyns place. Since Prince hadn't been ridden for a while he was to hyped up to ride more then a walk. half of the track was closed off so i only rode on the half that was open. Apart from having to go in lots of circles to calm him down, we had a pretty good ride.. btw the track was a sand track with grass growing all over it... i'll try and get some photos next time i ride.
My new/old cover is from Ruffles over on Just A Girl And Her Horse. It had a small L shaped rip in it which i stitch it up and sprayed it with silicone to waterproof it. Also i noticed one of neck buckles was hanging by a thread, so i sewed that up too.. its not as tidy as the L but it will do. i also noticed one of the back straps was a bit different i fixed that too.. the cover fits quite good, with about a hands span of bare butt on the back between Princes tail and the cover, but because Prince has a thick tail, i'm not worried at all.. i will also take pictures of that and post it when i can, along with my new saddle blanket- thanks to my mum for my eighteenth birthday prezzie..
On that same day, i went riding in the racing oval down the road at Marilyns place. Since Prince hadn't been ridden for a while he was to hyped up to ride more then a walk. half of the track was closed off so i only rode on the half that was open. Apart from having to go in lots of circles to calm him down, we had a pretty good ride.. btw the track was a sand track with grass growing all over it... i'll try and get some photos next time i ride.
My new/old cover is from Ruffles over on Just A Girl And Her Horse. It had a small L shaped rip in it which i stitch it up and sprayed it with silicone to waterproof it. Also i noticed one of neck buckles was hanging by a thread, so i sewed that up too.. its not as tidy as the L but it will do. i also noticed one of the back straps was a bit different i fixed that too.. the cover fits quite good, with about a hands span of bare butt on the back between Princes tail and the cover, but because Prince has a thick tail, i'm not worried at all.. i will also take pictures of that and post it when i can, along with my new saddle blanket- thanks to my mum for my eighteenth birthday prezzie..
Monday 7 May 2012
New Photos!!!!
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| Neat silouette of Prince! |
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| "I'm so over this photographing biz!" |
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| Photographer: smile! Prince: hmm? oh yeah... |
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| Love this shot!! |
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| My Favorite Shot! |
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| My bookmark to be lol |
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