MFP Horse Enthusiasts

Join

The silence is killing me ๐Ÿ˜ญ

124ยป

Replies

  • mgood4x4
    mgood4x4 Posts: 86 Member

    Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹ Me again.

    Just couldn't hold in my excitement. Plenty of groundwork & retraining, but I've never started a horse from scratch before. Now I have... My 2yo Gypsy Drax is now officially started under saddle. ๐Ÿ˜

    20250901_123130.jpg

    So, it started with GW, then Awesome 1st Ride! Amber was a passenger for initial walk & trot around the roundpen. Then she took the reins & guided him in inside & outside turns as well as practiced flexing & ORS. I was the gas pedal = she was the brakes ๐Ÿ˜‰

    20250901_124953.jpg

    Finished with her riding while I pony'd him with Slate ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿค 

  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,517 Member

    @mgood4x4 MFP ate my reply. Hopefully, I can recreate it!

    I can't believe it's been since May since I wrote last! I'm so sorry! Drax looks fantastic. That's so exciting! I did have to laugh about your comments regarding grooming him. They do have a LOT of hair!

    I've not been doing as much regular riding as I'd like this summer. I took on a massive project at work that's had me working some odd hours and my trainer has been carting horses all over the place for shows. They've been doing really well, though, and one of the teenagers even got scouted for A&M.

    But it's meant that one week he's at a show and then next week I'm in 7:00 AM meetings every day. I've only gotten back to semi-regular riding in the last 2 weeks. It's been good though. I am still having to work at breaking my English habits! ๐Ÿ˜‚ Interestingly enough, one of those habits is "squeeze to go." These horses aren't trained that way. Squeeze means "collect" in their world. ๐Ÿคฏ

    Today I spoke with the owner of my last stable. He sent me the name and number of a woman who recently had to put her Arabian mare down and might be looking for one just to keep as a pet - lots of cuddles and love and little to no riding. I will be talking to her about Princess. My poor old girl just can't do the work anymore. She's perfectly sound and healthy, but she's getting weak in her stifles and she's ready for an easy life. We'll see how that goes.

Categories