To be fair, I didn't see the tree til it was too late either!Oops!
You are NR's xc King!Friday was a trip to our local XC course with my friend A. It had rained all night so the ground was a bit slippy so we had to be pretty careful (no studs). Harvey was in a strange mood - he spent the first 45 minutes staring off into the distance at something only he could see, and I had real trouble getting him going. It was A's first time XC on her new share with one exception. In the first 5 minutes we tried a tine step down into water (15cm ish) and he launched himself off and dumped her in the water, so she spent the rest of the time soaked through. Fortunately she had brought a spare top and could change to go back, but I nearly melted having the heating high to keep her warm!
I didn't ride on Saturday as I was feeling a bit off colour. Sunday was a nice hack over the hill with 2 other liveries.
I can't find a way to embed videos (at least not from my photo sharing site) - anyone know how?
XC Video 1 - roll top
XC video 2 - Trakhener
XC video 3 - ditch and rolltop
XC video 4 - last play
Hacking
2 hours
6.5 miles
Schooling
1 hour
Totals
Schooling
16 hours 15
Hacking
274.5 miles
82 hours 10
The horse flies are back here! Eeek, just because the sun dared to come out. It's been nice without them for a few days.Just did another round of play focus was on halt at a particular spot.
Its getting really muggy out there now. After play I moved him to where he can wander I can see him a lot on camera but he can go in if he wants if the B52,S
Show up.
Same here @Trewsers, they can bugger off now!The horse flies are back here! Eeek, just because the sun dared to come out. It's been nice without them for a few days.
It wasn't that bad - about 59F/15c. I think its the body protector that makes be look bundled up (that, or too many cakes!)Wow you look a bit bundled up..it must have been chilly.
Lovely tracksI rode this morning. I didn't have long so we did the route with 2 steep uphills to get him puffing.
He really didn't want to go out - moved away from the saddle and the mounting block - but then was good. I think he is way too comfortable in his field! We did the hills at a smart walk or a trot if he preferred and had two or three good long trots within the 40 odd minutes we were out.
A couple of earshots from the tracks:
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I led him down the steep gully to save his tootsies on the road. He was happy about that
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And we discovered something that horses like to eat: sphagnum moss, one of my favourite plants on the Heath.
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