RDA horses

[DarenC1]

I help out with the local RDA on a Saturday morning, and can usually be found bothering Ace, a 16hh Shire-X-TB.

Anyway, here are some pics of the monsters, if anyone's interested....

Ace

Poshed up for an RDA dressage comp

Barney

The Boys

Katie-Morag, a Highland Pony

Misty - another Highland whose main goal in life is to rob me of mints!

Looking thoroughly unimpressed with her head gear!

Annie - 15hh Dales

 

[k8te]

Oh they are all lovely, i especially like Annie she is stunning! You lucky person x

 

[Shian89]

aawww they're all soo lovely espec Ace, he's gorgeous!

are rda horses allowed to be bolshy in the slightest? my friend has an x rda horse and he's very bolshy, we couldn't understand why if he was rda. Not sure which rda centre he came from but his name is Garfield

 

[minihorse]

Hi there how lucky are you!We use to take our daughter to RDA now have own horses..Love the photos...What RDA do you help out at?

 

[DarenC1]

Shian - I guess it depends on their personality. Misty is so well behaved! Ace has certainly had his moments but, more recently at least, he's become so much more.... relaxed about me, and I can't figure out why! The first picture I posted - I couldn't have taken that a few months ago, as he wouldn't have bothered with me, but now he suddenly has much more interest!

He did once throw me off last year, and I didn't ride him for a loooong time, but I did get on him for a bit last weekend.

Scribbler - I help out at Thornton Rose RDA. www.thorntonroserda.com

 

[starrynight]

awww i've started helping out at the RDA in glasgow. Had my first induction today so met some of the horses and ponies. it was great fun

 

[Hippyhorse]

They look fab, Ace is just my sort of horse! And Annie looks stunning!

 

[vikkig]

awww i've started helping out at the RDA in glasgow. Had my first induction today so met some of the horses and ponies. it was great fun

i used to work at that RDA you will have to give Murran a kiss for me, she might pull a face but she doesnt mean it

 

[starrynight]

i used to work at that RDA you will have to give Murran a kiss for me, she might pull a face but she doesnt mean it

I didn't see her but i did only see a few of the horses. I will do next time though!

 

[vikkig]

I didn't see her but i did only see a few of the horses. I will do next time though!

she is the big mean grey next to trooper the clydesdale (she is not really mean)

 

[starrynight]

she is the big mean grey next to trooper the clydesdale (she is not really mean)

I saw trooper,he was huge and lovely. I will look out for her next time.... they never are mean are they?!?

 

[DarenC1]

We need a Clydesdale up at our yard...

 

[Soot]

I have a photo of me on that same horse somewhere ...
Weird ....

 

[Soot]

Found it.
Must have been in 2003 or early 2004, methinks! Good to hear he's doing well!

 

[DarenC1]

Oh cool! You might know some of the people up at the yard then?

 

[Soot]

Doubt it!
I was there for a grand total of 5 hours - charity competition of some sort. I turned up, got allocated a horse, did a dressage test, rode a handy horse circuit, had some tea while watching the others, collected my rosette and went home again *lol*.

 

[DarenC1]

LOL!

Ah, yes, well, maybe not then!

But yes, he's still kicking about, still a big menace (although you probably wouldn't have experienced that!).

I actually would really like to do more with Ace - get him used to me, and get the opportunity to ride him more often (and bring my confidence with him up a bit).