Well we had a busy but fantastic weekend. Shannon is going great guns with JimJim and he's working a really lovely outline, she's very happy and he seems to be also. They're also jumping much better, because Shannon has gotten confident enough to do a few jumps at speed. Didn't mention to her my heart was in my mouth, I'm a terribly nervous mother, but Shan and JimJim were having soo much fun! Will try to take the camera down this week and get some decent photos.
Well I had a busy time, as I'm now riding three. Started off lunging Cheeky peeky and then riding her, she's a wee dream, she's loving her ride and even though I feel like I'm riding a barrel and my legs just don't meet her anywhere down the side, she and I are having fun. We've not done much, but walk and trot, walk is nicely on the bit but at the moment I am really struggling to ride her strides. So funny to watch, but so much fun.
George is going great guns on the flat, nicely on the bit, striding out and listening, I know! We have been jumping and he's going well, but tried to tank off on me yesterday so unfortunately he got a right jab in the mouth for that, afterwards we had some lovely jumping, no more pulling and tanking off, so hopefully we'll have some more of that tonight.
Ratbag, arh where to start with Rat, he's a happy man, however he really thought I'd done something mean to him yesterday. I jumped him. Yes its true, I faced him towards a jump and we popped over it, not just scrambling over it but a proper jump. He really didn't understand what had just happened. I took him around again and this time he wasn't keen to get up close and personal and tried to scoot out either side. So we walked up and 3-4 strides out started trotting and jumped it, so did this a few more times and left it at that. Will continue this exercise for a few more days before asking him to try another jump, he's not going to be an easy ride when it comes to jumping, George has that eat em up mentality, Rat is more laid back and less is more.
I managed to tidy up all my girls and boys, only one now with an unpulled tail is Rat, but he's got no tail so what hair he does have I'm loath to pull. They're all looking a million dollars. Will need to get Grant out again as they're feet are in need of doing shortly but they all seem to be coping well with the lack of shoes.
Signing off, have a lovely week.
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