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ok, after a long discussion with my mom about horses and where we want to go with each of ours we came to an awesome conclusion. Abby (our quarter horse) is to be my english horse and i can take over her training. So, isn't really new, but new to me. She is noly five years old and has a lot of potential. Stormy is going to cut jumping out of her schedule and stick with barrel racing and this is going to be her last year and my dad is renovating a large garage we have into a barn and it is to be Stormy's retirement home. Of course she will never quit showing, just be in trail and pleasure classes and I'll let her go the contesting shows but we'll just canter the courses instead of running.
SO, today I go out to get Abby and see what she knows. She has been ridden by a friend of mine for a year and my friend rode her two days ago and brought her back pretty worn out.I didn't think too much about it and hosed her off, checked her legs and feet and gave her a drink and a little treat. When i got her out, SHE WAS LIMPING! This mare is tough and she was freakin limping. So I called my friend and said abby was hurt. She said "oh, yeah, shes probably sore cause we jumped so much." THAT IS INSANE!
So, Abby is in recovery and I lead her around for a while and she loosened up and I put some cold water on her leg and she quit limping. This entire year is going to be dedicated to getting her where she needs to be and she'll start ALL OVER learning to jump in two months. Next year I'll start showing her and hopefully she'll be able to go far under proper training. This little mare is so smooth she feels gaited!
Does anyone have tips for starting her on english?
She is a TERRIBLE turner and we've been working small circles but she seems to just bend her neck and doesn't want to bend her whole body. How can I get her to be a little more flexible?
Her jumping feels really bumpy and out of control. Even with little poles laid on the ground she lets her feet go everywhere!
Here is a picture of her jumping in a bitless bridle bareback with me on. My position is screwed up so badly because of the way she takes off. Any advice on that? By the way, this was a one time deal and she is always ridden in boots and all protective gear and equipment. We had just seen this and it looked easy.
http://i32.tinypic.com/30w8toj.jpg
ok, after a long discussion with my mom about horses and where we want to go with each of ours we came to an awesome conclusion. Abby (our quarter horse) is to be my english horse and i can take over her training. So, isn't really new, but new to me. She is noly five years old and has a lot of potential. Stormy is going to cut jumping out of her schedule and stick with barrel racing and this is going to be her last year and my dad is renovating a large garage we have into a barn and it is to be Stormy's retirement home. Of course she will never quit showing, just be in trail and pleasure classes and I'll let her go the contesting shows but we'll just canter the courses instead of running.
SO, today I go out to get Abby and see what she knows. She has been ridden by a friend of mine for a year and my friend rode her two days ago and brought her back pretty worn out.I didn't think too much about it and hosed her off, checked her legs and feet and gave her a drink and a little treat. When i got her out, SHE WAS LIMPING! This mare is tough and she was freakin limping. So I called my friend and said abby was hurt. She said "oh, yeah, shes probably sore cause we jumped so much." THAT IS INSANE!
So, Abby is in recovery and I lead her around for a while and she loosened up and I put some cold water on her leg and she quit limping. This entire year is going to be dedicated to getting her where she needs to be and she'll start ALL OVER learning to jump in two months. Next year I'll start showing her and hopefully she'll be able to go far under proper training. This little mare is so smooth she feels gaited!
Does anyone have tips for starting her on english?
She is a TERRIBLE turner and we've been working small circles but she seems to just bend her neck and doesn't want to bend her whole body. How can I get her to be a little more flexible?
Her jumping feels really bumpy and out of control. Even with little poles laid on the ground she lets her feet go everywhere!
Here is a picture of her jumping in a bitless bridle bareback with me on. My position is screwed up so badly because of the way she takes off. Any advice on that? By the way, this was a one time deal and she is always ridden in boots and all protective gear and equipment. We had just seen this and it looked easy.
http://i32.tinypic.com/30w8toj.jpg
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