Wow! What can I say! The show was amazing, and the big lad did me proud. I braved it and booked in for the final two classes of the show. It all sounded great in theory, but I have to say in the hour leading up to getting him ready I started to feel a tweak of nerves.
THE NOT-SO-SECRET DIARY OF DIVA THE SHETLAND PONY
Part 3: Introductions
THE NOT-SO-SECRET DIARY OF DIVA THE SHETLAND PONY
Part 2: Settling in
Not a great start initially as on arriving he was immediately tense, he spotted some horses grazing in the fields by the riding school next door and started calling, then he spotted the busy car boot sale a few fields away and became even more tense argh!
A bit of an up and down week this week with the weather, a few lovely days but rain and winds too. Unfortunately the one day of winds caused the trio to turn in to absolute wimps who would bolt and fly buck as the swish of a branch.
Took the big lad out for a jumping the lesson last weekend which was fab as he hadn’t been out for a few weeks due to the horsebox battery failing on the last show day!
So what did we get up to recently? Well all the preparation and leg pain were finally put to the test as the old gal and I ventured out for our first dressage test!
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THE NOT-SO-SECRET DIARY OF DIVA THE SHETLAND PONY
Part 1: Arrival
Author: Lorraine Bentham