Training Update
Another successful week of training by the troublesome (or not so much in this case) trio!
I braved taking Bob out on the road with my friend’s pony -he's not been out for a fair few months mainly due to my confidence sadly. A shaky start due to an impatient car but after that his confidence blossomed and although a bit tense, he did not put a hoof wrong. Good lad!
Aria had another venture out round the village too in hand, behaving very well with her Hi Vis orange sheet on :) and she wasn’t fazed by anything at all which was amazing! Bob will be out this weekend as well for some show jumping fun so let's hope all the flatwork we have been doing has made a difference! Fingers crossed!
Aria "enjoying" her dental check-up!
We had an equine dentist visit as well this week, all of the horses were impeccably behaved considering they had not experienced electric rasps before. Bob was a bit apprehensive as he can be evasive of noisy appliances such as clippers but once the rasp was in his mouth he wasn't too bothered, it was just when out of his mouth he didn’t take too kindly to it.
Autumn was brilliant initially then decided to throw a few rears to show her disdain before settling down. Finally Aria, well what can I say she is a changed horse! A few minor protests but she soon accepted the process.
From the visit, the dentist shared some ‘homework’ for me to help calm Bob to the noise (which will hopefully help me with his clipper fears too) and I have been instructed to clean Autumn’s gums daily for a couple of weeks to help keep her old nashers in good order. Apart from that all of the horses received a clean dental sign off – phew!
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Once again I threw Arlo in at the deep end, affiliating him purely for the Arena UK second round show, and once again he pulled it out the bag. How lucky am I to have such a wonderful little horse? We haven’t really competed this year. I don’t really compete over the winter, and also my horsebox was away for repairs up until the beginning of June, so I had no transport even if I’d wanted to.
With the dry ground we don’t seem to be having much luck with shoes, as little madam managed to pull both her front shoes off within 12 hours the other day! We entered the arena with two shoes on for a schooling session and left it with one missing (took about an hour to find it). Then that afternoon, as I went to put some hoof ointment on, I looked down and had to double take, thinking I was looking at the wrong hoof. But, no, the other shoe was missing too.
After having a long wait and some lunch at the onsite café, it was time to get ready for the Joan Wolfe Overall Supreme Shetland Pony Championship. I got changed out of my usual showing outfit into black trousers and a maroon top with white spots, as you are expected to be a bit more “bling” in the evening.
We were all set to go for our next outing, and were super excited. That was until I heard the dreaded clunk of a loose shoe! I checked it over, praying it wasn’t too loose, but, nope, it was going to need a refit.