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I hope with republishing my page I can inspire others that suffer from lack of confidence or have fears and doubts but the dream to do ‘something’ more with their horses, other than being paddock ornaments.

15/02/2020

Love this mare..doesn’t take her long to follow your lead and what was scary is now not an issue, and all of her own accord. ❤️💜

15/02/2020

Horse hobbles allow you to safely graze your stock with a sense of security, either by picketing your horse with a single leg picket hobble or letting him graze loose with two-leg or three-leg hobbles. We have many options available in leather, neoprene, and biothane.

15/02/2020

You silly old mole 😂 yes he’s a boy and he’s an idiot 😂

15/02/2020

Mums lost it again and been fencing 😂 she’s not very good at this post and rail caper on her own...so I’m going to distract her...hi mum, what ya going? Seems all big bad and scary! Silly old girly 😂

13/02/2020

I’m never buying rugs with shoulder gussets again. This rug Kye is wearing and the one Ernest wreaked today (10yr old rug) are a light cotton canvas. Way better than the cheaper cotton rugs you can buy. Rain resistant (rug gets wet but horse doesn’t) where it looks like it has been wet the horse is actually dry underneath. And there is NO shoulder hair rub with the NO shoulder gusset

13/02/2020

Thanks Ernie...that was the only rug that didn’t rub and fitted you perfectly with NO shoulder rubbing. Wonder how good I am at fixing rugs and if I have the same material to do it 🤦🏼‍♀️ skye Park here we come...we are running out of rugs 🤔

01/02/2020

This rain is amazing...happy soggy Saturday from Ernie and me... live life to the fullest. Roll in the mud, jump in the puddles and sing in the rain ☔️ 🌧 ❤️

11/12/2019

Such a pretty girl. She doesn’t pose very often ❤️💜

24/06/2019

LOVE this pony..no matter how small the mile stone, celebrate it, kick your own ass and grab fear by the balls..you WILL be rewarded ❤️❤️

20/06/2019

Miss Kye has had a horrible 8 weeks..2 abscess in the same hoof...on blew out the heel and the other WAY more spectacular come out the cornet band..and been on a diet....not lame anymore...back into work for you too before I officially retire you 😋

20/06/2019

When your rat bag of a horse has been out of work for 8 weeks and comes back foot perfect...gotta love an awesome coach and hard work.... love this little horse. Ernie aka Gohardorgohome ❤️

10/05/2019

❤️❤️ love this little horse to the moon and back

13/04/2019

Pretty pleased with this repair. 6’6” ,missing a big Chunk and a big chunk re-attached 😂☺️can’t wait to see how it sits...if it shifts it may need a counter balance to the repair.

13/04/2019

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴?

𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘩, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

If a horse's tail gets caught between his hind legs he is not using his body properly. If the tail lays flat and listless these are clues that energy, messages and feedback from the brain to the body and back may not be traveling up and down his spine properly. If the tail is clamped down, the horse may be in fear or in pain, closing the hindquarters down. This is something to discuss with your veterinarian.

If your horse's tail swishes constantly and more so during transitions, changes, or anytime you make a request, your aids may be too loud or he may be frustrated with the work. A little swishing when asked to do something demanding for a short time is different from constant swishing. We must observe and know our horse to figure out what is concentration and what is upset.

The tail reflects the health of our horse's spine. As the spine undulates in a slightly serpentine pattern through our horses' body, his tail should carry through this motion.

As our horse uses his back and body better and better, as his balance changes and improves, he will use his tail differently. We want to keep an eye on it and note improvements or set backs as they tell us how well the training is progressing or is stalling.

We look for a tail that is carried in a soft arch slightly away from the body with the mass of hair rhythmically moving from hock to hock in a pendulum motion.

Touching your horse's tail, gently lifting it and rotating it, combing the hair with your fingers, taking segments and gently pulling them in a circular motion while observing your horse will give you feedback about how he feels in his back and body. This should be done easily with no resistance, the tail should have a good weight in your hands and feel alive, not dead.

PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION. Stand to the side at first and stay close to the croup. If your horse reflexively clamps down or threatens to kick, do not try to force the issue or become aggressive. Reassure your horse with a neutral touch and your voice. If the problem persist, contact your health care pro, do not insist as you and your horse may get hurt.

UPDATE 1: We read a very insightful post from one reader we wanted to share relating to the potential relationship between a harder tail grooming and washing experience and possible surrounding muscle soreness:

Fran Welsby wrote: " Hi, do you find how a horse accepts their tail being washed also gives you clues? We shampoo, condition then use a de-tangle spray thru the tail then using our fingers carefully separate out the hairs from the roots to the ends.

I have found that the ponies that relax, give me their tails to do all this generally fall asleep while I work, those that don't often will be the ones with some haunch/ham string issues."

An interesting observation.

(Repost from 2013 and 2015)

13/04/2019

THE REAL RULES OF DRESSAGE

1. If you really want to get better at dressage, take it up at an earlier age - and grow an extra 3 inches of leg.

2. A dressage test is a test of your skill against another competitor's luck.

3. Dressage is about achieving a harmonious working relationship with your horse, whose only idea of harmony is eating grass in a field with his buddies.

4. If you want to end a drought or dry spell, wear a new jacket and hat to an outdoor arena.

5. Untalented, difficult, aggressive horses have robust health, good hocks and long lives.

6. Talented tractable horses are accident prone and have OCD lesions.

7. You will ride the best test of your entire life just prior to being disqualified for not wearing your gloves.

8. Never keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your head before a test.

9. Never keep less than another 300 separate thoughts in your head during a test.

10. Horses do not improve their paces because you are wearing expensive German breeches.

11. If you chose a disco theme for your dressage to music test then the judge will be more than 90 years of age and Swiss.

12. The less skilled the rider, the more likely they are to share their critique of your test.

13. If you are considering the services of a horse clairvoyant to help you with training then you have reached the point of total desperation - try the German breeches.

14.Your horse has never heard of Podhajsky, let alone read the book.

15. No matter how badly you ride a test, it is always possible to ride a worse one.

16. If it ain't broke, try shifting your position and it will be.

17. Judges only suffer from temporary blindness (or kindness) when they are judging someone else's test.

18. If you fall off your horse in the arena you will have paid to have the test videoed.

19. If you are feeling confident before a show then three of the USET dressage team will turn up to give their young horses some "experience."

20. Your horse will perform its best piaffe ever when you ask for extended canter.

22. Since runs of bad competitions come in groups of three, the fourth competition is actually the beginning of the next group of three.

23. No one cheats at dressage because no one has worked out how to do it.

24. It is surprisingly easy to end a test with a perfect square halt once you have scored a four for every other movement.

25. The result of an expensive lesson from a top pro is that you will stop believing in that tiny piece of innate ability that was holding your riding together.

26. Remember when buying a dressage horse advertised as "needs experienced competitive rider" this really means "needs the skills of Isabelle Werth just to stay on board."

27. If you think your test was better than someone else's, it probably wasn't.

28. If you pay 60,000 for an imported WB, you will be beaten in First Level 4 by a Quarter Horse.

29. Clinics given by someone with an interesting accent are not necessarily superior to those given by the homegirl.

30. If you go to the expense of raising an expensive WB foal, he will have a talent for jumping and no walk worth talking about.

**Author unknown

11/04/2019

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10/04/2019

"When Dressage Suits Your Needs
But a Stetson Fits Your Life Style”

“Equestrian Art may be likened to the construction of great edifices, which began centuries before, are still far from being finished. Built to endure in marble rather than in brick.” – Nuno Oliveira, Portuguese Dressage Master.

If you spend enough time in the equestrian world, whether you consider yourself to be a western rider or an English one, chances are that you’re going to hear the word
dressage mentioned. Many riders, both experienced and inexperienced, have no idea what dressage is or have a faulty understanding of it. The mental image often associated with the word is what we see today in the Olympics: top hats, fancy riding coats, and big warmblood horses. Dressage, however, is so much more than what you can spot in the modern show ring. At its core, it is an art form on par with the finest music, the most spectacular painting, or the most moving theatrical performance (Oliveira, 21). It has existed since ancient times and possesses a rich history that has been woven throughout the tapestry of time, and its influence on horsemanship is felt all across the world.
Asking the question, “What is dressage?”, is a bit like asking, “What is music?” There are so many different angles you could take when answering, but all would still fall short in one way or another because how do you describe something so immense, powerful, and beautiful in a simple explanation? Yet, this is one of the purposes of this essay, so I will endeavor to provide as clear and thorough a description as I can.
The term dressage (druh-sahzh) originates from the French word, dresser, that simply means “to train” (“Dressage”). It wasn’t until around the late 1800s that it came to be recognized as an official equestrian discipline (“Disciplines and Dressage”). Now, you could dressage a dog or even a parrot, so we still find ourselves in need of a more comprehensive description. The best I’ve heard yet comes from the renowned horseman Eitan Beth-Halachmy. “Dressage,” he says, “is about balance ... educating the horse on how to balance himself with a rider on his back.” This is truly the foundation upon which Dressage principles are built, despite how it’s been adapted to different styles around the globe.

As one of my classes for my senior year in high school (perks of having been homeschooled) I wrote a research paper on the history of the discipline of Dressage. I hadn’t posted it on Facebook originally, but I thought some of you might enjoy reading it.
It gives an overview of the discipline from the time of Xenophon to what we now see in the modern era, and answers questions like: Where did the letters come from? When did Dressage become an Olympic sport? What is the difference between Western Dressage and Cowboy Dressage? Is there a difference between Classical Dressage and what we see in the show ring? And so much more! - Abby Martin
I’d be honored if some of you would take the time to read it.
Here’s the direct link to the paper:
http://tinyurl.com/Dressage-Abby-Martin
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06/04/2019

There are two kinds of suppleness a horse can have: – Lateral suppleness which is activated and improved through lateral exercises such as ...

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Love this mare..doesn’t take her long to follow your lead and what was scary is now not an issue, and all of her own accord. ❤️💜

You silly old mole 😂 yes he’s a boy and he’s an idiot 😂

😂 I love my tree mum, when I'm not trying to push it over with my ass! 😂 (excuse the pause and voice, I have been really sick and have Trouble breathing...better than coughing a lung up in your ear ) 😏

I have finally pulled my finger out and started to play with Ernie. First bit of anything other than farrier work with him in 12 months. Not too bad considering the first 20 mins was bucking, farting, bombing off and rearing 🙄 I guess that's what he thinks about not being a paddock ornament any more 😂

Well the weather has been well and truly cold and wet typical hills weather the past week! So wet poor Ernie can't even have a good hoon and buck session to keep warm. My house smells like boiling barley so I can put something warm in the tummies for the cold night! Fingers crossed the weather clears a little this week so I can work him and Miss Kye.

Lol my silly mare Miss Kye has found her go button 🤣 had a big brain snap moment today and lost it! I had my hands full and couldn't get the carry on before this bomb off session but this is just as entertaining 😂😂😂

Mmm mum WTF are you doing to me? 😂 this is a SOOOOO not impressed mum 😂😂😂

Being good for mum.....we will just bluff her until she gets on and then be canter happy the rest of the ride on the arena😂😂😂 You do that next time Kye might just make you think and put some poles over tyres considering you have got the hang of trot poles now 😈

Oh how I love the little man. ☺️ he is a wee bit special.

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