Callie Beare & Le Minx 6 bar
Callie Beare & @abey_performance_horses Le Minx - 4th place Mirrabooka Cup.
A very wet ride for this new partnership yet a PB at 1.20m for Cal.
Callie wears a beautiful grey @hiclassequestrian riding shirt and saddle cloth combo.
Minx gear from @eqsaddlery
This partnership is powered by JENT Bodywork and @pure.force Athletic Shields. Supplements by @horsefirstaustralia
Coached and trained by us at @pure.equestrian.aus and @teamcmequestrian
Callie Beare and Le Minx MRC 6bar
Callie Beare & Abey Performance Horses Le Minx - 4th place Mirrabooka Cup.
A very wet ride for this new partnership yet a PB at 1.20m for Cal.
Callie wears a beautiful grey Hi-Class Equestrian riding shirt and saddle cloth combo.
Minx gear from EQ Saddlery - Canberra
This partnership is powered by JENT Bodywork and Pure Force Athletic Shields. Supplements by Horse First Australia.
Coached and trained by us at Pure Equestrian and CM Equestrian
Lola getting regular hoof care training.
Every horse needs to learn to accept hoof care. A horse who is good to trim never has to go through battles and doesn’t injure those who need to do the back breaking work that is trimming. Lola is learning to be confident on the hoof stand and also to be calm when the terrifying spray bottle applies our Pure Force Sole Shield to keep Her frogs healthy and free from thrush and seedy toe.
Lola learning to move off the cavesson
Lola learning to work calmly on the cavesson, Lola has shown a really solid understanding on her first day. This lesson is all about taking it slowly and calmly to ensure she understands expectations and so that she experiences aids to walk on, halt, change speed and direction, listen to the voice, read my body language, be aware of but not frightened of the whip and the rein. She accepts being touched all over with the whip and knows that it can be a lovely scratching tool. Using this approach, I can de-sensitise her all over, including her girth area in preparation for going under saddle. By tapping her under the girth she learns to lift her back and slowly this can strengthen those muscles needed for supporting the rider and strengthening her core as she develops physically, Today she started with a 1 second lift - you can see when she drops her head. This is strenuous for a baby, so by starting with little flexes day by day she will strengthen in preparation for her work to come. By Following on from Nuno Oliviera's teachings, I try to keep my aids as light as possible, as much as necessary. When you always start with a whisper, you rarely need to go louder.
As we start to work on a circle, she is a little unsure of herself and the whip behind. She wants to turn into me, so I use the whip as a barrier to keep her a little straighter, and also as a pointer and guide for her to move off and around. I rarely need to touch her with the whip, rather a point in the right direction, a waggle in the air or as a boundary for her to stay off and move around.
Lola’s first day in her cavesson.
Baby steps for this sweet girl. We have been working in halter on her trips to and from yards daily so she now leads and halts freely and calmly. She has learned a vibration means to yield to pressure - a vibration and lift on halter rope with a “woah, halt” and she stops dead in her tracks. In time I hope to be able to bring her to a halt with the same aids when off lead. This is useful when a ridden situation gets out of hand or there is some danger that you need a horse to stop immediately. Today she transferred that knowledge to the cavesson - she has felt a bend to left and right, can change rein, move off from a light aid at the girth and steady her pace and halt on cavesson. Although it may look like nothing is happening here, there is a constant and very light communication going on between us. It is a happy and relaxed event, there are no power struggles, she is willing and calm and we only move on when she is fully understanding of what is expected of her. A perfect day!
GoGo bombproofing techniques
Kasey bending and counter bending and moving her big butt
Sirtsie straightening the shoulders