Spike - Revelwood Geronimo

03/04/2017

Timeline Photos

02/04/2017

It's a wet and miserable day for a hoof trim... it's lucky I love him! ❤️🐴

02/04/2017

The Mane Show

Spike and I got 5th in the best newcomer category!

Class 46 - Best Newcomer (video)

1st - Tonya Fortune & Paddy Sox
2nd - Elle Wilkinson & Mr Jiggs
3rd - Daniella Flintan
4th - Chloe Tomkins & Rocky
5th - Alyssa Knee & Spike
6th - Emma Scott & Magpie

https://youtu.be/Y-0Rdugyvd8

02/04/2017

I feel like this is going to be Spike once this rain stops 😂😣

31/03/2017

6 years ⭐️
In April 2011 I received a text message from a friend about a horse for sale. She told me about how her friend was selling him because she couldn't keep him, explained that he had a swayback and asked if I was interested in buying him.
I said no.
Then I saw his for sale ad and his photo.
I don't know if love at first sight is the correct expression to use but there was something about him, something special. I just knew that he was supposed to be in my life.
I text messaged my friend back and asked if he was still for sale, and as they say, the rest is history.
You were so very nearly the horse that never was and so can't imagine what life without you would be like.
But I do know that it would be less full, less happy and less bright.
Thankyou Spike for 6 wonderful years. ❤️

29/03/2017

OMG! I'm so annoyed, this is so typical. 😡😡😡

Tonight I read an article that stated that Instagram have been caught out for shadow banning some business profiles from showing up in hashtag searches. What it essentially means is that when you look up the hashtag from the profile that shared the photo you'll be able to see the photo in the results but others using their accounts may not be able to.

So I decided to test it out for myself... Left is screenshotted from my blogs IG profile, the one which shared the photo - the photo is circled and clearly visible. Right is from my personal profile and the photo is clearly missing from the search.

It essentially means that users with business accounts aren't getting as much exposure as they could be because IG are purposely hiding the content. No doubt to 'encourage' users to pay for advertising!!

😡😡😡

29/03/2017

The LAD Bible

Okay where can I get one of these! 😳😍

We all know someone who could do with this grooming tool 🐴

27/03/2017

Come join us!

26/03/2017

☆ Congenital Lordosis effects the thoracic vertebrae at the wither. The vertebrae form wedge shaped which in turn causes the spine to have a swayed appearance. As the condition looks severe people tend to assume that horses with it are in pain or cannot lead normal lives when in fact the opposite is true. Horses with congenital lordosis can lead normal ridden lives and perform well under saddle (or in this case, ba****ck!)

23/03/2017

When people with "normally" conformed horses complain that they can't find a saddle or that their horse is hard to fit 😂😂😂

22/03/2017

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21/03/2017

First steps to getting back to riding done and dusted ✅
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I bought some new Breeches this morning. Thanks to some left over baby weight I no longer fit into all the ones I already have sitting in my wardrobe 😫😫 good excuse to go shopping though!
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I also sat down the other day and wrote out our training plan for Spike. I am starting with groundwork again because he's been a paddock pony for nearly a WHOLE YEAR.
So it'll be groundwork and then starting work under saddle/building up his fitness.
I am so so excited to get back to it! 💪🏻

20/03/2017

Spike - A True Story

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“I don’t remember what I was doing on the third of January 2003. I do know, though, that I was 14 years old and would have been on school holidays. I am sure that for me at the time this particular Friday was just like any other. Except it wasn’t, because on this day four tiny hooves hit the ground...

19/03/2017

I'm part of this dressage discussion group on facebook. I found it a few months ago and joined because my goal with Spike is to start dressage and I thought I could learn something from the members.
Turns out the only thing I learnt is how incredibly judgemental people can be.
This morning members in the group were "discussing" how poorly an Olympic level rider was riding based off of a photograph.
Don't get me wrong, I think that discussion about riding skill and technique (both good and bad) is an excellent learning opportunity, but I don't think using a photo as the basis for that discussion is fair.
This person is obviously a good rider. They competed at the Olympics. To judge their skill based off of the worst photo one could find on the internet is in poor taste.
No one is 100% perfect all of the time. The very premise of dressage is to test our skill to see how close to perfect we can be. But the truth is everyone makes mistakes, because were humans not robots.
This kind of behaviour, this readiness and even eagerness to point out someone's flaws, doesn't help anyone grow as a rider.
It certainly didn't teach me anything. It just made me realise how judgemental this world is and made me wonder if it's even something I want to be a part of.
Ps. Here are my snapshot, second, in time photos. Together, maybe, they tell a story but separately, well I'm sure you could come up with 1001 different explanations.