I would love to come in here and talk of the latest achievements for Roxy and I but the fact is we have both been on holidays, her hanging in the paddock and me skiing. We also had a situation on the property which meant many of us were confined to our paddocks for several weeks. This combined with pretty severe and foul weather meant we all took a 5 week break.
Back on Rox last week and she was better than I had expected but a bit rusty with her ques. It would seem some flat work is in order over the next few weeks as we all slowly get our horses fit and back into work...AGAIN. :-)
One issue that Roxy and I had to resolve was that of the string girth. I bought her the most beautiful soft Angora ropers girth, having noticed that that is what Parelli used and Mohair or Angora was apparently definitely the go. Roxy could not disagree more and she began to show me in no uncertain terms what she thought. She has always been a bit girthy but the rope girth brought about some very undesirable behaviour and it got to the point that if I so much as brought the girth under her belly I would be ducking for cover from her teeth. This week I switched back to her favourite synthetic anti gall girth. Initially she expected the pinching so turned to nip me but I took it slowly and hopefully over the next few rides she will improve and stop being a bitch.
I also have a new addition which Leah and I purchased together and his name is Bundy. He is a rescue with 12.3hh of attitude but a clever little guy with loads of potential. We just need to find a confident kid rider to take him on and give him a new home that he deserves. We are getting back in condition and doing some ground work with him. Soon I will ride him a little as well just to see where he is at and assess him.
Summer is here soon so looking forward to the return of daylight savings and sneaking out for late afternoon rides. The sooner the better.
Talk soon
Lorrie and the snobby Roxy
