This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Sue Harrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
You mentioned your Lillie being for sale.... where do you live? I am in
New
Brunswick, Canada. We emailed back and forth regarding feeding grain, but
I
forget where you live.(:
Have a nice day, Sue in rainy N.B.
Sue,
I live about as far away from you as can be possible on this continent: -
in sunny Carson City, Nevada!
Lillie is also pretty young. She's going to be a good mare in time, but she
is still "green" in my book. She is 3 yrs. old.
More from the brag dept: we went on our first show outing last night, alone,
to the local horseman's association show, held at 6pm to beat the heat.
We entered 2 classes: a W/T discipline class, (sort of like "Simon Says",
based on quality of transitions and gaits on the rail, w/ a small pattern at
the end), and a W/T Eq. class. Our first class was kinda funny 'cause she
hadn't ever had a chance to ride in the arena, and I knew we needed to
follow a more experienced horse in. So, I waited patiently near the gate for
one of the other 6 entries...and no one budged! So I announced clearly that
the reason I was not entering yet was because my mare had never been in the
arena, and this was her first ever under saddle class, so would someone,
anyone please enter? It took almost a 1/2 minute more before someone got up
the nerve to enter! Too funny! So, we got lucky and fell in place behind a
dead broke QH mare w/ a little boy perched on top. Lillie kinda took it all
in stride, LOVED the footing and was a star! She didn't even bobble when we
were passed on each side at the jog. We did the pattern with the with
biggest fig. 8 of the night, and her back (they asked for 5 steps) was
really nice. I only was going to ask for 2-3 and leave it at that, but she
was straight and quiet so she backed the most ever asked to date! We placed
4th and I was really happy with her!
In the Eq. class she was kind of tired from standing around and waiting and
watching, and that she was not very forward was an understatement. My legs
really got a workout keeping her straight! We entered the class first,
because you guessed it, there was another big Mexican standoff at the
in-gate! So we careened around the arena with the other 8 entries behind us,
perhaps getting as close as 30 feet on the long side of the arena with the
bucking chutes, but she was pretty smooth despite it all. It got alot better
when we reversed direction and we could follow THEM! We recieved 2nd
place,kinda funny considering it wasn't the prettiest ride ever, but it was
really a nice learning experience for her.
Enuf brag stuff from this quarter... I really liked your post Jeri anout
your daughters' and her mare's experience in Pony Club. The old "boot'em"
around tactics just don't cut it anymore! I keep telling my students that if
you want to move a fjords quarters around, pretend you are a fly landing on
their side. They notice RIGHT away, whereas, when you push and muscle them,
they want to re-vert to being horsey sumo wrestlers with you, and push INTO
you. The same applies to backing, etc. always ask as lightly as possible. If
the request goes ignored I back it up the second time I ask with a flick of
the dressage whip, or the popper at the end of my rein. Very soon the horse
realises exactly what is being asked of it, and complies, no big deal.
Karen
- in Carson City, NV. Sunny, warm and the hay is allmost all in!
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