The horse
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LOL you most definately mis-read what I wrote! ;]
Though, I'll give a break down to his work load. I broke him (as in, sat on him and walked him around with a saddle on) at 2 years old and as he got older there was more walking, then eventually adding 2 minutes of trotwork which eventually built up to more. His first canter down the long side of the arena was about 1-2 months before his third birthday. His third year was working on steering, stopping, large circles and cantering. Very occasionally I'd pop him over a 6" crossrail as he enjoyed that and it was always a nice, positive end to a REALLY nice ride (when he was doing more than normal). At 4 his overfences work actually really started where I brought a coach in to give me some lessons to work on with him. At that time we moved to the current barn I boarded at and really started overfences work and showing. Nowadays it's putting all that finesse and extra work on him, like getting the hind end engaged longer (he's naturally heavy on the front end so THAT'S fun work), getting the "perfect" canter out of him, getting more ring experience, etc. That's all stuff we're currently working on and it's going great!
Thanks for all the compliments guys!
ammo - GORGEOUS horses! I love me some grey percherons! I'm a sucker for the drafty ones!
bubbatd - I don't have to braid that mane (Yay!), We tried thinning it, as well as trying to flatten but it does not go over well. And we found a loophole that should a judge try to penalize me for that mane, my excuse is that it's a "breed trait/tradition" and since hunters is open to all breeds - they cannot discriminate. Now, if they got technical since he's a Fjord *cross* then I don't have much to argue back with LOL
He's a fun horse though! I have a horse show tomorrow so hopefully all goes well and we get tons of pictures, I'll post them here as soon as I can! =)
For now, I'll give some pictures of Symbah throughout the years!
Baby:
Yearling:
2 years old:
-pics cont'd-
Though, I'll give a break down to his work load. I broke him (as in, sat on him and walked him around with a saddle on) at 2 years old and as he got older there was more walking, then eventually adding 2 minutes of trotwork which eventually built up to more. His first canter down the long side of the arena was about 1-2 months before his third birthday. His third year was working on steering, stopping, large circles and cantering. Very occasionally I'd pop him over a 6" crossrail as he enjoyed that and it was always a nice, positive end to a REALLY nice ride (when he was doing more than normal). At 4 his overfences work actually really started where I brought a coach in to give me some lessons to work on with him. At that time we moved to the current barn I boarded at and really started overfences work and showing. Nowadays it's putting all that finesse and extra work on him, like getting the hind end engaged longer (he's naturally heavy on the front end so THAT'S fun work), getting the "perfect" canter out of him, getting more ring experience, etc. That's all stuff we're currently working on and it's going great!
Thanks for all the compliments guys!
ammo - GORGEOUS horses! I love me some grey percherons! I'm a sucker for the drafty ones!
bubbatd - I don't have to braid that mane (Yay!), We tried thinning it, as well as trying to flatten but it does not go over well. And we found a loophole that should a judge try to penalize me for that mane, my excuse is that it's a "breed trait/tradition" and since hunters is open to all breeds - they cannot discriminate. Now, if they got technical since he's a Fjord *cross* then I don't have much to argue back with LOL
He's a fun horse though! I have a horse show tomorrow so hopefully all goes well and we get tons of pictures, I'll post them here as soon as I can! =)
For now, I'll give some pictures of Symbah throughout the years!
Baby:
Yearling:
2 years old:
-pics cont'd-
No problem! I don't take offense at all! LOL I'd rather someone voice their concern and have things cleared up if need be!
And thanks!
He did great at the show today too. A real power house but I'm thinkin' he's going to need a nice visit from the chiropractor soon as he's getting disunited from time to time. He had awesome flying changes during the courses (I cannot even explain how difficult teaching him flying changes has been) and we ended up with a 2nd and a 6th
I'm uploading the photos now!
And thanks!
He did great at the show today too. A real power house but I'm thinkin' he's going to need a nice visit from the chiropractor soon as he's getting disunited from time to time. He had awesome flying changes during the courses (I cannot even explain how difficult teaching him flying changes has been) and we ended up with a 2nd and a 6th
I'm uploading the photos now!
No problem! I don't take offense at all! LOL I'd rather someone voice their concern and have things cleared up if need be!
And thanks!
He did great at the show today too. A real power house but I'm thinkin' he's going to need a nice visit from the chiropractor soon as he's getting disunited from time to time. He had awesome flying changes during the courses (I cannot even explain how difficult teaching him flying changes has been) and we ended up with a 2nd and a 6th
I'm uploading the photos now!
And thanks!
He did great at the show today too. A real power house but I'm thinkin' he's going to need a nice visit from the chiropractor soon as he's getting disunited from time to time. He had awesome flying changes during the courses (I cannot even explain how difficult teaching him flying changes has been) and we ended up with a 2nd and a 6th
I'm uploading the photos now!
