Another week gone.
Schooled Mon/Tue. Worked on moving his head around, keeping him soft and forwards.
Friday off
Up to 10.5mins trotting today.
All good so far :)
Sunday 28 October 2012
Sunday 21 October 2012
End of week 3 of trotting
This week has been a bit rubbishy weather wise so missed Friday evening as cold and chucking it down and he had Monday off due to farrier taking up my spare time before work.
Tuesday schooled - very pleased with how he is going - soft and forwards but needs lots of help to stay balanced on the downhill short side at the moment. Still trying to hop into his upwards transitions so now starting to insist we get a nice one rather than letting him get on with it.
Wed, Thur, Sat and Sun went for an hour's hack gradually increasing trot work. Now up to 7.5mins.
That's us halfway through trot work now - canter countdown starts now!
Tuesday schooled - very pleased with how he is going - soft and forwards but needs lots of help to stay balanced on the downhill short side at the moment. Still trying to hop into his upwards transitions so now starting to insist we get a nice one rather than letting him get on with it.
Wed, Thur, Sat and Sun went for an hour's hack gradually increasing trot work. Now up to 7.5mins.
That's us halfway through trot work now - canter countdown starts now!
Sunday 14 October 2012
End of 2nd week of trotting and Llewi hunting
Up to 5mins trotting by the end of this week. Increased by 30secs each ride until we got to 5mins then stuck at that.
Not a great week though as due to being back and work and dark evenings have had to do 4 schooling sessions and one short-ish hack so only done one decent length hack.
Schooling sessions have been ok though - he has been soft and willing. He still does rein back better than any horse I've seen recently whilst writing for BD Elem/Med! We are just trotting large round the edge of the school and walking over some poles. Not asking for anything great in the trot, just forwards and soft and he seems happy.
End of the week started on Equifeast Ulcer Supplement. Still on Winning Edge Gold as well.
Took Llewi hunting today - SC&RMA opening meet at 4 seasons hotel. Stuck with 2nd fieldmaster and had my eyes opened to what it is like at the back of the field. First line horse dropped dead in front of me trapping his rider underneath. Had to roll horse off her but he was dead by the time I got to him. Rider was ok but in total shock - tried to reassure her that nothing she could have done but it was so emotionally draining. What a horrific thing to happen :( He died doing what he loved but god what a shock.
2nd line was a bit nothingy as just stood and watched others jump the hedges at Swans Farm.
3rd line horse put foot down rabbit hole behind me and catapaulted his rider headfirst into the ground and knocked her out cold. Cue call to ambulance and then heard air ambulance was coming. Road ambulance went past us so ended up doing lots of cantering around the stubble field and trotting up the road whilst on the phone to 999 trying to get them to send ambulance back. Then helicopter came so we had to make a quick exit - flew low over us and Llewi didn't bat an eyelid. He wasn't too happy about being made to wait with injured rider whilst rest of field moved off though - proper temper tantrums. That was the end of our line and just walked onto start of 4th line.
4th line back round the hotel grounds and let him jump the final fence and he flew it.
Generally pleased with him but he wasn't easy. If I tried to steady him whilst galloping he just stuck his head on the floor and tanked. Didn't want to stand still unless it suited him, throwing himself around and having huge temper tantrums. He is such a stroppy bugger!
Not a great week though as due to being back and work and dark evenings have had to do 4 schooling sessions and one short-ish hack so only done one decent length hack.
Schooling sessions have been ok though - he has been soft and willing. He still does rein back better than any horse I've seen recently whilst writing for BD Elem/Med! We are just trotting large round the edge of the school and walking over some poles. Not asking for anything great in the trot, just forwards and soft and he seems happy.
End of the week started on Equifeast Ulcer Supplement. Still on Winning Edge Gold as well.
Took Llewi hunting today - SC&RMA opening meet at 4 seasons hotel. Stuck with 2nd fieldmaster and had my eyes opened to what it is like at the back of the field. First line horse dropped dead in front of me trapping his rider underneath. Had to roll horse off her but he was dead by the time I got to him. Rider was ok but in total shock - tried to reassure her that nothing she could have done but it was so emotionally draining. What a horrific thing to happen :( He died doing what he loved but god what a shock.
2nd line was a bit nothingy as just stood and watched others jump the hedges at Swans Farm.
3rd line horse put foot down rabbit hole behind me and catapaulted his rider headfirst into the ground and knocked her out cold. Cue call to ambulance and then heard air ambulance was coming. Road ambulance went past us so ended up doing lots of cantering around the stubble field and trotting up the road whilst on the phone to 999 trying to get them to send ambulance back. Then helicopter came so we had to make a quick exit - flew low over us and Llewi didn't bat an eyelid. He wasn't too happy about being made to wait with injured rider whilst rest of field moved off though - proper temper tantrums. That was the end of our line and just walked onto start of 4th line.
4th line back round the hotel grounds and let him jump the final fence and he flew it.
Generally pleased with him but he wasn't easy. If I tried to steady him whilst galloping he just stuck his head on the floor and tanked. Didn't want to stand still unless it suited him, throwing himself around and having huge temper tantrums. He is such a stroppy bugger!
Sunday 7 October 2012
End of first week of trot work
All going smoothly thankfully. Leg has shown no signs of any kind of puffiness or swelling. We have built up the trot work from 30secs on Mon to 3mins30secs today and all is good. Monty is enjoying himself muchly and thinks he can trot everywhere now. Pulls my arms out in trot but feels amazing - really powerful and pingy - lovely!
So good to be getting going on him again. This week will see us continue to gradually build up towards 5mins at the end of the week. I am back to work though and it's now too dark to hack in the evenings so we'll start some low key school work. Might set out some poles so we can do some walking over poles as something different to do or it's going to get a bit dull walking for an hour with only 5mins trotting!
He is still out in his small square and I dont plan on increasing that until he is back in canter work so a few more weeks yet. I know he is miserable sectioned off from his friend but I dont trust him not to have a hooley and set us right back to square one.
Still on Cool, Calm and Condition with extra Mg but cant say I think it's makes any difference to him. He's still sharp as anything and is testing out my stickability multiple times every ride.
So far though, very happy :)
So good to be getting going on him again. This week will see us continue to gradually build up towards 5mins at the end of the week. I am back to work though and it's now too dark to hack in the evenings so we'll start some low key school work. Might set out some poles so we can do some walking over poles as something different to do or it's going to get a bit dull walking for an hour with only 5mins trotting!
He is still out in his small square and I dont plan on increasing that until he is back in canter work so a few more weeks yet. I know he is miserable sectioned off from his friend but I dont trust him not to have a hooley and set us right back to square one.
Still on Cool, Calm and Condition with extra Mg but cant say I think it's makes any difference to him. He's still sharp as anything and is testing out my stickability multiple times every ride.
So far though, very happy :)
Tuesday 2 October 2012
Start of trot work
End of last week let him have a 15sec trot on each ride. Yesterday we did 2x 15sec trots and today we did 2x 30sec trots. Will continue to build up by 30secs each ride now until we are up to 20mins then we can start canter work. He feels very well and leg all looks fine so far.
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