Well. Its finally happened! We have our own transport! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRJvXxOntKK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Growing up I watched all the pony club kids heading out to training, competitions or even for beach rides when ever they wanted. While I have been lucky enough in the past to hitch a lift with other people, it means that I have always [...]
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The adventures of the ginger horse and the ginger human.
This category is the main blog about my mare and myself.
June Catch up ’21
This month started with showjumping and ended with Eva on antibiotics! It's been a while a long while since we've been showjumping. In fact the last time we entered a showjumping competition was in October! Part of me really wanted to push it and do the 90cm and meter classes but I had a lesson [...]
May Catch Up 21′
Its been a pretty quiet month this month. Overall Eva's energy levels have been so up and down. I mentioned in my previous post that Eva wasn't eating her feeds as per usual at this time of year. I was able to get a feed in her after work but she was refusing to eat [...]
April Dressage ’21
Whats been going on this month ? Well one exciting thing happened which was we entered a dressage competition!! I had pretty much vowed off doing dressage at home, for several reasons, but mostly because Eva's concentration is not the best during normal schooling never mind when there is music playing, lorries in the car [...]
February Catch up ’21
In February we had a fair bit of rain and snow! Which unfortunately meant flooded fields and a lot of time spent in the stable. On the one hand I think Eva was quite happy to get out for some time in the field when she could but it didn't last, and before long she [...]
January Catch Up ’21
What with lock down and lots of rain I can't say that Eva and I got up to much in January! Since I last posted Eva has fully recovered from the nail in her foot incident, had several weeks off over Christmas and has since started coming back into work again. At the moment she [...]
Nailed It (….Literally)
The day after my last blog post I rode Eva and she was feeling fantastic. Like really good. I was starting to think on making up a training plan for over winter and enter the showjumping competition on the yard that was coming up. But I ended up having a slight spanner in the works [...]
Heading in to Winter
Four Shoes In August I had made the decision to try Eva fully bare foot. Well .... I thought I did. About I week after the blog post I was discussing with my instructor - who I've been having regular lessons with over the last two years and probably about once a month this year [...]
Jumping back in
Over this course of this year Eva has lost fitness mainly because of... well ... *gestures vaguely towards the global pandemic*. Right now she is beginning to gain fitness again and her and her field pals have recently moved into a new field that has more grass, so I am feeling the effects. The other [...]
Going Barefoot On Purpose
Barefoot or not to barefoot. Previously Eva has accidentally ended up barefoot, through pulling shoes and half her hoof, but this winter I've made the decision to give it a proper go. Background When I first bought Eva whenever she lost a shoe she would be hopping lame. Poor girl was so sensitive that she [...]
