The lesson horse 2: Cob lunge extravaganza

[glenatron]

Now mr shanks01 was thinking he'd like to learn to ride maybe and we figured he could probably come over and have a try at sitting on Zorro to give him a start. We've never put a total beginner on Zorro, however, and although he was once sold with that intention he doesn't always come across as a beginner's horse. So this morning we thought we would test out his ability to be sat on whilst being lunged. So sleepsy_mouse lunged him, I got on and sure enough he was absolutely perfect. He was forward, willing and didn't fling any parts of himself skywards. He just knew what he needed to do and did it well. After a bit we switched from the saddle to the bareback pad ( because if Stu's going to learn he might as well start out right ) and he continued to do really well. So this project does seem to be viable.


I walked down to the ponies today and one of the little herds of exmoors was walking up the trail behind the pesky small grey pony and made a very appealing little line.

Ponies all in a line...


Wandering off up the hill.

In the afternoon we went to visit our friend Karen, who is recovering from some knee surgery and so is largely stuck at home. As we had wheels we all went over to her yard and visited her ponies.

This is TP, cute little muddy pony mare.

Comments

[penella22.livejournal.com]

I find that most interesting that Zorro was so well-behaved. Hmm. Full of surprises huh?

Sage is good with kids...not sure about adults though.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

We'll see how he is on the lunge with a real beginner at some point soon but it'll be useful to me to get better at sitting his more bumpy canter, which I need to be able to do if I'm to find his comfortable one.