Cash for the weekend

[glenatron]

A long weekend means quite a bit of Cash time, which is always a pleasure. Happily sleepsy_mouse was around for photographicable helping...



On Saturday we tried him in Small's saddle. On Friday we had tried him in one that someone on the lane is selling, and we thought we would try this for comparison.


This was the first time I have tried him in a bit since he came to stay. I was just making sure he could follow a gentle ask on each rein before I got on.


Yes, Cash, I still have boots on...


Not bad for an early ride, I think. It seemed to me he was going really nicely.


Lest anyone forget that I have a real horse, here's the mighty cob. You can see it's early in the session as he is experimenting with pulling on me here. In general he does that a lot less now, but he still tries from time to time.


On Sunday I tried him in the saddle we tried on Friday, which is a Baines- a classy make and a really nice saddle. It's a good fit on pony, but it's a little small for me and very much not cut for male physiology unfortunately.


After a little while in the school I took him for a couple of laps of the yard so he could look at tractors and go over some different terrain...


Then we headed out the gate- Cash was great, very alert and interested but no spooks or anxious moments really.


Sun plus wind means epic windblown Zorro. The sun came out in the afternoon, once we had finished riding.


That also meant we didn't need our coats on. Leaving them where Small could find them and search for sweets in the pockets was perhaps a mistake...


Today we went out for a proper trail ride. Only a mile and a bit, but Cash saw joggers, a bike, a cross-bike, distant cows and a few walkers. He was a total star.


Marching up the trail. On the way back we met a group of eight cross-bikes. They were really polite and stopped for us ( in my experience motocross riders are the single most polite group on the trail ) and we just ambled past them. Considering that is his fifth ride since he came to stay with us, Cash is doing great.

Very pleased.

Also this little guy was on the start of my walk to the pub to meet my brother for his birthday:

Five miles from my house to the pub. It started raining as I left the house...

Comments

[herecirm.livejournal.com]

Zorro and Cash looking awesome, as ever. Also - secret pony! Or is it...?

"I have forgotten that men cannot see Unicorns. If men no longer know what they're looking at, there may be other unicorns in the world yet, unknown, and glad of it."

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

XD Extra points for the Peter Beagle quote...

[joycemocha.livejournal.com]

Awesome pix!

And hey, is that Cash giving you a wee bit of a soft feel and offering up a wee bit of roundness in the second pic? Looks good.

[joycemocha.livejournal.com]

'Scuse me. Fourth pic.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

He carries himself quite nicely in walk but he is a classic baby- follows the rein nicely to the left and right but gets very confused if you apply two. That will come- lateral flexion is the starting point for everything else and he's got a good idea of that already.

He's now starting to get a few opinions about things too, which is cute but I'm pretty much stomping on straight away because I don't need him to start getting the idea he can just wander off willy-nilly. I control the steering and he needs to get the hang of that.

[serennig]

Yay pics! Yay Cash!

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

He's such a clever pony. The nice thing is that he really knows it too, when he goes out in the field he exudes an atmosphere of just being totally pleased with himself...

[penella22.livejournal.com]

Cash is clearly turning into a rock star, just as he knew he always could be. Zorro looks much more...connected...under saddle than I remember him being previously, or maybe you're just sitting up straighter. ;) Zorro is also truly movie star epic Zorro in his pic not under saddle. Fabio hair anyone? The boy's got *mane*.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Zorro is looking a lot more like a dressage horse. It's amazing how much comes from that consistent soft feel. It really is so important.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Fabulous pics. And it's so nice to see Cash looking relaxed & not like the world's about to end...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

One thing I really like is that when he really needs to leave you would see him starting to lean away and then he would move- I could usually catch the lean and change his mind, but that was always his first response. Now his initial response is starting to be to bring his head around to me and kind of look to me for security. It's adorable and practical.

[http://users.livejournal.com/blitzen_/]

oh he is looking nice! what a great pony.

[monica1979.livejournal.com]

Your horses are stunning! Also, I think Im in love with zorro! :D Is he a Shire?

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Zorro is, so far as we know, Fresian crossed with something - maybe Section D...