Grey horse in the sunset

[glenatron]

Today we rode in the field for the second time and herecirm had a camera and so we posed by riding along a sunbeam.



Pretty mare.


It won't be an enormous step for her to become a pretty impressive dressage horse, we'll just need to build a lot of confidence and a lot more softness from her poll backwards. It will be easier with something more practical on her head...


If in doubt always charge the photographer.


Posing, again. This mare is worthy of showing off and these summer evenings will not last forever- in fact this is the first time in about five years we have had a summer that felt remotely summery, so it deserves celebrating.


We are made of lava!

Comments

[ellie-equus.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous photos of a gorgeous mare! Nice to see she's doing so well :)

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

I'm really pleased with her. We had a couple of little humpy bucks yesterday but she was just out of balance. Pretty great horse.

[harnessphoto.livejournal.com]

I love her. What a cool horse.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

She is supercool. I think we will have awesome adventures together as she gets brave and starts to relax.

[oifonly.livejournal.com]

Great photos - she really is a gorgeous horse.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Sari is best at cameras.

[puddleshark.livejournal.com]

Magic! She has the paces for dressage, no question.

Could I ask about your saddle pad? Is it an integral part of that saddle, or something you can buy separately? I'm looking for something to replace my ancient Impact pads which are no longer made...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

What I have there is the Cavallo western pad, the non-Monty one as I don't want to accidentally be giving that unsavoury man money when buying riding gear. They do English pads too (http://www.cavallo-inc.com/us/English-Saddle-Pads) but you might do better with something like a Grandeur pad (http://grandeur.de/en_shop/e_site.php) - those are pretty good in my experience.

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

unsavoury? whyyy?

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Most of his story is provably lies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_Whispers_and_Lies) and Join-Up is just a way of flooding a horse. He pushes mechanistic training techniques that rely on making the horse do what you are asking for and endorses products like the "Be Nice" pressure halter- which is studded around the pole to make it painful for the horse in use. None of which is necessary at all.

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

lovely photos!

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Thank you- credit as ever to herecirm.

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

you guys look great together & like you are having a lot of fun. she's gorgeous.

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

She is doing really well, I am really enjoying life with her.