Sorry, but I am just bursting to tell the world. I have been trying to keep a lid on it in RL, as I know nobody wants to hear me go on and on, but hopefully some of you will understand on here!
I've got him on loan and it's only been 6 months, but I really did not know horses like this existed. I feel so lucky to have him! He is an absolute angel on the ground, my 5 yo leads him around, and grooms him, (stood on a bucket as he is a fairly big chap.) He is also as good as gold to hack. Forward going but nothing really phases him.
Where he really excels is jumping though. I started a thread on here about 2 months ago, worried I'd look stilly jumping 2' in competitions because I was too scared to jump any bigger. Yesterday I jumped a tricky 3' course on him, and we won the class. We have been to a few competitions now, showjumping, x country and dressage, and we haven't come back without a rosette yet, mostly with red ones. Admittedly this is all at small local shows, so very low level stuff, but it is so much fun.
He has done so much for my confidence, and taught me so much already, and I am lucky enough to have him for another 18 months at least. He really will jump anything he is pointed at. A couple of times yesterday I put him at the first of a treble on the wrong stride. He just takes over, and bounces over them. He is really careful, as well as dead honest.
Please feel free to ignore me, I just needed to say it before I burst!
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Yorkieaddict · 23/09/2013 12:06
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