Becky asked for more pics of Grace and I have been negligent in my picture taking. I always mean to be better and then I forget. Here are a couple of my birthday when our friends came to our place to ride. Yep, that's my pasture right there. This ones kind of from a distance but I love how my friend, Junior is the same height on Grace that I am on Tax. He's a big man and makes her look like a pony.
I haven’t been blogging much, have I? Things are afoot though. Exciting things…scary things. I just need to get though today and then I promise I will share. Today is a big day but I’m not ready to say why yet. I keep reminding myself that everything always works out the way it should. What is meant to be will be…but I’m PMSing today and I’m not sure it’s helping. Sigh.
Today, I want to write just to write. I want to write about the most amazing ride on Tax I’ve ever had. It was short but sweet. I asked for a canter, the take off just a little rough. I pressed my inside leg against his side at the girth to pick up his shoulder like I’ve been working on with the trainer. I kept my reins short with some contact. I continued to push him up with my outside leg into my hands.
If that’s what he’s going to feel like all the time once he’s totally consistent I’m definitely not selling him. He’s really just been amazing. He tries so hard to do what I ask and never gets a hair out of place. He never bucks, never spooks, just sometimes still gets a little quick at the canter especially his lead changes and that’s mostly my fault because I lean forward to look. My trainer rode him on Saturday after him being home since October 2nd. She said he doesn’t feel much different, just keep working on keeping his inside shoulder up. That’s like, the best compliment ever. I’m riding so much better now that I’m riding him 5 days a week. I know my trainer was worried I wouldn’t keep him going but she seems happy with our progress. We might be ready for a 2 foot course at our next show which is in just a couple weeks. Keep your fingers crossed for us.
He’s finally putting on weight now that I am feeding him myself. Weight and hair...lots and lots of gorgeous hair. I’m giving him a special mix of mostly beet pulp and rice bran that Grace’s trainer gives all her show horses. It seems to work wonders. They all have amazing coats and body condition. Gots to give it to halter trainers there...they know how to make a horse look good.
Okay, I'll give a hint about what's going on today because I can't help myself. Unfortunately, you might be getting a lot less pics of Grace. The good news is you might be getting more of this guy which is good because I hate this pic of him but its all I've got for now. More soon...
2 comments:
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You're worse than Mugs, leaving us with a cliffhanger! Ugh... don't you DARE leave me hanging like this for long. I want to know more about that beautiful big, red horse!
Copious amounts of rice bran and beet pulp were the only way I kept my idiot thoroughbred from looking like Skeletor. The powder "weight gain supplement" was also effective, but it was pretty pricey ($70 for a can that only lasted 4 weeks to a month).
If you ever need emergency show weight, free-feed carrots. It artificially stacks on water weight and they can eat as much as they want without getting sick (or hyper). As soon as you stop they pee it all away, but if you want to pack on a couple extra pounds right off the bat, it's the way to go.
If you dont' care about actually riding or staying in the saddle, free feed the carrots with corn oil dumped on them. That DEFINITELY packs on the pounds, but it turned my idiot TB into a nutcase.
Tell me about it! I'm waiting on news too. There is a very nice lady with a good home who wants Grace which conveniently leaves me with the money and room for a horse I've been dreaming about for a year. I couldn't afford him before but his owners got a little desperate and lowered his price and Grace's value has gone up with all the training and experience I put into her in the last year.
The lady made an offer for Grace but it wasn't high enough so I made a counter offer. Waiting to see if she accepts it. Argh! I'm so worried about all of it...that I'm doing the right thing. Tax is on a hunger strike because I took Grace to the trainer's barn while we're working on the sale so he's making me feel guilty. The kids, my hubby and even everyone else at the barn love Gracie (and how can you not with that face!) and are pretty sad, but they don't show the horses...I do.
Hopefully more to follow!
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