It was Sunday Funday both sides of the border. Sunday Funday here at Balsam Hall in Kingston means that everyone gets the jumps out and has a little school. It’s always fun when everyone at the barn jumps and today was no exception. The horses enjoy it as a break from the routine. he indoor […]
Today was a chilly start to the very early day. We rolled out at 5:30 a.m. to head to Three Llakes horse trials near Orlando. Had the two Rather Well brothers on the trailer to compete in the Prelim division. Zephyr went dressage first at 8:12 a.m. I zoomed around the cross country course while […]
We won’t even talk about North of the border, suffice it to say that all the icky stuff from yesterday is now frozen solid and our horses were ‘indoors only’ again. We are getting to the stage of trying to be inventive of new games to play in the sandbox. I think some long lining […]
Today started off with a trip to Canadian team coach Clayton Fredricks’ farm for a show jumping lesson on Woody. He was a very good boy and we did the biggest bounce I’ve ever done, I think. It was actually two bounces made of three verticals getting progressively taller. I swear the last one was […]
The tornado watch in Ocala fizzled out into a Wind Advisory. Unfortunately the weather was bad enough to cancel the Florida Horse Park’s schooling day, which was a disappointment. Kelly Damp arrived to ride her Zephyr and Thunder had a last schooling jump before his owner arrives tomorrow. Everyone schooled at home except Benny. Somebody […]
Today was pretty quiet both sides of the border. The ponies in Ocala did trot sets, which means they work in pairs. Anne Marie and Selena will ride one horse and lead either one or two more and go out and do ‘trot sets.’ Trot sets are an absolute necessity if the horses are going […]
Rummy didn’t do it today, but one day he DID walk over the log on top of the ‘hump’ on his way home from a hack. All by himself! He is terribly calm under saddle and brave without getting silly. He has responded quickly to being asked to ‘stay with the group,’ and it is […]
It’s been awhile since I blogged, but I can’t believe how much we have done in that time! Time has this way of going a bit funny in Florida and I am never sure what day it is and whether time is going super fast or super slow. I still haven’t gotten over Woody winning […]
After yesterday’s excitements, today seemed a bit of a let down. We were practicing cross country indoors here in Canada. We were working on pace into a skinny, a spread and a double bounce. It’s difficult to get enough cross country practice, and in the winter it’s close to impossible. However, we are able to […]
Well today was a great day at the office! On Wednesday we went to the Florida Horse Park for a wonderful opportunity to school all three phases. I only did dressage with Woody. I had some good quality work, but at the cost of some anxiety in the movements that are worth double. So, on […]
