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Comment by lesley bruce on October 24, 2008 at 6:46am

Yet another fine tale from Linda and Salad,. Thank You.

Linda, I don't have much luck with your photos, this time thanks to your tutorial I pasted correctly but it told me the photos had "Been Moved" ... Gasp!!

Need another tutorial please.

Cheers
(¯`*•.¸(¯`*•.¸Lesley¸.•*´¯)¸.•*´¯)

Comment by lesley bruce on October 24, 2008 at 6:43am

My 2mares,

That must have been a sight for sore eyes, wish I'd been a fly on the wall. It went on forever and I bet time slowed down too. .... such a giggle, good job your mare saw the funny side.

Thanks for that.
Cheers
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Comment by Linda on October 23, 2008 at 5:18pm

Young Salad accompanied Molls out on one of her conditioning rides this morning. Got to the big field, walked in on a loose rein, Salads ears pricked, eyes rolling, ready to take off like a gunfighter wiggling his fingers at his hip Real hair trigger , but not so much as a step out of place. We flummoxed him by doing 2 laps of the field in walk, he's there, under starters orders, waiting for the slightest twitch from me, and he'd be out of the blocks like Linford....

Lap 3 - canter! Salad takes off in an orderly fashion (he KNOWS when I mean it) and Molls explodes Boiioing! doing her best 'tiggers' just sooo excited, pulled her up and sent her off up the field with him, back to walk, Salad positively twitching now. Do 2 more laps in nice canters and walk, she settled nicely, he was disgusted - in his best russian "not happy, am galloping horse, not bloody babysitter" huff! (nostrils big enough to fit a baseball bat up) Muttered in a russian accent all the way round.... "Not satisfied with bloody woman on top making me doing walkin' " "Bloody" Huff

Had a lovely hack round the block after, with a bit of trotting on tracks which cheered him up a little, and back to the yard.

Flower (sharer) shoots orf to get the bacon sarnies, which are after all a requirement for cold brisk mornings and horse riders, and another mate arrives with stepdaughter, who is basically a beginner, she is having a hard time atm, so she's having a sit on Salad to cheer her up.

Young Salad spends the next half hour going like a beach donkey, really looking after this kid, rolling one eye at me one the way past and still muttering "bloody", while I worked on her position and steering, horses rode past in trot, Molly yelling for him, he just did as he was asked ("okay I am bloody babysitter, bloody, I behave, better be bananna after I tell you!" )

The lass was so pleased, and wouldn't stop cuddling him afterwards. Couple of camera phone pics of him doing babysitter (he'll never forgive me )


http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/21058...host=good-times

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/23861...host=good-times

Comment by my2mares on October 23, 2008 at 9:33am

You know your getting older when ........ Let me start by saying I ride a 17.1hh CSH Mare and I am 5'5" with riding boots. For some unknown reason I decided to try and mount from a tiny plastic step stool that was in the parking lot of our barn. I had enough sense to lower my left stirrup so I could reach it ..... but forgot that by dropping it to the last hole that I wouldn't be high enough to swing my right leg over the saddle. The problem got worse because I was wearing full seat breeches. The suede down the leg kind of stuck to the saddle as I tried to raise my leg up and over. Needless to say we walked many circles around the parking lot, around cars and right up to outhouse before I was able to free my leg. I believe I eventually kind of climbed up her neck to free myself and heaved myself from being STUCK on the side of the saddle. Yes, if anyone could have seem me it would have been very entertaining.

Comment by lesley bruce on October 22, 2008 at 7:18am

Thanks Pandora,

Love it.

Cheers
(¯`*•.¸(¯`*•.¸Lesley¸.•*´¯)¸.•*´¯)

Comment by pandora on October 22, 2008 at 5:03am

Lesley, Bruce can get out of anywhere. He once got out of a trailer while I had my back turned. Yes, he was well secured in the trailer - me managed to get out over the breast bar somehow, without a mark on himself, the trailer or the tack he was wearing (remember how big he is, to get out of such a small gap!) Then he took himself down to the collecting ring and showed the rest of the competitors what he's made of.

Another time the yard we were at were having a delivery of sand for their menage, and the lorry got stuck. Just as everyone was scratching their heads and wondering how to get this enormous lorry out, Bruce came galloping round the corner, followed by his field companion. His field mate was rather excited by their escape, and Bruce had a look on his face as if to say 'stick with me kiddo, I do this all the time!'

He used to let himself out of his stable at one yard a lot. He would undo the clip on his door with his teeth, slide the bolt over, and then had discovered a 'kick the door then quickly lean on it' technique to get the kickbolt to bounce up and open. At this particular yard the owners would leave their horses' breakfasts outside their stables with a cover on them, so that the first person at the yard would feed them. Bruce often had more than just his own breakfast! He often had the yard stallion's breakfast, but he never managed to steal my friend's blind old mare's breakfast. She would guard it with her life!

Comment by lesley bruce on October 21, 2008 at 3:36pm

Alessa,

So Super-Hero Roman put his life at risk to alert Farmer to the perils of the unsafe pole. Such a good guy.

Thanks
Cheers
(¯`*•.¸(¯`*•.¸Lesley¸.•*´¯)¸.•*´¯)

Comment by lesley bruce on October 21, 2008 at 3:25pm

Thanks for the photo my2mares, It's just so nice to put faces with the words. It's a lovely photo Honey is a gorgeous rich colour. Your not too bad either

thanks
Cheers
(¯`*•.¸(¯`*•.¸Lesley¸.•*´¯)¸.•*´¯)

Comment by lesley bruce on October 21, 2008 at 3:19pm

Pandora. ..

a bit more ... "Escapeologist" ...., you will have to expand on how he got that name???

It's nice to know though that he has your best interests at heart and is your protector .. no matter how furry the animal clinging to your back.

Cheers
(¯`*•.¸(¯`*•.¸Lesley¸.•*´¯)¸.•*´¯)

Comment by lesley bruce on October 21, 2008 at 3:13pm

Hi Pandora,

You can see in Bruce's face that he's a deep thinker comtemplation is written deep. Of course being grey covering himself in mud was a must and the image of Jude with her cigarette, what a classic. He has a sense of humour too knew just the exact right time to buck you off .... What a star.

Basket saddles and little round ponies, great for would be stunt riders ?? looks like you've got a budding team there with Eleanor and her Perfect Poppet.

It's amazing how little sassy ponies sort out the big people. ... ouch!!

Thanks for your stories and photos ... love them.

Cheers
(¯`*•.¸(¯`*•.¸Lesley¸.•*´¯)¸.•*´¯)

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