Cider is My Thigh Master
The past two weeks I did not ride at Debbie's stable at all, which means that I did not get a lesson and I did not get to ride with the double bridle.
I have been able to ride Cider, thank goodness.
Cider is so stiff now, and she…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on September 26, 2020 at 1:36pm — No Comments
We got invited to the Eglinton Caledon Hunter Pace meet on Labour Day. Not an actual hunt, but a long course across country, very far from the city. I think I've found Oakley's calling.
The course is simple, we follow a marked trail 19km long, which wends its way over hill and dale, across meadows around crops, along paths and through woods. Sometimes we walked, sometimes we trotted, sometimes we cantered, and sometimes we galloped full out. Still kind of fun to pass my friends like…
ContinueAdded by B. G. Hearns on September 14, 2020 at 8:54am — 1 Comment
A Taste of Fall
Last Sunday's weather was simply wonderful. When I stuck my head out of the front door it was COOL, so cool that I felt no need to wear my ice vest. In fact it was cool enough that I could wear my protective vest, a regular shirt, leather half-chaps, and I did not have to use my hanging neck fan. Together with the lower humidity it was glorious.…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on September 12, 2020 at 1:09pm — No Comments
A Truly Horrible Noise
At least Cider thought so.
Last Sunday I had my usual ride on Cider, and as usual lately Cider was not too eager to move—at all. Shannon told me that Cider had her hooves trimmed a few days before which probably explained a good bit of it, changing hoof angles can magnify pain until everything settles…
ContinueAdded by Jackie Cochran on September 5, 2020 at 11:07am — No Comments
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