I had a pretty busy weekend. Saturday was hoof trimming day, I touched up both Standardbreds and their feet look great! I'm very pleased... I have pictures, but my computer at home quit on me and I can't transfer them (AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!). I swear I'll get some pictures on here soon! (this is my Dandy girl in the picture above).
I then trimmed Dandy's feet and Misty's fronts (my back didn't feel like doing the rear legs at that point!). So I have her rear hooves to trim and the colt's feet also, then everyone should be good for a couple of weeks... (eesh). After trimming, my sister and I took Dandy and Misty for a little ride... we rode them bareback (as always during winter), at a walk / trot, I have not yet graduated to a bareback canter although I wanted to try it, my sister didn't feel quite at ease with Misty to canter. I used to full out run bareback when I was a kid, but I wouldn't try that today... even if I know that Dandy is a solid horse, she has huge movement that could be hard to sit bareback. They both did great, it was Misty's 2 or 3 time bareback and she is super! We've seen 7 deer and no one spooked, even when one of them shot passed us.
Sunday was a quiet day, so my SO and I took the two Standardbreds for a ride... they hadn't been ridden in a good while (probably 3-4 months) so they were full of themselves and mostly trotted/ paced the whole time. I hadn't been on Peg seems like forever, so I took the opportunity to relax, since Peg can see very well, I didn't have to worry about her tripping over snow banks and things. I also practiced some dressage moves with her... I don't know the extent of her training but she can move! I had her doing side passes, leg yielding, a nice collected trot / extended trot. She has BIG movement when you ask her. Don't get me wrong, she still has a lot of racing spirit and does use her racing mouth (hard mouth) when you apply pressure, but I'm trying to ride her mostly on a loose rein to get her used to having her head / mouth... she has the most beautiful headset on a loose rein. She does amazing side passes and leg yields... she actually surprised me! I was very proud of her.
Since I don't have new pics of them, I will post some pics of Misty and Wakan (my sister's colt) playing around!
Enjoy!
This is Misty... I really like this picture. I've done a bit of research on Misty's lineage. Turns out she is very well bred. Poco Bueno top and bottom, Jet Deck and Three Bars... and more... so she is mostly cutting / cow bred with some race breeding in there. She should be a fast little one, she already shows her herding instincts by herding Wakan away from Dandy and keeping him at bay! They constantly play together.
Here she is doing her nice flat western trot... it is extremely smooth to ride!
Here, Wakan is trying to kick Misty, I love how the snow flying everywhere showed up in the picture.
The little bugger has great movement. He is 1 year and 8 months in this picture, will turn two in May. He is as black as they come and it's hard to see his features on a picture. Should mature to 15.1-15.2 hands. He's just a big suck and LOVES human attention. Already wore a very light saddle / blankets and did super! I honnestly can't wait to ride him, but we won't be doing that until he is well past his 2.5 years... maybe wait for his 3rd year. That's the guy that was bought in utero and we've had him since his birth. We wouldn't trade him for the world! I love him to death even if he's a little trouble maker with the other horses... he also tends to run away with everything you leave lying around! He's a gem!
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