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Post by FirenLady on Aug 15, 2011 17:08:12 GMT
Mature older pony! Fire seems to have finally mellowed *touch wood* and we have been enjoying gallops on a really long oil seed rape stubble field. Trotting/cantering out then whipping around at the end and galloping completley flat out towards home, and the lovely thing is when we reach the end, just give him a whoa and he comes back to a walk then is happy to plod home on a long rein  at 16/17 he just seems to know the drill...which I appreicate having fallen off Trav last Saturday  |
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Post by kitcat on Aug 15, 2011 17:10:32 GMT
He certainly doesn't look 16/17. He's a dude  |
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Post by FirenLady on Aug 15, 2011 17:13:44 GMT
he does seem to stay quite fit, he sees the physio regualry tho, and don't tell him but when he was younger the vet told me he was likely a couple of years older then what his passport said! *but la la la I didn't hear that, hes not aloud to get old* Although when the vet first laid eyes on him, he said he would quieten down by the time he was 20  |
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Post by kitcat on Aug 15, 2011 19:16:06 GMT
he would quieten down by the time he was 20  Love it. What happened with Trav? |
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Post by dannyboy on Aug 15, 2011 21:45:05 GMT
I can't believe Fire is 16/17  Its lovely to hear you are enjoying his mellow ways  |
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Post by fleabitten on Aug 16, 2011 16:09:10 GMT
wow - i think your vet is psychic! ;D
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Post by FirenLady on Aug 16, 2011 16:34:52 GMT
lol he may just be! I was doing some little jumps on Trav, and one was a row of little crates and we had jumped it the week before but he took a huge leap over it and I was to far forward and went out the side door! It was my own stupid fault  I got back on though and he did it nicely the next time. It was a very strange sensation, I've never fallen off another horse except Fire (although that is around 25+ times!, I was bucked off one other but landed standing beside him with reins still in my hands ;P. Another welsh arab! ) It didn't hurt as much as a Fire fall and seemed a bit in slow motion. |
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Post by kitcat on Aug 19, 2011 14:52:13 GMT
Glad your ok though
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Its lovely to hear you are enjoying his mellow ways 
I got back on though and he did it nicely the next time.