Post by fimacg on Mar 11, 2012 20:29:43 GMT
Took Brave out today for a little hack, all started really well and there is only 1 stubble field left near us now and its my nemesis field, for some reason if anything can go wrong it happens in that field!
But as all going well decided to take Brave in for a hurl... had a great gallop toward home and just let him go - he was slow coming back to walk at the end of the field but was entirely under control. turned him back and he just took off full blown walk to gallop in half a stride. I had to bridge my reins over his neck just to get any form of control at all. he came back to walk and I thought it was time to WALK down do the gate as it was down hill from where we finish up.
After a bit of head tossing Brave decided to canter down the hill with the bit between his teeth, I was busy trying to turn him back up the hill when the little so and so drops his shoulder and spins left when I was trying to turn right - que me nearly heading out of the side door and eating mane with one stirrup again! he bolts to the gate which I had left slighty open, it had blown shut a bit and it wasn't wide enough for both him and me I caught one foot on the gate and one on the gate post - emergency stop from Brave and then the little **** immediately JUMPS through the gap and onto the road - with me hanging around his neck. Fortunately no cars but still rather a hairy ride.
He then refuses to walk home, trot, canter, head toss, trot! I had to ask one car to stop to let us through as he was cantering sideways up the road!
100 yards from home I got him back to walk!
So I am seriously thinking about taking up knitting, if I want to stay in one piece for my skiing holiday in two weeks time but as my cousin told me a lot of damage can be done with a pointy knitting needle and I would still hurt myself!
But as all going well decided to take Brave in for a hurl... had a great gallop toward home and just let him go - he was slow coming back to walk at the end of the field but was entirely under control. turned him back and he just took off full blown walk to gallop in half a stride. I had to bridge my reins over his neck just to get any form of control at all. he came back to walk and I thought it was time to WALK down do the gate as it was down hill from where we finish up.
After a bit of head tossing Brave decided to canter down the hill with the bit between his teeth, I was busy trying to turn him back up the hill when the little so and so drops his shoulder and spins left when I was trying to turn right - que me nearly heading out of the side door and eating mane with one stirrup again! he bolts to the gate which I had left slighty open, it had blown shut a bit and it wasn't wide enough for both him and me I caught one foot on the gate and one on the gate post - emergency stop from Brave and then the little **** immediately JUMPS through the gap and onto the road - with me hanging around his neck. Fortunately no cars but still rather a hairy ride.
He then refuses to walk home, trot, canter, head toss, trot! I had to ask one car to stop to let us through as he was cantering sideways up the road!
100 yards from home I got him back to walk!
So I am seriously thinking about taking up knitting, if I want to stay in one piece for my skiing holiday in two weeks time but as my cousin told me a lot of damage can be done with a pointy knitting needle and I would still hurt myself!
for so much hard work we thank ye!!
