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The old timer and the young upstart: September 2009
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The old timer and the young upstart. This is a blog about my two boys.Polo's a 17yr old Standardbred and the (not so)new addition Alagado(AliG) a 4yr old Andalusian. There is also lots of news about my Border Terrier's Minx,Mouse,Buster and Ted. Wednesday, 30 September 2009. Horse wise there's not much to report really. Ive not done a lot of schooling lately with Ali so lots of hacking out which is his favourite.other than eating obviously! This weekend gone I was at another Champ show, Mouse didnt go du...
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The old timer and the young upstart: December 2009
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The old timer and the young upstart. This is a blog about my two boys.Polo's a 17yr old Standardbred and the (not so)new addition Alagado(AliG) a 4yr old Andalusian. There is also lots of news about my Border Terrier's Minx,Mouse,Buster and Ted. Thursday, 24 December 2009. Hunting on Boxing Day is obviously out due to Ali not being ridden. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2010xx. Wednesday, 2 December 2009. Im just hacking him at the minute to build him up slowly as work has been pretty inconsistent ...
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The old timer and the young upstart: Show day
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The old timer and the young upstart. This is a blog about my two boys.Polo's a 17yr old Standardbred and the (not so)new addition Alagado(AliG) a 4yr old Andalusian. There is also lots of news about my Border Terrier's Minx,Mouse,Buster and Ted. Sunday, 22 August 2010. And no it wasnt the dogs! Entered Ali in the show we went to last year,I figured if he's able to come into work now which im chosing not to do then an inhand class shouldnt do any harm. We got 3rd which I was very pleased about considering...
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The old timer and the young upstart: May 2009
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The old timer and the young upstart. This is a blog about my two boys.Polo's a 17yr old Standardbred and the (not so)new addition Alagado(AliG) a 4yr old Andalusian. There is also lots of news about my Border Terrier's Minx,Mouse,Buster and Ted. Saturday, 23 May 2009. Had another lesson Friday and it was a vast improvement. I did think my tiredness last time was the main issue, I felt much more on the ball yesterday and it went well. Lastly we did some canter work for the first time in ages and it was ac...
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The old timer and the young upstart: November 2009
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The old timer and the young upstart. This is a blog about my two boys.Polo's a 17yr old Standardbred and the (not so)new addition Alagado(AliG) a 4yr old Andalusian. There is also lots of news about my Border Terrier's Minx,Mouse,Buster and Ted. Sunday, 22 November 2009. The panic is over, Im pretty sure its an abscess! I reckon i'll be riding him in the next couple of days,its quite a relief as I was starting to become concerned there was some underlying issue niggling on. Thursday, 19 November 2009.
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The old timer and the young upstart: June 2009
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The old timer and the young upstart. This is a blog about my two boys.Polo's a 17yr old Standardbred and the (not so)new addition Alagado(AliG) a 4yr old Andalusian. There is also lots of news about my Border Terrier's Minx,Mouse,Buster and Ted. Saturday, 27 June 2009. A reasonably quiet week riding wise. Hacked Ali on Monday then light lunge Thursday, lots of walk with some trot using poles. So he still wanted to buck despite the bute.probably not pain? He did a couple of fabby walk to canters on the ri...
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The old timer and the young upstart: October 2009
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The old timer and the young upstart. This is a blog about my two boys.Polo's a 17yr old Standardbred and the (not so)new addition Alagado(AliG) a 4yr old Andalusian. There is also lots of news about my Border Terrier's Minx,Mouse,Buster and Ted. Monday, 26 October 2009. What a fab day. Did nothing special just lovely not having to rush around as I always seem to be working on a time limit. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Just when things were going well! Im hoping he's pulled something so the first port of call...
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The old timer and the young upstart: Busy week
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The old timer and the young upstart. This is a blog about my two boys.Polo's a 17yr old Standardbred and the (not so)new addition Alagado(AliG) a 4yr old Andalusian. There is also lots of news about my Border Terrier's Minx,Mouse,Buster and Ted. Sunday, 29 August 2010. Im on countdown for going back to work so this week has been really busy with appointments,meeting friends that ive not seen in a while and lots of other little jobs ive needed to do. Didnt get anything with Buster or Mouse yesterday but i...
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My Journey with Horses: April 2009
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My Journey with Horses. Thursday, 30 April 2009. At last I understand! At last, after riding for nearly half a century and many years of trying to be a good student for my horses. Trying to find the best teachers. Reading all the theory. At last I not only understand but I'm becoming more able at translating theory into practice! I turned Bruce out after riding him and he just looked WOW! So uphill and engaged! Tuesday, 28 April 2009. Vegetarians do not read! So (the bit vegetarians should avoid! I sang ...
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My Journey with Horses: July 2009
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My Journey with Horses. Sunday, 19 July 2009. Today I went to visit Zeffy and I rode him for the first time since he's been at Ruth's! He felt just fantastic. And Ruth was brilliant - really helpful and encouraging. Just walked and trotted but he felt so light. Of course he's still a baby and needs clear guidance but I'm so thrilled with his progress! So he'll stay at Ruth's for another two weeks, with both Ruth and I riding him and then I'll fetch him at the end of July. Thursday, 16 July 2009.