All the ponies have had it easy this week. Bud and Zoe got their feet done yesterday, and boy did they need it! In the past week or so, Buddy's fee have exploded and I'm actually surprised he kept his shoes on. Zoe weren't as bad, but when she gets long her feet look almost foundered. I talked to my farrier about it and he said she has basically two clubbed feet up front. As of yet they haven't caused her any problems, but I do wonder if in the long term they will.
I jumped Zoe today and she was great. I switched her bit, from a plain loose ring snaffle to a D-ring french link. She some times will shake her head and grab the bit for a stride or two in the snaffle, so I wanted to see how she'd do with the french link. So far so good! She didn't try to grab it at all, and I seemed to have a little better control of her shoulders with it. We worked on going forward to the jumps today and we added two 2'6" fences in. She jumped everything well, moving forward when I asked so I called it good while we were ahead.
The tales of an adult ammy hunter/jumper rider and her ponies
No comments:
Post a Comment