A place where I record the adventures of myself and my Irish Sport Horse mare, Kika. Who I purchased as an un-backed 3yr old in 2007. This blog follows the trials and tribulations of first-time horse ownership since moving from Ireland to Luxembourg in 2010. UPDATE: as of 2013, Kika is being joined by Nancy a Friesan X ISH mare bred by my family who I had my eye on since she was a foal and have been lucky enough to buy and add to my equine family.
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| Kika looking good, eurgh - me leaning = bad & again my hands grrrr! |
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| I have poker arms but Nancy is looking good |
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| Yikes - you could drive a bus through my hands - I really didn't realise I had them so far apart! |
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| Nancy be stridin' |
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| Not too shabby N, pity about the jockey |
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| Nancy minding my baby sister |
*All* gorgeous girls
ReplyDeleteSchnucks - thanks lady, i cringe looking at the photos of me...so much needs fixing! But the ponios do look spiffy...in my very biased opinion ;)
DeleteYour girls are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI am quite partial to them myself - now if only i could pull up my socks and try to look good working them we'd be on our way to something ;-)
DeleteWonderful photos! Looks like a fun day at the barn :)
ReplyDeleteIt was a fab way to spend the day at the barn, have been feeling a little lonely at the yard of late - prob contributing to my lack of motivation.
DeleteThe good news is sister's friend has said she'd love to come back anytime so might not be so lonely in the future ☺
nice to see pics of you riding!! you guys look great :)
ReplyDeleteAw thanks Emma, plenty to work on but this is why I love photos & videos
DeletePhotos are so helpful to me in training -- it really shows off all the things you need to work on that you might not have noticed otherwise!
ReplyDeleteI 100% agree & love when bodies can come to the barn with me for exactly this reason. Well that & blog fodder as it must get boring for you loyal readers to always be assaulted by cross-tie & grazing photos lol
DeleteGreat pics! :)
ReplyDeleteTa muchly lady
DeleteLove the pics! Your girls are so cute!
ReplyDeleteAw thanks for that, they are very cute. Just need to get my rear in gear & hopefully finally learn to ride better
DeleteLove the pictures!
ReplyDeleteI love that I can see mistakes & hope to learn from them!
Deletei think all of you look terrific!
ReplyDeleteAw thanks lady, you're too kind!
DeleteI think you guys look really nice! There are more things right than wrong and the girls look like they are going lovely :)
ReplyDeleteYou're so sweet *hugs*
DeleteI can only see glaring errors when I look at photos/videos of myself - however I cannot be happier with the ponios. They are looking ok - well in my biased opinion that is ;-)
Love all the pics! You're a stud for riding two horses in a day. I'm always spent after just one! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Erika, the level of riding i do is nothing to write home about!
DeleteNothing special about me I'm afraid
Great photos! Looks like such a fun day! You had me laughing on the comment about driving a bus through your hands.... guess who else had that problem! Me! If you have a bucking strap on your saddle use it to help with keeping your hands together. If you don't have one you can tie some baling twine in a loop through the D rings on the pommel. It helps me a lot! Of course then I started riding a green horse (Chrome) and I'm back to having wide hands again LOL!!!! Or you could use a neck strap like this lady is doing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNIyh2WOOn8 It really helped me because I was bad about carrying my hands too low, arms too straight and hands too wide. Holding the strap up brought my hands into the correct position. Sometimes just feeling the correct way makes it easier to replicate without the strap. :) Keep up the great work!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestions, hopefully I can remember to apply them ☺
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