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Post by cally on Feb 13, 2009 7:28:15 GMT 1
I'm so lucky! Last night & most of today we had Franklin Levinson demonstrating out at our RDA. He's the (supposedly) "original" guy the Horse Whisperer book was based on. It was excellent, especially today when he was working with some of our more challenging horses. I hope now we'll be able to spend some time doing groundwork which I really love- the only work outside of riding that is usually done is lunging which is ok, but he taught us how to get more out of it ie. getting a connection going on rather than just exercising the horse.
I was surprised that our CEO who's an experienced rider didn't know as much as I thought she would about horse psychology & behaviour. Admittedly she's really busy & is lucky if she can find the time to ride at all, so hopefully she may try to spend more time with her beautiful but spooky 16.3hh TB just hanging out.
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Post by zoe on Feb 13, 2009 11:13:13 GMT 1
Sounds like you had a great time
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Post by cally on Feb 15, 2009 22:13:46 GMT 1
Yes, and I finally learnt why rope headcollars are good for training! I actually feel more confident about taking on a younger or less well trained horse now and have contacted a standardbred retraining farm about going out & learning how they deal with ex racehorses, especially how to teach trotters/pacers how to canter. I really would like to have a standie as my 1st horse.
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Post by zoe on Feb 15, 2009 22:39:09 GMT 1
Sounds really interesting, I'm looking forward to my youngest going to playschool then I will have a bit more time to spend with my ponies and maybe learning something new - I'd quite like to learn to drive (horse and cart) so might look into it.
Do you think you'll get a horse soon?
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Post by cally on Feb 17, 2009 7:09:19 GMT 1
I hope so- standies can be picked up here for around $500 and the place I'm going to visit (they actually said to come for a ride if I wanted to) has some beauties on the website (Kalimbah Standardbreds if you want to google & drool; Irish & the 15.3hh black mare look promising!). The big issue is agistment (DIY livery)- the place I want to use is probably quite expensive so I'll have to check it out this week. I'd love to have a go at driving too, which of course these horses are trained to do but I wouldn't want to find myself going at top speed down the road with one!
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Post by zoe on Feb 17, 2009 14:38:18 GMT 1
I've been drooling - they are gorgeous! Ooooh I hope you get one they are so lovely, I want one.
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Post by cally on Feb 17, 2009 23:22:38 GMT 1
I think with a bit more training under saddle the price will be closer to $1400 but money isn't the problem in the short term. I imagine hay prices will go through the roof with all the climatic disasters we've been having.
The American mare Irish looks GORGEOUS and I've been dreaming about going down and meeting her and 'clicking' straight away. Maybe next week I'll get there and if I do find a horse I'm pretty sure I can pay them in instalments until she's finished her training. I have a friend who purchased a 17hh standardbred from these people & they're evidently very supportive etc.
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