Archive for February, 2010

Horsefloat safety

Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Having just come back from my latest successful outing with Compadre and having some spare time for a change, I thought I’d give the float a quick once over. I usually make sure the tires have air in them and nothing is about to fall off, but that is obviously not enough. Having a closer look at the tires showed some uneven wear. In fact if you have a closer look at the photo you can see some shiny bits which are the steel tread. :-o

I’ll blame this on Bignose, sorry meant Occy as if usually parks his fat behind near that wheel. Must admit the other tires look a bit worn also so may need to go tire shopping to keep pony safe.

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Showjumping at Wyena

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Our first showjumping comp in a long time and our first straight sj comp at this level. All things considered we did well getting a 4th and a 5th place. The video is of Elizabeth Hughes on Robert Henry HRCAV level 1 placed 2nd  in the AM7 

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Out and About

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Been a busy few weeks since Australia Day, which was the first competition this year and the last one I have been to so far.

The Australia Day dressage comp ended up being on the grass, so the footing was a little bit firm. Occy did ok under the circumstance, even though not as active as I would have liked him. We ended up about midfield for the level 2 and in the lower third of the field for the Level 1 test. But was happy with the transitions I was getting and got some nice comments from the spectators.

Had Club Rally since then and a session with Manolo Mendez (more about him here http://www.horseoz.com/Manolo_Mendez_Articles/index.html) as well as training for an upcoming Showjumping Competition this weekend at Wyena plus trying to get Occy fit for a couple of horse trials.

Regards
Walter

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