BlueCamasRabbitry
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I thought I would introduce you guys all to my new mount, Sonny. He is my boss's horse, and part of my job is to ride & groom him. He's approx 17 yrs. old, and is a Chestnut QH/Appy cross. About 15.2 hands.
I went out to see him today, and gave him a quick ride. He hasn't been ridden in over a year, so we're just going slow with him and getting him used to being ridden again. I let him lope today at the end of the ride, and I was VERY surprised at how smooth it was; especially since he has a slight swayback. He's definitely a very comfortable bareback mount. I've ridden horses before at a lope & gallop in saddle and almostlost my seat, but with him I only started slipping when he started slowing as his strides became choppier. He'llbe a nice mount with a saddle for loping & galloping. My plan is to turn him into a barrel horse, which is going to be a feat because he's an English horse...so we might end up just sticking with English instead. All depends. I am riding Western/Bareback for now as his owners don't have any English tack...yet.
He has a lot of things that need to be worked on - like listening to his rider 100% of the time, turning right, stopping on command, and just getting used to being undersaddle again.
Here are some pictures of him today; I will have riding pictures hopefully the next time I go out...either tomorrow, or Sunday.
I like this pic of him, even though his head is cut off, and he's shakin'. lol.
Emily
I went out to see him today, and gave him a quick ride. He hasn't been ridden in over a year, so we're just going slow with him and getting him used to being ridden again. I let him lope today at the end of the ride, and I was VERY surprised at how smooth it was; especially since he has a slight swayback. He's definitely a very comfortable bareback mount. I've ridden horses before at a lope & gallop in saddle and almostlost my seat, but with him I only started slipping when he started slowing as his strides became choppier. He'llbe a nice mount with a saddle for loping & galloping. My plan is to turn him into a barrel horse, which is going to be a feat because he's an English horse...so we might end up just sticking with English instead. All depends. I am riding Western/Bareback for now as his owners don't have any English tack...yet.
He has a lot of things that need to be worked on - like listening to his rider 100% of the time, turning right, stopping on command, and just getting used to being undersaddle again.
Here are some pictures of him today; I will have riding pictures hopefully the next time I go out...either tomorrow, or Sunday.
Emily