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| TC |
Posted - 22 Nov 2011 : 9:41:15 PM
if you could compete at the Olympics in emergency stops wee Fara would win. Tractors, double deckers, Lorries, no problem. Wooden post at side of road??? BANG From lovely rhythmic trot to dead still. Monkey!! aww she is still a baby, says my friend on the big unflappable ID...........Baby, my a**e!!! |
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| Callisto |
Posted - 26 Nov 2011 : 09:51:50 AM
I managed to read various snippets from it on Amazon - as a result I've ordered another one for my Mum for Christmas (couldn't bear to share!!!).
I've often wondered what the problem is with puddles - now I know - they've all seen the Vicar of Dibley  |
| lisa rachel |
Posted - 26 Nov 2011 : 12:08:23 AM
Originally posted by Honeyb060674
I've added Lesleys book to my Christmas list for Santa, it looks fab! Is this the same Lesley who asked for pics of Bend Or Spots a while ago?
Yes she posts as Zareeba, she is an excellent author.You will love the book I'm sure! |
| Ari |
Posted - 25 Nov 2011 : 6:08:48 PM
Emergency stops and the odd jump sideways are all part of my boys plan to keep us both safe. I am sure he has seen the Vicer of Dibley where Dawn F is submerged in a puddle cos that is a big worry for him. I am just thankfull he doesn't spin and run and that the worst he does is stop! |
| Honeyb060674 |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 10:45:07 PM
I've added Lesleys book to my Christmas list for Santa, it looks fab! Is this the same Lesley who asked for pics of Bend Or Spots a while ago? |
| Callisto |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 8:29:15 PM
Thanks for the tip about the book Lisa - I've just previewed it on Amazon and promptly bought a copy - can't wait to get my hands on it!  |
| lisa rachel |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 7:30:03 PM
Same here
Bryn would certainly be an Olympic contender, though he also excels at changing direction by 90 deg with no loss of speed, I swear he can go sidewise at 30mph.
Originally posted by Callisto
Arabs were certainly used for breeding polo ponies at the start of the 20th Century.
True and I am sure that they were brilliant, although last night Harry laughingly quoted to me from Lesley Skipper's new book unerstaning the Arabian Horse; Princess Alia's foreword mentions that Arabs can sometimes be considered unsuitable as Polo ponies as they will tend to follow the ball themselves rather than blindly obey the rider. We were both with recognition of that haughty Arab intelligence. I think it would take Sealy about 3 minutes to work out the object of the game and she would then be outraged if her valiant play were inhibited by the meddling of a mere human whom she had permitted to sit on her back!
BTW I have not read the book yet, Harry hogged it all last night, but have flicked through... it looks to be AMAZING, it seems to contain quite a bit of material from Lady Blunt's last book which was never published except as the (superb) middle section of Lay W's Authentic Arabian Horse ( which is rare and ££££ though I was very lucky at Christmas a few years ago!). This is extremely valuable material and is not in current print so Lesley has done us all and the Arab a service by bringing it to light.
I also laughed at the pics of Nivalis on his bale as we do the same....... we have a solid purpose built box for our youngsters it is a little game that they enjoy and it helps give them confidence for crossing hollow sounding surfaces like bridges and ramps... I remember when we proudly showed my brother when Hannah was a baby ... we would say 'Hannah on your box' and she would climb on like an elephant at a circus very proud and ready for her treat...my brother was 'let me get this straight, you have MADE a box and you have taught a HORSE to stand on it... er why? '
Well it's written in a book now so we are officially not mad!
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| Honeyb060674 |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 7:15:49 PM
Emergency stops & swerves are one of Sunnys many talents! JCBs, buses, wagons, diggers, skip wagons..piece of cake. A sparrow farts 4 fields away PING and we're 20 foot to the left with whiplash  |
| Callisto |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 1:52:56 PM
Lily is determined to protect us both from puddles (the sea and rivers are fine apparently), bushes with what she considers are unacceptably large leaves, the local wildlife rescue cottage (something extremely sinister goes on there she assures me), gateways - particularly if they are both sides of the track simultaneously, snakes (fallen branches) the tigers that lurk in dark areas of the hedge on a sunny day, and drain grilles (potentially lethal). Our older gelding protects us selflessly against plants that have flowered since he last passed them, particularly crocuses and large thistles |
| LadyB |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 1:10:03 PM
my mare does this all the time, thankfully I haven't fallen off her because of it, yet....
Mostly happens when we are cantering along, nice and relaxed, loose rein and BAM an upside down leaf, its like the world has ended!! |
| Crusaders Angel |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 12:17:48 PM
I'm always hitting the deck following an R.I.S.D - Roobarb Initiated Stunt Dismount  |
| Pop |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 09:52:25 AM
The Quad bike on a single track country late, with a large white flapping bag and a dog on the back - absolutely no problem, cool and casual as you like, moving over to let it pass; now that would require stepping in a puddle? How dare I ask her to step into the black cavernous hole  |
| Ruth_Cymru |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 09:49:57 AM
My boy decided yesterday that a fleece on a park bench warranted a complete stop from trot, which is fine, although I'm not sure I agree with him on the potential dangers of fleeces on benches! Only problem was, there were wet leaves under foot so we ended up doing a power slide along the path. Luckily no harm done, and he thought better of doing the same when we came across an Arab eating black bin later on our ride. Never a dull moment  |
| proctorclaire |
Posted - 24 Nov 2011 : 07:45:57 AM
My mare is the same. Great in very heavy traffic but take her past a stone at side of road or log in field and you've had it. She nearly done the splits on hack once because we walked past a gate lol. |
| Callisto |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 7:41:23 PM
Well actually I wouldn't call them daft - they just have highly developed skills at sensing potential danger and avoiding it - it's not their fault that we don't necessarily appreciate their considerable efforts to save us from these threats |
| TC |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 6:07:58 PM
Hahaha!! Aren't they all just NUTS!! I've just about had my friends horse needing surgically removed from Faras bum on quite a few occasions. Daft Arabs |
| carole ferguson |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 12:35:19 PM
My first Palomino mare Ishtar - who was by a thoroughbred (Snow Warning) out of a saddlebred mare - would walk really fast - then if she saw something she didn't like - she would spin around on the spot and walk the same speed in the opposite direction - without you moving out of the saddle. Could never work out how she could do that - but she did it a couple of times with a friend of mine as well. |
| Pasch |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 12:06:48 PM
especially at Bebely's descriptions!
Pasch will suddenly disappear from under me,in fact he's crouching to prepare for a sideways leap,thankfully most of the times he realizes it's no lion crouching in the grass but only a log/stone/dog and he suddenly pops up again under the saddle.
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| Callisto |
Posted - 23 Nov 2011 : 12:11:47 AM
Arabs were certainly used for breeding polo ponies at the start of the 20th Century.
Lily's speciality is the dead stop combined with a leap sideways from canter - has had me off twice, once for a sudden low flying pheasant and once for molehills in the long grass  |
| Bebely |
Posted - 22 Nov 2011 : 10:18:45 PM
I've got one of those! Tamba often wears me dangling from between his ears.
He has a big striding trot and has stopped so fast he has drawn sparks off the road. I could see them because I was lying in the verge having continued over his head when he did his emergency stop.
I constantly suffer from whiplash! |
| Liz100 |
Posted - 22 Nov 2011 : 9:59:41 PM
LOL! I've got one of these too - sliding stops a speciality! I think the most impressive was when were galloping in a stubble field and came across a dead fox - eeeeeeeeeeekk!!!! He's also brilliant at turning on the spot (sadly me not so much), which made me wonder whether Arabs are ever used for Polo. Raf would be no good because he (and I) would run away from the ball instead of towards it, but if Arabian horses used to take their riders into battle, surely they can be brave enough to play polo? |
