I have been in London all weekend and left Jon and Rosie in charge of the horses. Rosie had a list of who ate what and was happy to be chief horse chef while I was away!
Coffee has been sold to two teenaged sisters, who tried him last week. We are dropping him off tomorrow morning.
Melody's sarcoid is looking really good (compared to 2 months ago). I have just bought a £50 pot of blood root, a homeopathic cream to try. The vet said that he has seen a lot of improvement on horses being treated with it.
I rode Tess again today (she is my own horse and not for sale). She was very naughty to begin with and spent 5 minutes trying to buck me off, which was almost certainly my fault as she has been stabled, overfed and under worked over the last few days. I soon distracted her from her tantrum by doing loads of 10m circles and changes of direction. As soon as she started concentrating she went really nicely. She bucked once each time I asked her for a flying change, but she did this when I tried her out (before I bought her) and I think she justs finds changes exciting. I was told by her previous owners (who had owned her for 7 years) that she didn't/couldn't jump. I jumped her today and she was fab - really collected, perfect strides, correct lead. I jumped her in both directions from trot and canter over a 3 foot bright coloured jump and apart from being slightly strong on the get away, found her really lovely to jump. I am assuming her old owner (being a good dressage rider) had just never bothered jumping her. I am going to jump her over some combinations next time and over 3 or 4 jumps, just to make sure she doesn't get super strong around a course....then we are going evening showjumping : )
I have been looking at various samples sent to help choose a surface for our menage, which we are hoping to build very soon. The most unusual being FBA (Furnace Bottom Ash) from a local power station, but I didn't like it - a bit messy and I've heard it can be dusty. I have been to see a local tree surgeon who is going to supply us with woodchip, very cheaply - we are speaking to the planners this week.
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