A Spectacular Performance from Barry........

Well here it is a picture to shock the nation.................Kirkby is having his feet done by Barry and neither of them are under sedation!!!!  The last time he had his feet done was in June before we moved and we had him heavily sedated thanks to Joe (our lovely vet) who sent me a paste to give him.  It was fantastic and really made him stoned!  We also used it on him when we moved house and had to travel him.  His feet actually did not need doing really but as Barry was here and had already done Maisey he thought he'd be brave and give it a go.  Peter held him and I got his little garlic lick....we find that being a man he finds it hard to multi task so if I need to do anything untoward to him then Peter force feeds him his garlic lick and he can't then think about what I am upto!!!!  I was so proud of him and also of Barry!!!!!!!!!!
This week we have taken Tilly to the beach again,

This time I schooled her for 15 minutes first in trot and canter and she was very good...no humping when I asked for canter (and I hadn't ridden her for two days) and then I set off in right canter down the beach with Stan for company.  We did about three minutes of canter, not full speed but just at her relaxed speed before stopping for a breather.  We then picked up right canter again and I set off away from home and did a big loop to head for home.  This is where I let her go and blimey I had forgotten how fast it was!!!  Stan's poor little legs were a blur as he tried to keep up with us.....we spotted Peter and Jack on the horizon and headed for them.  She was fab and really enjoyed herself and I was not half as worn out as last time when I kept hold of her.  We cantered about 4- 5 minutes back up the beach until we got to Peter and she knows to come back to trot then.  This is the first time I have let her go since she has been back in work so fingers crossed she stands up to it.......all ok so far though!  I do have to say that my back suffered for a couple of days after .... all down the right side.....next time I will get her to swap legs half way!!!
We are waiting to see if Richard Barton is coming to Osbaldeston next week so we can go and have a lesson and pop some small jumps.....I am so excited...if she is ok with this then we plan to have a little jaunt to Somerford park in the next few weeks......

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