Sorry I haven't updated much about Ceaser lately - apart from there not being much to tell, I have been busy with university, riding and blogging about lots of other things that I just haven't had the time.We've got our first dressage competition of the new season coming up soon which I am really looking forward to. He's had some time off from competing for about 4 weeks now as after the hectic summer spending most weekends out showing I like to give him some 'him' time and I've just been riding as usual, but not competing. However, we are back in the full swing of things now and ready to hit the dressage circuit once more.
These last few weeks have been spent on trying to get him to work from behind a bit more as last year, in the higher level tests such as Elementary level he was beginning to get a bit deep and hollow whereas he needed to use his back-end more, carry his head higher and push from behind. He's working really nicely now and I am finding the canter a lot more collected than before. I can now feel him sitting back on his hocks and using himself correctly, whereas before the canter tended to go a little flat and were at risk of loosing marks.We are starting off with an unaffiliated Prelim and Novice test to ease us both back into the swing of dressage nicely and then will go straight back to working with the big boys in an affiliated competition before the end of October at Elementary level. Well, that is my plan anyway!
Unfortunately I chose not to apply for this universities equestrian team as I decided that I had made it to the top of De Montfort universities team by being A team captain and chairperson, so there was no further I could go. Whilst it would have been fun I am now throwing myself into competing, running our livery yard and riding school, our local riding club and my masters - yes I like to keep busy!
My masters is such good fun, albeit a little hard! We are covering much more broadcast parts of journalism and I am learning interview techniques and so much more! In fact tomorrow, I am interviewing Oliver Townsend for my blog so am very excited.
The whole yard had a fantastic day away at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) on Friday, which was lovely. The majority of us went and it was nice to spend some time together away from the yard but still surrounded by equines! We all spent a lot of money, screamed just a little too much for John Whitaker and spent most of the day in fits of laughter.A little while ago I was recommended to buy some stable boots for Ceaser that wicker water away to help the prevention of mud fever. Whether they work or not is a different matter, but I decided to spend the money and see if they do! So, now if he comes in from the field with wet legs because I have washed the mud off, or because of the rain, I can now just put these boots on and they dry his legs rather quickly. I am also using them as a stable boot in general though, which they are also very good for. They are manufactured and sold by Premier Equine which is a fantastic company for anything equine - I have a few of their products now and really rate all of them. I'll let you know how I get on using them, as if they work then I am sure other owners which have horses with mud fever would love to know about them!
I also want to mention the most pointless but fantastic little product I purchased. Tub Trugs have bought out some mini water buckets that are quite cute. I can actually think of plenty of uses for them, such as a money pot for my car, dog treat pot, hair bobble pot, plaiting band pot, and so much more! My mum has also taken one of the ones off me that I got from HOYS. They may be tiny, but they do have so many uses! 
As well as this, Love Likits very kindly sent me a Snak-a-Ball for Ceaser and some treats. He isn't the easiest pony to deal with when the weather is wet and he has to stay in as he gets very bored. The Snak-a-Ball is fantastic for keeping him quiet in the stable when I need to and he spends absolutely hours playing with it!With the wet weather making more appearances lately I am also finding my Golly Galoshes to be very useful. The lady who owns the company very kindly sent me a set of four back in March because I had been dealing with Ceasers mud fever and trying to find boots to prevent it. The Golly Galoshes stop his boots that he wears in the field from getting covered in mud and are also great for putting over his exercise boots to keep them clean when its a particularly wet day! As well as this they are also fantastic for using when hacking out on wet or dark days as they are fluorescent. I would recommend the Golly Galoshes to anyone as they have so many uses and are well worth their money!
I also don't know if you have noticed me posting on twitter about how many views by blog is getting lately. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would be on 12,000 views in only 9 months of setting the blog up! So, because of that I will be making some HUGE changes in the next few weeks. I promise they will be exciting for those that follow my blog and enjoy reading it.
0 comments:
Post a Comment