New Jim Jams

Scotty's new jammies arrived and I had to take a photo before the cover gets covered in mud!! I should have put it on tonight (as he is wearing his inbetween) after reading that north Auckland is going to get lashed in rain but figured I'll do it in the morning, bring him in and put the nice warm ones on before the whole day of nasty rain is supposed to be upon us.

The landlord and I took the horses for an inhand walk along the road this afternoon. I was well impressed with how Scotty is with traffic now. Kudos to his old owner. When I first had him he almost killed us one day when I was riding him on the road. He swung out infront of a concrete truck which was going WAY too fast, I honestly don't know how he missed us. But I was really happy to see he's gotten ten times better - I tired to ease his traffic phobia when I first had him but I think living on a state highway, no matter how much I tired, traffic was fast and barely ever slowed. I'm also looking forward to road rides with Nic and Rachel (who happen to graze not far from me) when I do get on him. I want to buy this 1/4 sheet to ride in from Tackshop that is bright yellow with silver reflectors on it...they'll see me a mile away!

You spin me right round baby, right round..

I decided to give Scotty a quick lunge tonight after I got home, and wooo hoo, he hooned around, bucked and carried on, probably the first time in awhile he'd done much work, he settled after a while and is great - still has all the voice commands down pat, worked up a little sweat, kept it under 10 minutes. He's probably thinking, damn it, this lady means business! I do wonder if he remembers who I am!

Scotty arrives back in Dairy Flat

Photo taken on Monday 17th May 2010

A funny wee story - I brought Scotty from Postmans Road in 2004 and now I happen to live on the same road 6 years later - the property he came from his about 1km up the road! Scotty arrived Monday afternoon the 17th after a short trip from Coatesville. He is so calm, settled in as if he'd been here all the time.

Scotty hasn't been in much work - infact the last time he was ridden was by myself last year in September I think when I competed and rode him for a short time. i intend to take things slow and work on developing his muscles slowly over winter -lots of road riding, lunging, long-reining etc Ideally I would like to event him, and do standardbred shows on him. It's nice after a 4 year break of owning horses to have him in my life again - I have missed him over this time.