I'm Back!

Wow I've just realised its been ages since I've blogged, sorry about that folks, its all been a bit hectic in the stables in the last couple of weeks!

I have got some good news though, do you remember me telling you about my friend Nicky leaving the stables (Bye Bye Nicky) back in July?

Well she's coming back again! yay! We are all looking forward to seeing her again, and I'm looking forward to introducing her to my Bailey!

I’ve also got a bit of news for you about Bailey, he’s done his first ‘show’ to some of our guests – he’s talked about nothing else since!!!

He went into the indoor arena with Teddy to show folks how us horses talk to each other; I’ve heard the staff say we are the ‘masters of body language’…

…whatever that means!

Anyway Bailey had a great time, as he really likes Teddy & thought it was great having him all to himself!   Oh, I forgot to mention that I wasn’t in the arena: I reckon it’s good for Bailey to do stuff without me.

Keeping my hooves crossed for Max...

I’ve got some more good news!...

...Do you remember me telling you about Maxwell & his bad leg? Well, he now much better & being ridden by the staff after quite a long break. Max is really pleased as he was getting rather bored not working!

It’s going to take a bit of time for him to get fit again; He’s got to take it easy and not do too much too soon. 

I’ll keep my hooves crossed that all goes to plan!

Fielding Bailey's questions

Good news…

...Bailey & I are out in the field with Teddy!!    

Although he’s kind of met Maxwell, he was in the field next to us which isn’t the same as sharing.  Bailey thinks Teddy is really cool…

...He’s also realised that he likes his own space & should be treated with respect!   

It’s nice for me to catch up with Teddy and it’s got me thinking; I wonder if he would like do the blog again sometime?

Mind you, maybe I should ask one of the others if they’d like to have a go, I’ll ask around when I get a chance.

Now who hasn’t done the blog yet……?  

Back with a vengence!

Hi everyone, it’s been a while since my last blog…

…but I’ve got a good excuse!

We’ve had our first centre Groups since our holiday, so all of us have been working hard to make sure that everyone had a great time! I didn’t do any driving but showed the groups my agility skills; it was great to be working again.  

It was also Bailey’s first experience of meeting our guests & he found it all rather exciting!  As it was wet outside I did my agility in the yard…

...I’m not sure that Bailey was taking much notice of what I was doing, but then he’s got plenty of time to learn!

Agility in the Yard

Back in the Carriage

Big News everyone……

…I’ve worked in my carriage today!!!!

It was great; I didn’t do too much, mainly walking & getting my turns etc up to scratch. But it did feel good!

Me in my carriage

Long to rein over us....

I’ve been doing some long reining today; it’s a good way of getting back into driving my carriage!

It means that I wear most of my driving gear, but don’t pull that carriage.  Instead one of the staff works with me by walking behind & giving me instructions.
This way I can work on my turns & paces without the weight of my carriage. I’m looking forward to getting back into my carriage soon, watch this space!

Our holiday was great, if you forget about the rain, but it’s good to be back at work! Bailey is quite excited about what he’s going to be doing this coming season. I told him it wouldn’t be much as he’s still young…

….he needs to watch a master at work (that’s me!)

The White Stuff arrived!

I think I’ve told you how clever Teddy is, he seems to know EXACTLY what’s going on & who’s doing it!

Do you remember me telling you that Teddy told me to watch out for the ‘white stuff’?    Well he obviously knew more than we did as guess what…

…the ‘white stuff’ arrived a few days ago!!!

The White Stuff in our Ménage!

Everywhere looks really pretty, BUT it does make moving about a bit more difficult, even more so when your legs aren’t that long!

Anyway, we are all having plenty of hay & keeping nice & warm with our with our rugs on. Have you got any ‘white stuff’ where you are?  Hope you are being well fed & keeping warm same as me & the gang!