As it happens I have never had to assemble hopples from scratch before, they have always come off a hook in a tack room, complete, adjusted for the horse, (although often not the one named on the tag I've noticed...lol), and ready to go.
New ones come out off the bag in pieces, and bearing only a passing resemblance to what ends up on the horse.
Luckily with careful examination the pieces do indeed look vaguely familiar, and assembly turns out to be less like rocket science, and more like origami.
So the hopples went on, the boots went on, and we waddled off in the direction of the beach.
At a slower pace the movement is very much somewhere between waddle and roll, and somewhat less graceful than the trotters, but I'm rather looking forward to the increased speed once she's ready for top speed.
Approximately 8km today, but this time at a slow pace instead of a trot.
Her new rug also fits well.
Over the weekend I'll attempt to get a short video of her in the cart on the beach to load here.
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Brilliant! I wondered if you had a set of hopples..... I agree the pacers look a little strange when at a slow canter, their arse bobbles up and down, very funny, lol. But at full tit they can look really graceful. Like you, I'm keen to see just how quick she can go, that is of course when she's good and ready :)I've got a real soft spot for the old Trotters, they look like poetry in motion when at top speed....
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