again in the cart today, unlike Biki who she worked with who was a complete F*!@HEAD!
Abby came home threatening to kill her with her bare hands...lol
Kicks went wonderfully except for a wee gallop as the result of hurling herself over a tiny puddle with a leap that would have done a grand national entry proud. Gave me a hell of a fright and a laugh.
I'm going to bowl her along like this most days now until next Monday when I'll take her in and try her "around corners".
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
20km with the "real" racehorses
Following her exemplary behaviour yesterday I decided today that Kicks is now fit enough to go the whole distance with the qualified girls, so she managed the full 20km return trip to the Foxton surf clubrooms.
She'll be back in the cart tomorrow.
She'll be back in the cart tomorrow.
Monday, February 9, 2009
The Joys of Rural Living (alternate title: Telescum Sucks!)
No updates recenty due to internet "issues", and being rather busy.
We have zero broadband availability, and our line quality is so appalling that dial up is somewhat problematic at times too.
The fact that bloody Telescum still hasn't sorted the bodgy bloody arrangement at the end of our driveway, servicing several neighbours also, doesn't help much. Now it is raining I feel sure we'll have problems again almost immediately as water gets into their dodgy wiring.
Kicks is a rather determined little witch, and has proved herself fully capable of bucking even with the hopples on and her tail tied. As a consequence I will be popping an overcheck with chinrest on. I'll leave it reasonably low, but make it just short enough that she encounters it when lowering her head to buck.
I sucked it up the other morning and got brave enough to give her a good switch with the whip each time she bucked, and she quit completely at about 2 miles in.
Must have copped the whip 5 or so times in the first mile, twice in the second, and not at all on the way home.
I was a little hesitant to wrap the whip around the arse of a horse I was sitting behind that was already taking potshots, but it was moderately effective, and I still have my head, so it can't be all bad ;)
We have zero broadband availability, and our line quality is so appalling that dial up is somewhat problematic at times too.
The fact that bloody Telescum still hasn't sorted the bodgy bloody arrangement at the end of our driveway, servicing several neighbours also, doesn't help much. Now it is raining I feel sure we'll have problems again almost immediately as water gets into their dodgy wiring.
Kicks is a rather determined little witch, and has proved herself fully capable of bucking even with the hopples on and her tail tied. As a consequence I will be popping an overcheck with chinrest on. I'll leave it reasonably low, but make it just short enough that she encounters it when lowering her head to buck.
I sucked it up the other morning and got brave enough to give her a good switch with the whip each time she bucked, and she quit completely at about 2 miles in.
Must have copped the whip 5 or so times in the first mile, twice in the second, and not at all on the way home.
I was a little hesitant to wrap the whip around the arse of a horse I was sitting behind that was already taking potshots, but it was moderately effective, and I still have my head, so it can't be all bad ;)
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