Catch up blog

Well, yet again I have been extremely lazy and not blogged for a while. Time for a catch up.
Mango came along really well but had a little problem with his suspensory again. He was re homed with a lovely lady and her daughter, who gave him some time off and then restarted his training. He came out to our Standardbred winter show and did really well and looked a million dollars, but was just pipped at the post for Reserve by my little baby Ash. He is entered for the Royal Show so I am looking forward to seeing him there.

My next project is my 2 rising 3 yr old Ash. Although he hasn't raced he certainly has the Standardbred gait and was born pacing so will still be a challenge. He has had about 5 rides so far, 2 bareback, just sitting and bending and flexing, and 3 with saddle just concentrating on getting a nice forward swinging walk. i will take it very slowly with Ash as he is mentally very immature and can't handle too much work at once. I will concentrate on lots of ground work still, with bending and flexing, yielding from pressure etc.