With Azid coming back into work and Qantas needing to increase his muscle bulk training them together seems like a good way to get everything done. Professional yards would have an incline treadmill to pop horses on but we’ve got a big hill just outside the yard so we pop a training aid on and walk up and down a few times.
Dan took Azid and I lead Qantas. With training two its also a great opportunity to hold one back and teach them to sensibly walk after the other, leapfrogging the pair so one is always taking the lead and the other has to wait patiently until he’s allowed to follow. It means that when we’re out on course they’re less likely to want to take off with passing horses and will understand the concept of slowly catching a horse in front up rather than galloping off after them.
We’re lucky that Azid & Qantas get on so well, they always want what the other haves and are often seen grazing muzzle to muzzle. They share watch duty when one is sleeping and whicker at eachother when one comes back to the field.
Beth Endurance 