I took Qantas on a really lovely hack out from the yard, he’s finally comfortable in his saddle so we did our longest hack together yet. Qantas is so well behaved and excellent in traffic. It was very busy out and about due to the England lockdown restrictions being lifted but everyone was very polite and gave us plenty of room. Qantas got many compliments on his handsome face and wonderful behaviour.
I had a bit of a hi-viz rant. I know it doesn’t stop people being idiots and speeding past too close but if I ever had an accident without hi-viz on I’d feel so guilty for not giving my horse every chance of being seen and being safe in my care.
I’ve started adding more elements of endurance competition into his everyday life and this time we tried ice boots for the first time. He was really good, many horses don’t like the wet dripping initially but he really didn’t bother. Next up is learning to slosh, let’s hope that goes just as smoothly.
Beth Endurance 