Qantas has been deemed ready for his first pleasure ride, yay!!! Two weeks out from our first 16km organised ride I decided to take Qantas on what is as close to the real thing as possible.
We gave him a mini vetting, passed horses, let horses pass him, rode in a pair and by himself. Crossed water, went past scary things and crewed him at the end.
So now he’s hit my criteria for doing his first ride:
- Well fitting and comfortable tack
- Loading and travelling well
- Easily achieving 8km at home
- Safe alone and in company
- Good at practice vettings
- Achieveing a HR under 64bpm within 10mins
Qantas really did smash all of them and I’m so excited to see how he does when we go on our first proper outing.
Beth Endurance 