First, some excitement. As some people know I am now supported by Kevin Bacon Horse care. I have been using the hoof dressing for years and have spent the last few weeks testing out their other products. So I’ll be keeping you updated with how I get on with them in the future.
Qantas is back from three weeks at Readwood rehabilitation livery. As I still couldn’t ride him due to the laser site being so sensitive under his girth, he went to loose some weight and do some training on the water treadmill. He’s come back looking great and ready to start being ridden, finally!
Probably the biggest update is that Azid is looking to find a new home. I don’t want to keep pushing him, he’s only 8 and has so much to give in other aspects away from aiming at FEI endurance. I don’t want his happiness and welfare to be at the detriment of my ambitions. So now he’s sound and has proven he is happy at the lower levels of Endurance or hacking and lightly schooling I felt that I should give him a chance to do just that.
I’ve thought about continuing to try and get him up to FEI level but I don’t feel comfortable pushing him and I would always have at the back of my mind ‘is this right for him, am I going to break him’. If I was to keep him I know I wouldn’t give him the attention and work he deserves as my focus would be on the horse that’s going to perform at the level I want to compete at. He loves attention and he loves his adventures so I want him to have a home that will give their all to him.
Beth Endurance 