I absolutely love summer yard jobs, they may be never ending but there’s something so nice about bimbling around getting jobs done. Summer always feels slower to me than winter. In winter I want to be efficient and done to get out the cold and dark but in summer I like to take it slow and spend as much time outside as possible.
Having horses is 80% jobs and 20% riding so I really appreciate it when that time is warm, dry and sunny! I think I’ve reached a new level of adult horse ownership with how excited I was to buy my new strimmer and the dry weather meant it was the perfect time to take it for it’s first outing of tackling the dreaded docks!
As well as getting lots of jobs done. Estrid saw the farrier, Physio and Saddler to make sure everything is good before we start increasing her training. I’m holding out for Reactor Panel to launch their new panel system before I buy a new saddle as I want the stirrup bars slightly further back for longer distances, so fingers crossed for next year.
Amongst all the tasks I did also get out to a new location for us, a straight gallops only 20mins away, for Estrid to start introducing a bit more canter into her training. She doesn’t need to do specific canter work until next year but I’m keen to add more into our normal training. She much prefers to canter and I’ve been trying to keep her mainly in trot until now so she was definitely a little over exuberant when I said yes you can go, so we’ll need to work on a nice steady easy canter but I’m sure that’ll come when the excitement wears off.
Beth Endurance 