Post by pipgibson on Oct 9, 2005 10:56:22 GMT 1
Well, only 12 hours have past since the master worked with my horse, and boy what a master he is.
For those of you that were there the Appaloosa was mine straight after the interval.
My worst fear was that Harlequin would do nothing on the night and make me look stupid.....but he showed everyone just what I have had to endure for the last few months.
Monty could see from the outset that Harlequin had been beaten in the past, hit about the head, twitched on the nose and the ear and kicked in the ribs to make him comply.....we thought he may have been abused when we got him but you don't ever want to think of that for your horse.
I just hope the people that beat him are happy with themselves and can sleep at night.
Monty did Join-up to start followed by Grant preparing him to be ridden bare-back with their single roller.
Harlequin went off on one with the roller on when Monty sent him off on a circuit of the round pen, bucking and trying to get the strange thing off his back.
Then Grant got on and Harlequin objected to that for the first couple of circuits of the pen, with some little bucks.
As soon as Grant got him into trot and canter Harlequin put in a couple of his trademark big bucks and headed for the side of the round pen with Grant sitting there like he was on a leisurely hack (Apologies to Grant this morning if you've got any bruises).
Harlequin quickly became happier with Grant on his back but was still a little unsure.
Then Grant got on with a saddle, to which Harlequin was still a little unsure but did not try and get them off.
The session was ended with Dan Wilson mounting and dismounting Harlequin from a mounting block to which no objections were made.
The evening showed me just what was possible with Harlequin. I will be making arrangement to send him off to Uncle Grant in November for some follow up training and will, I am sure get back a perfect horse.
Thanks guys
For those of you that were there the Appaloosa was mine straight after the interval.
My worst fear was that Harlequin would do nothing on the night and make me look stupid.....but he showed everyone just what I have had to endure for the last few months.
Monty could see from the outset that Harlequin had been beaten in the past, hit about the head, twitched on the nose and the ear and kicked in the ribs to make him comply.....we thought he may have been abused when we got him but you don't ever want to think of that for your horse.
I just hope the people that beat him are happy with themselves and can sleep at night.
Monty did Join-up to start followed by Grant preparing him to be ridden bare-back with their single roller.
Harlequin went off on one with the roller on when Monty sent him off on a circuit of the round pen, bucking and trying to get the strange thing off his back.
Then Grant got on and Harlequin objected to that for the first couple of circuits of the pen, with some little bucks.
As soon as Grant got him into trot and canter Harlequin put in a couple of his trademark big bucks and headed for the side of the round pen with Grant sitting there like he was on a leisurely hack (Apologies to Grant this morning if you've got any bruises).
Harlequin quickly became happier with Grant on his back but was still a little unsure.
Then Grant got on with a saddle, to which Harlequin was still a little unsure but did not try and get them off.
The session was ended with Dan Wilson mounting and dismounting Harlequin from a mounting block to which no objections were made.
The evening showed me just what was possible with Harlequin. I will be making arrangement to send him off to Uncle Grant in November for some follow up training and will, I am sure get back a perfect horse.
Thanks guys