Due to the inclement weather today we opted for the kids to have a slumber day and stay in and save them tearing up the pasture so I had fresh horses to work…..

Using my brain for once I opted to work on speed control for Sarge and really drill it home, great results & had him working from voice commands only in trot whilst obeying the code, wish I had videoed as the rear end action was quite spectacular to start with but great results, getting somewhere I think in moving forward!

Stan out next and he was full of himself but continued ground driving and it was fantastic from the goof ball, nice trot action and soft head coming in whilst moving forward, again wish I had the video on as I was over the moon with him

Opted to use the roller today as opposed to the saddle which worked just as well, I’m going to harness him soon to be able to work the harrow in the round pen and also maybe put him on the cart, no hurry to ride him away as he is still growing but at least all the basics in play

Beat me to it! 

Hope you all enjoy the time with your families and horses, Happy Easter 🐣 

I’m also interested to know what to look for in a bit when moving from a snaffle, anything beyond a snaffle I have zero knowledge about 

Lovely looking mare, good luck with the ground driving, took me a while with Richard’s expert advice to grasp it and get my hands sorted but once Gus and I worked it out and he melted and went soft it all made sense, we will see how my pig headed Vanners do with it! 

Happy Belated Birthday Aubrey Isaacson I will take the blame for this Richard Boatwright as it was my last day with you and we were ground driving, I suspect after I left you were that relieved the daft limey had left everything else went out the window! 

Hope you had a great day Aubrey 

Haha I think she might confiscate my passport or geld me if I don’t book her ticket first!

Long flight and waiting for final connection but worth it, have a great weekend mate 

Aubrey Isaacson So she could have a hidden history of over jealous bit work etc? 

certainly as Richard says if the teeth checked out then back to basics and time spent with the bit/bridle without any pressure and use may get her over it, good luck and keep us posted please 

Aubrey Isaacson I’m going to ask the obvious here and I’m sure you have already but have you had the teeth/mouth checked by the dentist to rule issues out or has she always disliked the bit? 

Richard Boatwright

That has been tried in the UK Richard Boatwright with the show circuit, websites that you can use to book shows and they work but now it’s fragmented as people saw an opportunity to charge silly booking fees and others opened sites and charged less, I’m pretty sure some are now apps also, then there was the ones who charged advertisers and this made providers who had a decent following not bother as they could sell out using their FB page…. There are also FB groups that now purely dedicated to clinics etc 

I can ramble on for ages about it all and we can discuss further next week if you want as I have a bit of experience etc 

in principle it is a fantastic idea and built correctly with the right advertising and commercial set up I think can be a winner but revenue streams probably need to come from advertising on it or affiliation so the seller and buyer are not put off by listing fees or the booking fees and also completely automated so no time is spent administering it, this is a key point.