OK... weather was nice today in upstate NY (60s and sunny) and I just had to ride.
My almost 3 year old PMU filly (ClydesdalexPaint), Finisterre, was getting bored with riding in her paddock and I opted to take her for a ride in our fields (we have 8 acres here). Normally out of the pen on a leadline she is a handful... trotting on her lead with her tail up like a flag but once the tack was on and I longed her, she was so mellow and quiet. I thought she would be bucking and cutting up but she was well mannered so I climbed aboard and she remained quiet and was moving on the buckle.
She very alert but was well mannered for being a youngster without any of her wheeling or spinning action!
We made a lot of big circles through the field next to the horse pens and her buddies were watching her closely but for the first time, Finisterre was relaxed and she seemed to know that she had to be well behaved (I am two months off of knee surgery - my surgeon lives right behind my house, too!). We trotted a little just to make sure she was listening but I am looking forward to the day that I can canter through the field here.
I keep telling her she will make an awesome eventing horse as one of my former riding students wants to event her when she is older... I think she is starting to believe me!
Finisterre is a mare with a sense of humor... and like a teenaged kid, she is constantly testing her limits. Last weekend she tried to get away with some shenanigans with the farrier while her hindfeet were getting trimmed and was scolded from the farrier at her backside, and me at the halter end. Finisterre was pouting after that... it was comical!
Losing Liberty was tough but I was so very lucky to get to adopt this wonderful mare!
I think Libby would be happy to know that another rescue mare is keeping her stall warm.
Denise
Silversong Farm
My almost 3 year old PMU filly (ClydesdalexPaint), Finisterre, was getting bored with riding in her paddock and I opted to take her for a ride in our fields (we have 8 acres here). Normally out of the pen on a leadline she is a handful... trotting on her lead with her tail up like a flag but once the tack was on and I longed her, she was so mellow and quiet. I thought she would be bucking and cutting up but she was well mannered so I climbed aboard and she remained quiet and was moving on the buckle.
She very alert but was well mannered for being a youngster without any of her wheeling or spinning action!
We made a lot of big circles through the field next to the horse pens and her buddies were watching her closely but for the first time, Finisterre was relaxed and she seemed to know that she had to be well behaved (I am two months off of knee surgery - my surgeon lives right behind my house, too!). We trotted a little just to make sure she was listening but I am looking forward to the day that I can canter through the field here.
I keep telling her she will make an awesome eventing horse as one of my former riding students wants to event her when she is older... I think she is starting to believe me!
Finisterre is a mare with a sense of humor... and like a teenaged kid, she is constantly testing her limits. Last weekend she tried to get away with some shenanigans with the farrier while her hindfeet were getting trimmed and was scolded from the farrier at her backside, and me at the halter end. Finisterre was pouting after that... it was comical!
Losing Liberty was tough but I was so very lucky to get to adopt this wonderful mare!
Denise
Silversong Farm
