Thursday, May 27, 2010
Kaylee
I am getting a horse again. She is a quarter horse/ bay mare. She almost looks like Spirit (the movie) and she does not have a name. Erin and I went and saw her and took her for a ride she is very sweet. It was super funny we were riding her and we came around the corner and there was Gracie (Erin and my friend) it was super funny! Please help think of names!!!!!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Summer fun has just begun!
Erin
I know it's not summer yet, but it feels like summer! The weather has been so nice that I have been able to ride in shorts, tanktops, and barefoot. I have been hosing the horses down after rides, and I am tempted to go swimming in the river! Most of all, this spring and summer has brought a huge change to Tango. She feels like a new horse! A new, less spooky, faster, willing to please, easy going pony. She has been great cantering through the fields, fenomenol galloping up the hills, and awesome winding through the skinny trails. She hasn't bucked in AGES, and just today she carried a girl who had never rode a horse before. She gave the girl a taste of what it's like to ride a REAL horse, and not just a robotic lesson horse. Tango taught her how to post at the trot, and how to sit deep in the canter. She walked calmly through the mud, and stepped over the logs. I felt so proud watching her take good care of her rider, and I think she will be a piece of cake this summer. Wait, rephrase: I hope she'll be a piece of cake this summer, though I know that no horse is perfect. She will continue to have great days and awful days, but she has definately become an easier horse to ride.
I know it's not summer yet, but it feels like summer! The weather has been so nice that I have been able to ride in shorts, tanktops, and barefoot. I have been hosing the horses down after rides, and I am tempted to go swimming in the river! Most of all, this spring and summer has brought a huge change to Tango. She feels like a new horse! A new, less spooky, faster, willing to please, easy going pony. She has been great cantering through the fields, fenomenol galloping up the hills, and awesome winding through the skinny trails. She hasn't bucked in AGES, and just today she carried a girl who had never rode a horse before. She gave the girl a taste of what it's like to ride a REAL horse, and not just a robotic lesson horse. Tango taught her how to post at the trot, and how to sit deep in the canter. She walked calmly through the mud, and stepped over the logs. I felt so proud watching her take good care of her rider, and I think she will be a piece of cake this summer. Wait, rephrase: I hope she'll be a piece of cake this summer, though I know that no horse is perfect. She will continue to have great days and awful days, but she has definately become an easier horse to ride.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
New ring!
So I decided to delete my way too long last post and write this instead. I have been making plans with my dad for a while now about putting up a ring. Just yesterday my mom started bugging me about starting to ride my TB Coach. It's been quite a while since I actually have done some serious riding with him. I worked with him for a little while on the ground, and then deciding that he was ready for me to get on i put on his bridle and hopped up. Immediately started to do little crow hopes and headed towards the barn with a small rear. After he crossed the mud pit of a stream I threw myself off of the saddle, grabbed a lead rope, tied him up and headed into the house to ask my dad if he would set up the ring we had been talking about for ages! In about 20 minutes we had a new ring/round pen up. I had a very successful ride with him w/t/c. Hopefully by the end of the summer he will be able to join the HSS gang.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Togetherness
Erin
I just wanted to write that I really can't wait for the four of us to go on our first ride as a group. Together we make a complex, beautiful puzzle, each piece as unique and special as the others. But then, our horses get weaved into that puzzle, and it becomes ten times as beautiful. We are really a special group, and though we may go trough some hard times together, and have some dramatic scenes, I know that we will all make it through. We will have the greatest adventures together, helping each other to bravely face the woods... and the trails. I just CAN'T wait for the adventures to begin, and here is where they will be written, for all to see. Our stories are going to be incredible, I know that. Anyways... I love my Saddle Sisters, and together we will rule the Hilltowns!!! He he he :-)
I just wanted to write that I really can't wait for the four of us to go on our first ride as a group. Together we make a complex, beautiful puzzle, each piece as unique and special as the others. But then, our horses get weaved into that puzzle, and it becomes ten times as beautiful. We are really a special group, and though we may go trough some hard times together, and have some dramatic scenes, I know that we will all make it through. We will have the greatest adventures together, helping each other to bravely face the woods... and the trails. I just CAN'T wait for the adventures to begin, and here is where they will be written, for all to see. Our stories are going to be incredible, I know that. Anyways... I love my Saddle Sisters, and together we will rule the Hilltowns!!! He he he :-)
Sunday, May 2, 2010
You need legs to ride!
Indra
On January 18 2010 I got kicked by my horse Coach, and immediately breaking my leg. It was a long two and a half months before I was officially allowed to ride again. Now fully healed I am enjoying my time fully as a Saddle Sister. Two weekends ago Erin, Kaylee, and I decided to ride to my house for a sleepover. One way the ride was about 8 miles, and it was all rode riding, much to our disadvantage. Erin and I had gone for a long ride in the State Forest the day before. Me on Willy and Erin on Maybelle. As our rides usually go when the three of us are riding together when we don't have my pony Allegro, I rode Maybelle, Erin rode Tango, and Kaylee rode Willy. We headed out hoping to make it from Plainfield to Worthington in about two or so hours. Tango was kind of right brain introverted for the first part of the ride so Erin decided to walk the first mile or so. After about two hours we were nearing my house, still about 3 or 4 miles away though. We arrived at my house about an hour after we hoped. It was about 3:00. My TB Coach and my Hackney pony Allegro were already happily grazing in their 9 acre pasture. After about 2 or 3 hours the horses were pretty much settled and recovered from our ride. We ended up jumping on my homemade cross country course then we decided to sleep in the cabin. We had enjoyed our time thoroughly. 3 out of the 4 Saddle Sisters enjoying riding thoroughly. Coming up we are thinking about going on a mothers day ride, possibly as mother/daughter.A lot has happened sine that weekend, but I decided that it would be a good way to start off.
On January 18 2010 I got kicked by my horse Coach, and immediately breaking my leg. It was a long two and a half months before I was officially allowed to ride again. Now fully healed I am enjoying my time fully as a Saddle Sister. Two weekends ago Erin, Kaylee, and I decided to ride to my house for a sleepover. One way the ride was about 8 miles, and it was all rode riding, much to our disadvantage. Erin and I had gone for a long ride in the State Forest the day before. Me on Willy and Erin on Maybelle. As our rides usually go when the three of us are riding together when we don't have my pony Allegro, I rode Maybelle, Erin rode Tango, and Kaylee rode Willy. We headed out hoping to make it from Plainfield to Worthington in about two or so hours. Tango was kind of right brain introverted for the first part of the ride so Erin decided to walk the first mile or so. After about two hours we were nearing my house, still about 3 or 4 miles away though. We arrived at my house about an hour after we hoped. It was about 3:00. My TB Coach and my Hackney pony Allegro were already happily grazing in their 9 acre pasture. After about 2 or 3 hours the horses were pretty much settled and recovered from our ride. We ended up jumping on my homemade cross country course then we decided to sleep in the cabin. We had enjoyed our time thoroughly. 3 out of the 4 Saddle Sisters enjoying riding thoroughly. Coming up we are thinking about going on a mothers day ride, possibly as mother/daughter.A lot has happened sine that weekend, but I decided that it would be a good way to start off.
Amazing Tango
Erin
Hey everyone! I just wanted to write about my amazing ride with Tango. She hasn't been out in a while, but when Indra and I ran out of milk, I jumped on and headed for the Farm Stand. We wanted to get the milk as fast as we could, so we (Indra and I) decided to have the ponies keep up a fast trot. We quickly approached the small store, cantering on the shoulder whenever we could. Our trip was done in no time at all, and after giving the horses a bath, we hung out for the rest of the night.
Then, this morning, we needed to get baking powder at the Creamery. And so, jumping on the same ponies as yesterday, we once again completed our trip suscessfully. What I was most amaze about though, was that Tango continually offered me a faster trot, and a nice lope. She was in the lead for a lottle bit of each trip, and she was very confident. I didn't have to get off and walk her at all, and I think that's a first. Well anyway, that's about it! Nothing super special, but an important part of Tango's switch from being a green horse, to a safe horse.
Hey everyone! I just wanted to write about my amazing ride with Tango. She hasn't been out in a while, but when Indra and I ran out of milk, I jumped on and headed for the Farm Stand. We wanted to get the milk as fast as we could, so we (Indra and I) decided to have the ponies keep up a fast trot. We quickly approached the small store, cantering on the shoulder whenever we could. Our trip was done in no time at all, and after giving the horses a bath, we hung out for the rest of the night.
Then, this morning, we needed to get baking powder at the Creamery. And so, jumping on the same ponies as yesterday, we once again completed our trip suscessfully. What I was most amaze about though, was that Tango continually offered me a faster trot, and a nice lope. She was in the lead for a lottle bit of each trip, and she was very confident. I didn't have to get off and walk her at all, and I think that's a first. Well anyway, that's about it! Nothing super special, but an important part of Tango's switch from being a green horse, to a safe horse.
The Start of Our Stories
Here is where it all starts... Our friendship, stories, experiences, and adventures... Whether they are big or small, they will all be here. Everytime we go riding, have a fun time together, or just spend time with our ponies, we will keep track of it here. And so, we would now like to announce the grand opening of our blog. The blog of the Hilltown Saddle Sisters.
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