We have been together for about 2 months now and we have
progressed, he accepts me on his back and will school the basics in the indoor
arena as long as its not too busy and the ponies are elsewhere. They really set
him off, I think its the size, speed and quickness to buck and kick. He doesn’t
care too much for children either and as a consequence the sign and red ribbon
is on his stable door. Oh dear, he is going to be one difficult young man but I
do so think he is worth the agro.
He nearly took the vet out! The poor man has
to cope with a lot but did say next time he would give me some tablets to give Terence before he sees him next time. Yes, it was that bad, I thought at one point
the vet would refuse to come back to the yard!
Terence trapped him at the back
of the stable and even though he was tied up, nearly kicked the poor man out the
back wall. In the end carrots and a stick did the best at distracting him whilst the
vet sidled out the stable like grease lightening.
Anyway, the jabs were given
all-be-it with the twitch in full use, and the vet did get a chance to check
his general fitness. I can laugh now but at the time it was scary watching the
vet being chased by an irate horse who was having none of it. He didn’t think
there was an issue with soundness or the like, but he would have to come back
for the blood sample, as he couldn’t guarantee how much of it in the syringe
was his. Whoops, and yes I did contribute some money to their charity as a way
of saying thank you for your patience and ‘please come again we need you’.
So Terence now goes in the indoor school and if he has a few
friends with him, he will go in the field for some R&R each day. When he
comes in, he is used to me getting the tack and getting him ready to ride him.
The fractiousness has reduced and he is listening to the leg a bit better. He
is so light in the hand though, it’s wonderful. I have walk, trot, and canter
out of him now on both reins, and we are just starting to play with the idea of
circles, although he does fall in through the shoulder a great deal. I wonder
if his background is the race-track, he likes straight lines and finds bending
beyond his understanding. Mm, this could develop into something wonderful. But
then again, there are bound to be tears before bedtime and I wonder whose will
fall first?
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