Living Out

Mayfly and Bonnie had their first night living out in the field yesterday...

Of course Mayfly spent a long time standing in the "bring me in, this is ridiculous" spot, shouting trying to catch my attention as she was sure I had made a mistake in turning her out.

Eventually she realised that she was going to be staying out there, with her lovely new rug on too :o)

She had lovely new shoes put on today, there are a marvel. Amazes me what wonders they do for her as well.

We went for a lovely little canter today as the weather was so good and she was up for it too bless her!

Poor marey has some nasty mud fever down the front of her hind leg, it is very sore so is being coated in suda-cream in hope that is will heal quickly. Also now that the mud has gone that should be helpful too.

Her field was fertilised today, so soon the much wanted green grass will start to come through - especially with the amount of sun we are getting at the moment. So that will please Fly a lot more :D

All is Good!

Mayfly is doing so well at the moment :o)

She is very happy to go out on her daily hack and she is storming along in trot with the odd break into canter when she chooses. ahaa.

Her mud fever is also improving now the weather and ground is drying out, and the fields were harrowed and rolled the other day so they look very lovely now (not for long though obviously with the mad bunch that are in them)

She is even loosing some weight, at last! Although she did barge out of her stable today in search of some haylage "if your not going to give me any I'll go and get some myself!" ahaa.

I do know what is dawning on me though...she is need of a tidy up, main pull, bridle path trim and tail trim. urggg I do leave it too long so it is harder to do when I finally get round to it.

On a better note though, it is very good too see her so happy and loving life, and with summer on the way she is all set for another enjoyable fat year :D

From one Extreme to the Other...

Went on an early hack this morning on Madame Mayfly. She started at her usual waddle pace so we had to keep trotting to keep up with Ben's long stride! She did speed up a bit though when we made it passed the half way point.

Her leggies seems to be suffering from her mud fever again so I slapped on loads of suda-cream (nappy cream aha) and hopefully they won't fill too much more.
She is definitely loosing weight, thinking of measuring her belly to see if there is weight loss going on or I am just imagining it :D

So in the afternoon I had my birthday surprise - a jumping lesson on a event horse (which is for sale) called Sol. He was a real sweetheart and helped me out when I had some sticky moments, ie forgetting the course at the end. ahaa. He was the complete opposite of Mayfly not only in size but he actually jumped up into the air and over the jump unlike Fly's constant attempt to save energy and just skim the top pole!
Now, seeing as I haven't jumped in 4 months I was a bit apprehensive on how things would go but, I was rather pleased with myself as I also had never ridden this horse before.
Although, I am sure my body will be feeling a bit sore from it soon as it hasn't done that much work in a long while!

Anyway thanks to Catherine I got a some video footage of my lesson for all you to see and laugh at :o)

Sorry that the quality was ruined!

Hyper Mayfly :D

Wow, the weather has been beautiful this week :o)

I have seen the first bumble bee of the year and all the blossom and daffodils are officially out, bright and pretty.

Mayfly has started the spring in season, and well this causes mixed behaviour.

She is very loving but, at the same time moody over more things. The thing that is standing out most is her want and need to go fast at the moment.

Before we had even left for today's hack the other horses were being fed so of course this lead to a tantrum. Luckily I think she quickly forgot and we had a lovely hack, with actually some purpose not just a daily waddle. aha.

She kept breaking into canter so I decided to let her have a little one across the field - just a few strides. She seems to be feeling really good at the moment and doing wonderfully, which is great :D

Got some lovely shots with my new camera today too. Nice and artistic :)

LOVE THE FLY!

Bouncy but Angry Fly

Mayfly is being a little madame at the moment!
I think that is is due to dieting...it makes her angry. One little trick that she is obsessed with using against me at the moment is not opening her mouth for the bit, no matter what I try she just doesn't budge and it is so frustrating.
But, she is loosing some fat so it must be working. ahaha.

Today she was determined for me to make sure she was the first in form the fields not the others, spoilt yes!
Her legs were looking a lot better which is very good news and well she was definitely feeling very good too :o)

Whilst we were heading out on our hack she was doing a very bouncy walk, which felt amazing I must say! Then it turned into a jog, which is not so comfy or enjoyable so I soon brought her back to walk...or a march in Mayfly's case.
She even had a few random spazzy moments over..nothing. So her usual action to conserve energy were definitely not in use today. We had a lovely medium trot too, although I am not sure that is too good on her legs, but she would not go any slower :D