Gypsy Horse Training
Roman has been sat on many times but has never been ridden properly with full tack on and made to work as a big boy , near on the age of five he has to learn to earn his keep . Tack went on fine , he did not flinch as we did the girth [...]
The first stallion i owned was an Arab , he was semi rescued at the age of four , he had to be handled on a stallion bit with a chain as he had never been allowed to be a proper horse , i vowed from that day any Stallion i had would be allowed [...]
I Have told you all i would make a blog to keep you all coming back , Oh my , i have to live up to it know !!!! I am going to take you step by step through the education of our young Gypsy Horse Stallion . At this point , hi to Sinatras [...]
I had to make him go out on a circle , so i lightly rested the whip on his rear end , oh my !!! you would have thought he had been bitten by a snake , he shot off side ways and i just managed to keep hold of him , after half an hour [...]
The plan was to get him to lunge , lunge line on and lunging whip in hand , i tried to push him out to start a circle – no chance , me not really knowing what i was doing and him having no clue , i have spent months getting him to come to [...]
Not Mr Wobbles now exept after a full tummy of milk , learnt to show off his stride in true Gypsy horse style , gets very eager when we go to see him , dashes back and forth in a canter whilst bucking , just waiting for those naughty foal hooves to come our way [...]
You will see from the last photos we all love him , every time i try so hard not to do this , but it is sooo hard , all things in moderation is the key , too much of these close cuddles can store probs for later on as they start to see you [...]
Continue reading about Sinatra , what a difference a day makes
We thought it might be fun to share our new baby with you , his education from day one , we all do things our own way and no two foals are the same . This young man is three days old today , we were not sure when his mother was due to foal [...]