Dear Diary,
I'm going to take you through my time with Indigo so far - approx. May 2010 - Feb 2011 (now)
My favorite trainer ever showed me this horse who she referred to as "a diamond in the rough", and naturally, I started riding him. He was 4 years old then, and didn't have too much training on him. He was broke, walk/trot - but barely canter. Anyway, here are some pictures!
To help you along, to know where and why these pictures take place, I'll go through our "adventures"..
1. Riding at his first barn
2. Moving to a new barn
3. Riding at the new barn
4. Laura Vello clinic at Laura's barn
5. Pony Club camp
6. Jim Graham clinic in West Virginia
7. New barn for the winter
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After only a few weeks of riding |
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| saying bye to Mama |
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| trailer ride to the new barn! |
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| his nice new stall! |
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| yuck! look at those feet /: |
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| first ride at the new barn. - first time seeing trot poles. |
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| his odd trot.. LOOK HOW SKINNY!! |
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| buck! :D |
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| please excuse my horrid position... for a while i had to ride like that, because of his crazy canter...! |
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| very unbalanced! :( |
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| getting fatter ?? |
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| hill work |
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| skinny, skinny, skinny! |
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| developing muscles -- little by little | | | ps. him and my dog Denver are bffs! every time i take Den to the barn, you say "Go say hi to Indy," and she runs into the barn, and stands on her back legs to lick his muzzle! It's great! |
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| Laura Vellow clinic. Trot is improving.. |
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| check out the muscle in the front -- only about a month of work. |
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| <3 |
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| nap time! |
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| he loves XC! |
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| more riding at home |
