"What were we thinking?!!!!" That’s the question my husband, Bill, and I asked ourselves when we brought home Zelador and Zeloso, two weanling Lusitano colts, at the end of December in 2004. Our combined ages exceed 112 years and our other two horses were eight-years-old and seven when we bought them. We had never worked with youngsters, didn’t know how to work with youngsters and there we were...
To say that we are having the time of our lives would be an understatement. The two Z's led us to liberty training, Working Equitation, tricks (including the bow, the smile, mounting pedestals, pushing large balls) and with any luck, carriage driving. They will begin their jumping education this month and for the past two years have explored classical horsemanship (work in-hand, long reining and work under saddle).
Their adventures and misadventures are chronicled in this blog. I hope you enjoy watching how quickly these two are training us!
A New Student
There’s an addition to the four horses at the barn on the hill. It’s Teddy, a Dutch Warmblood, owned by Marcus’ people. Yesterday was his third day with the gang. He’s very interested in everything. His head is always hanging
A Trip to Eaton Hall
Here’s a photo of Marie-Lynn Hammond, a young friend and the Canadian, Pax, taken during our fundraiser October 30th. Marie-Lynn just finished composing a song about Reckless, the little mare who was listed as one of the top 100 heroes
Time to Learn a New Sport Boys!
I’ve been working on “toss the toy” and the boys are getting the toys further and further from them, however, they’re landing a mere twelve inches away. I was thinking it’d be great fun if the toy flew into the
Playing Well with Others
Neighbours of ours attended the fundraiser October 30th and asked me to come play with their horses. Bill went with me to their barn. Standing in the aisle, looking up at these animals he asked, “Are they all standing on pedestals
Zeladorisms
About two years ago Jim came to Winsong Farm to watch the horses play. Jim is probably almost as old as I am and he has bred horses for decades. He made a very interesting comment after the horses were
A Bit of Excitement Out Back
We had quite a bit of fun today in the arena after I rode Zelador out back where he did a stag jump over a pole on the ground. What a devil! I stayed on, but my stirrup length was
‘Horse’ Takes on New Meaning on the Court
October 29th Ron and Bill figured out a way to hang the basketball backboard on a post in the arena. Zeloso promptly scared us to death by bending over to grab something on the ground UNDER the hoop, then raising
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