Small vid and pics from NH clinic

[High_Stepper]

Bending from my leg - as you can see my ewe necked horse is learning something new!

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m234/Saras_lovlies/NH%20clinic%20August%2008/th_P8240001.jpg (http://s105.photobucket.com/albums/m234/Saras_lovlies/NH%20clinic%20August%2008/?action=view&current=P8240001.flv)

and i love this photo!

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m234/Saras_lovlies/NH%20clinic%20August%2008/P8240014-1.jpg

Also love this one - cos he's so chilled out and dopey in it - and he's not skinny anymore

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m234/Saras_lovlies/NH%20clinic%20August%2008/P8240008-1.jpg

[storm]

I can't see vids on Photobucket but judging from the pic he's
going great and you look like you're enjoying yourself too :nod:
*whispers* where's you hat *wags finger*

[Sligoames]

aw he is so calm and cute and he seems to be listening to you very well, ye are very connected. :clap:

[Niamhy]

Wow.. great to watch, and doesnt he look great.

[termoncarragh]

Wow, that vid is great, would love to see more. You'd ridden him in just a halter before, hadn't you? Does it take them long to get used to it? That bending exercise is really impressive to watch, and he's concentraing so hard!

Lovely relaxed looking pics too :clap:

[bob1984]

Wow he is looking Fab HS :dance::clap::dance:

[High_Stepper]

Storm - shhhh on hat :blushing:

TC i did ride him in a halter in the past but i dont think i was really doing it properly.

Mightn't look like much but this is a horse who sticks his head up like a giraffe and goes 'go go go'. (thats why the girl is singing "I like to move it - move it - I like to move it - move it"! haha). He IS concentrating so hard, bless!

First session i felt lost without reins, and could only get him to turn on a right angles, I handn't the subtlety to do it with my legs in decrees. The halter is great for exercises with the horse. Lots of backups encouraged him to wait for signals, rather than moving on all the time.

Riding a smaller circle with not holding the lead rope was great to try too.

[Loopyness]

First though was HAT! second thought was Wow , well done

[High_Stepper]

Turning using the rope on neck only (no rein contact)

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m234/Saras_lovlies/NH%20clinic%20August%2008/th_P8240016.jpg (http://s105.photobucket.com/albums/m234/Saras_lovlies/NH%20clinic%20August%2008/?action=view&current=P8240016.flv)

[termoncarragh]

Ha, my first thought was what a lovely position!

You can really see him thinking in that last vid!

[Bobbi C]

ooh, can't wait to see the vids when i go home.

he looks super in the photos though. very relaxed and enjoying his work. don't the rope halters just look amazing on them. i adore them. he's put on great condition on his holliers

[High_Stepper]

he looks nice but i look like a knob!

I love his ears flicking back and forth, he has his moments of goodness :)

Bobbi - i am so proud of his weight... never seen him looking so good :) Isn't plain old grass just amazing. He'd have never got that weight on with just hard feed bluechip and hay - i tried all last winter.