Changing horses

There's a new horse in Abi's life - a certain 16.2 gelding named Ringo. We got introduced last Sunday morning out at Redlands and you can tell it's going to be a match made in heaven for these two.

 

This is a family affair too, with all of us learning as much as we can about being a part of Abi's horsey world - but especially Josh and Jody for whom it is rapidly becoming a way of life!

Ringo is a keen jumper which matches Abi's emerging skills and interests and being only about 6 years old he's got a bit more get up and go than Harry the Brumby pony.

The handover to Ringo is still a little way off so in the interim Abi is riding Promi and Holly. We were out at Redlands with Abi on Monday afternoon and enjoyed watching her round the ponies up ready for her lesson with Victoria.

Abi always gets a welcome when she opens the paddock gate.

This is Promi, a sweet natured and finely built pony - easy to catch too!

Holly is a much more stockily built pony but she's good natured too and a sure-footed jumper.

Abi knows that the hay bag ensures an easier tack up session before the lesson.

Prepping the ponies takes ages - Abi is so confident and able with every part of the process - but being able to clean the ponies' hooves like this always impresses me.

We're taking Abi out to a Showjumping League (competition) at Redlands for the next five Monday afternoons and we're very excited about it!!

In between pony/horse dates we're still doing our Mt Ainslie (843metres) walk most Sunday mornings. We walked back down from the summit through the bush last week - not on the graded path - and were rewarded with this close up view of one of the local mob.