Riding and Ponies

So this summer my plan was to sell both Trio and Dee.  Really want to get down to 3 horses and that would make 4 but 4 I really like and want to keep them all so I guess for now 4.  Well I had Dee listed for sale this spring had a lot of interest but only 2 people came and I know the one guy and I knew it wasn't what he wanted but he came anyways lol.  And the other guy called back and liked her but really wanted her more broke, not sure why he called back but I think he was hoping I would lower the price more but I'm not offering that he didn't suggest it and so then I was so busy with branding I pulled her ad down and figured Id list her later after I rode her more and got her nicer.  Well then the summer was so wet and then bugs that I hardly rode at all.  So she got turned out and left, like everyone else.

Well I do love driving and was gonna get Pally going, not sure if shes ever done it but shes sensible enough I think she would be good.  So I got a cart no harness yet, but was still awful weather for being outside.

Then last week I saw an ad for a driving pony, he loves it done it a ton and that would be even better for me cause I'm pretty beginner, done it a few times but not enough to be real comfortable with it.  hes been driven with a stoneboat pulling and in a cart so excellent.  Well I don't need another horse so I asked if she would trade, gave both Trio and Dee as options and after I told her Dee gets herdbound and doesn't steer very well but is totally safe she says that's exactly what she wanted!  What????  she is tired of unsafe and can deal with others and they have a bunch of grandkids who ride and want to train a horse but she wants them safe too so she will work for that as well, and they never ride alone so that part isn't a big deal.

So we made a plan to meet in Brooks and try them out.  Well I got there early planned on riding first cause if I gotta haul down and pay might as well make it worthwhile.  So I took Razz too.  Got there and she said was running late which turned out to be a good thing cause they were doing motorcross bikes across the road and Dee thought that was awful.  didn't care when she could see them but they would make noise and then just appear.  So we wandered over there and after a few large snorts she was ok with them, sorta.  I saddled Razz and then they showed up.  We did the pony first, he seems so quet, he looked around a bit at all the new stuff but not worried then they put the harness on him and it was all work.  We never hooked up the stoneboat cause woulda scared everyone elses horses cause they are super loud but I had seen videos of it earlier.  I drove him around and messed up and  he just waited till I figured it out.  They lowered the traces and the guy pulled on them while driving and he just put his head down and worked.  Yay exactly what I wanted!!

(just waiting)

(around the building is a tame rabbit, hes so cute!)

I was worried then that he was way nicer than Dee and I kinda said so but they wanted to see her anyways so I saddled and bridled her and got on the mounting block and opeend the gate on her, not perfect but she did it.  Then she didnt want to leave Razz as normal but a few small circles she started listening and then I did a bunch of figure eights and circles and walking and trotting and even a few loping steps.  Then he got on and rode her she was pretty nice for him, he loped almost half the arena that surprised me.  Called a few times but still listened.  They liked her, whew.  so we made the deal and now I own a pony called Jumping Jax or Jax for short.  Haven't done a lot with him as I been up at the supreme and I have no harness but soon :)  Hes also been rode but not very much, he acts like its his 3rd ride which is fine, I don't wanna ride him anyways.

Afterwards I rode Razz in the arena there, shes so fun but somehow always wants to go as fast as possible in the arena, I'm sure its my fault so we did a bunch of arena stuff I haven't done on her in a long time and didn't take her long to remember it all.   But since I had my trailer hooked up already on Monday loaded up Jess and Razz and went riding in the fall colors so pretty to ride this time of year.

(good ole Jess :))

Rode Jess first in the arena then ponied Razz out around the field then came back had lunch and it was so nice we went again haha, this time I rode Razz, poor girl had 2 long days.

My Little Pony

So I did it, LOL I got me a pony.  Not a horse I call a pony but a real under 14.2 pony!  Shes only 13 hands, 13 years old ans she is so broke she is just awesome.

(these are the sellers pics from her ad.

  Not that great but I dunno if I would buy a horse

 from a picture anyways going to go see her)

I wasn't looking for a pony.....well not really, I had pmed a few people about one here and there and never found one I really liked.  And I wanted to sell a horse or 2 of mine first before I got too many again. On going problem I have, I sure find it easy to collect :)  But I want them to be useful too so trying to keep it reasonable around here.  HAHA Like that is gonna happen....but I try.

Anyways Shirley from Ride a Good Horse blog tagged me in an ad on Facebook and I had to go look.  She was a 7 year olds rodeo horse, he barrel raced, pole bended, roped.  He rode her down the gravel rode "cause it sounds cool" (on the gravel)  and chased cows on her.   He's selling cause he wants to rope more and he's been riding his big horse more and more for that.  Exactly what I was hoping for.  And she's not really a beginner pony shes too much and way too fast for that, which I also wanted cause I don't need to steal a pony from a beginner, they are hard enough to find.

(my first glimpse of her)

(shes a little fat)

(but good, she just stood in the middle of the yard 

while I saddled her and 

the owner went to look for a bridle I could use)

Well I was going to Calgary the next day after I talked to her and so I asked if I could stop by on the way and she said yes, so I did, bright and early at 9:30 I was there and rode her in the pasture with her buddies, she tried going to them but never got upset when I said no and just did what I wanted.  She is actually really nice, more like a horse than a pony, she stopped when I asked, she backed up, and boy can she turn, and her trot is so comfortable.

 (at home :) )

(look at those ears I just love them)

(she stands weird, shes a little worried about getting close to Dee)

(follower)

(shes quite small compared to Trio, lol)

(I could take a million pics shes just adorable)

Finding tack for her is a bigger problem than I thought.  At least my saddle fits her.  I bought a bridle and shes in a correction bit so I went to K & K Livestock and they ordered one in for me which is still not here.  And I ordered reins off a Facebook group as well as a blanket.  Reins are by far the hardest thing to find, they are all so long!  But I got a split pair and I think I can make a single roping rein out of an old rope like I have before if I need to.

I went back to pick her up on the Tuesday afterwards and on the way home stopped at Doug's and asked  him to try and find me a horse.  Yikes that was scary but so excited to get back into cutting.  If only the pony cut lol.