One of Jill's 7 yr old students was perhaps a little offended when her teacher took a hold of her pony as they left the arena and went-a-walking around the grass field. The rider was elated and so proud of her first ever (on purpose) canter strides in there moments before...
"Just look around -- you could get reeeeeeeally far away from me here, and when you're outside there's a lot more that can be a surprise, and I would hate to be far from you if there was ever a problem." The young girl was riding a frisky spooker of a bolter.
Sometimes the smallest horse in the barn is the most difficult to ride.
The little beauty replied, "but if there was ever a problem, you could just tell me to halt and I would halt."
The pony took a huge spook not so long after that but they just circled around Jill because of her hand on his bridle, and the kid, bless her heart sat up and stayed on. One more thing to be proud of for that day!
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He said she'd practically lassoed him, and maybe she had. Why not? Because of his fans in Peterborough? That was his department, ha.
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She thought she might try a purple yoga ball in the paddock on Saturday to see if they were afraid of it, or might be convinced to push it around, back to her, etc. Who knew what would happen. The first time she'd offered them water to drink on hot day, they'd spooked at the bucket ha.
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