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Marcelo diary II

#Marcelo #education #Phoebus #stallions #Paso Fino

Marcelo is making progress. I’m only doing a session about once a week because I’m not in a hurry. He is keen to come in and do stuff.

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I’m in the fortunate position of having at my disposal a range of saddle from different places and times and built for different purposes and riding styles. I’m always happy to show them to folks, and even have a ride in them.

Marcelo diary I

#Marcelo #education #stallions #Pat Puckett #Paso Fino

Marcelo is my rising four year old home bred Paso Fino colt, by Rev out of Chica. I generally wait until after four to do work, but he is really well grown and I have just had to separate him from his gelding paddockmate, as play was getting a little too heated at times. So I have decided to start with starting him under saddle. However, not only will I be taking my time, but when I get to the part where I’ll actually get on his back, it will be for very short periods. And once we’ve had a few short session with the basics, I’ll give him a break for another year. Working with him now will help with everything later as I intend to run him on as a stallion.

Clinic with Anke Hawke

#Phoebus #Romeo #Sparky #clinic #Anke Hawke

Once again, we had Anke Hawke from Anke Hawke Balance Dressage down in Victoria for a clinic. I want to thank my friend Yvonne who organises these clinics. We had some old and some new faces attending the clinic.

An accidental collection of military saddles

#gear #Kings Horses #saddles #history #Light Horse

I didn’t set out to collect military saddles. No, really :-)

Thoughts on teaching and learning while riding Rev

#Rev #education

Rev. What a different horse he is now. Of course he is older and maybe he was a bit sluggish because he’d tipped his water container over overnight and he had a big drink before the ride. He was definitely in a very mellow mood and not in a hurry today.

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2024 SA Medieval Fair with The King's Horses

#Phoebus #Sparky #Keldan #event #Kings Horses #jousting #skill at arms #medieval fair #Icelandic

On the first May weekend, I went to the SA Medieval Fair in Paracombe with The King’s Horses. We took Phoebus, Keldan and Sparky.

2024 Ballan Autumn Festival

#Phoebus #Keldan #Kings Horses #event #parade #Icelandic

For the first time, I attended the Ballan Autumn Festival with my friends from the King’s Horses equestrian group. We got into some armour and other fancy gear and rode in the parade.

Europe Trip

#education #trip #Europe

For three weeks in September/October, I went to Europe with friends, attending Feldlager Brandenburg and the Harnischfechten Symposium, had a cool riding lesson and visited museums, castles, churches and other fun places.

Medieval events 2023

#Phoebus #Keldan #medieval fair #event #jousting #skill at arms #Kings Horses #Icelandic

In April and May this year, I participated in two events with the King’s Horses. Keldan had his first public joust and Phoebus had his second season, this time ridden by my friend Craig.

2022 round up

#Phoebus #Romeo #Altus #sold #event #Kings Horses #jousting #mounted combat gathering #trail riding

Lots of interesting things happened in 2022, including a public display, reenactment stuff, new foals and some horses leaving for new homes.

2022 foals

#Adelina #Keilir #foals #Icelandic

Late 2022 saw the arrvial of two foals.

2021 round up

#Phoebus #Romeo #Kings Horses #Icelandic

A busy year despite several covid-related slow-downs and shut-downs. The year I finished my PhD….

Socialising stallions

#Romeo #education #stallions #Morgan

My thoughts on the importance of socialising stallions as part of their working career.

The remainder of 2020

#Phoebus #Romeo #Pinta #Keldan #foals #Kings Horses #Icelandic #Morgan

The year of covid-19. The year of lockdowns in Victoria. But since we are in regional Victoria, we still had plenty of opportunity to train and do fun horse things with The King’s Horses folks.

First Quarter of 2020

#Pinta #jousting #event #Phoebus #Romeo #Keldan #Kings Horses #Icelandic

it was a long and hot summer and I’m glad we were spared any bushfires, during this devastating fire season. We had a few small local ones, but nothing serious or close by. Some very smokey days though.

End of 2019

#Rev #Sparky #Vicente #Pinta #jousting #event #skill at arms #Kings Horses #parade #Icelandic #Paso Fino

A lot of changes happened during 2019, some expected, some surprises. Well, that’s life…

Summer 2019

#Rev #Sparky #Capricho #Vicente #jousting #event #skill at arms #Romeo

The end of summer saw one late foal arrive, Orlando - a colt from Rev and Nikita.

End of year round-up

#Rev #jousting #skill at arms #event #Paso Fino #horse archery #pilates #Vicente

2018 has come to an end. What a year it was…

Autumn 2018 Update

#Sparky #Keldan #Icelandic #jousting #horse archery

Autumn is nearly over, and after a week of cold and wet weather it certainly feels like winter is coming soon.

Toys: pool noodles

#Toys #education

Part 1 of a series about toys I use in horse education - pool noodles

Why use pool noodles

they are relatively cheap
they are very safe to use as they are soft and really can’t cause injury to horse or rider
they are nice and colourful
they are light (good for kids and grandmas)
they move easily, so whether horses step on them or over them they may move which makes horses look at them and think

Open letter

#breeding #Paso Creole #Icelandic

It has come to my attention that there may be some confusion in relation to my stud activities. To save everyone time and the dreary inconvenience of having to rely on hearsay (both the innocent and the other variety), here is the concise version – straight from the horse’s mouth. Instead of addressing some of the Chinese whispers, here is what I currently do, what the history is behind it, where I’m aiming at, and some of the stuff I believe in as a breeder.

Skill at arms clinic - February 2018

#education #skill at arms #Sparky #Keldan #Icelandic

The MEA (Military Equitation Association) held a skill at arms training day at Unicorn Park. It was the second clinic I’ve been to with Phillip Leitch, and it was fun. Yvonne was injured and couldn’t attend, but Amber came along. I rode Sparky at his second ever public outing, and Amber rode Keldan.

Updated sales listing

#forsale

The sales listing has been updated. Please head on over to the Sales Page and look a the listing.

Foaling season wrap up - 2017

#foals #breeding #Paso Fino #Pinta #chica

Foaling season for 2017/2018 finally came to an end, when Pinta finally had her colt in mid January. Six happy and healthy foals as hoped and expected. A few more colts than I had ordered, but I am very pleased overall. Some of these adorable guys are for sale. Head over to my sales listing for more info.

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