So the really big news first Castle Troy has finally made it out, we had booked in for a local clinic with Maria Eilberg & i made the big decision that Troy was finally ready to get out. This horse has spent the last 2 years recovering from a field injury which severely damage his Impar Ligament, this had then adhered it's self to the DDFT. The rehabbing of this horse has been immense, every little detail has been covered included taking him Barefoot of which has been the best thing to happen for him.
The tears, the box rest the small turn out pens the hours of endless in hand walking, the walking under saddle & the endlessly slow fittening have all come together.
But i can say with some quiet confidence that he is back in action at home he's working very happily at Adv level & i can honestly say he's moving better than before his accident. He really does love being Barefoot.
He realised quite quickly that it might be him going out & started to get a bit excited, he loaded perfectly & started tucking into his hay with the odd scream of excitement & off we set. When we arrived i tacked up & UN-loaded him to walk him round he was very excited. It then came to my turn so on i jumped aided by my lorry ramp, he's a lot taller than Galante lol.
From the moment we started he felt lovely, very supple swinging & into the stretchy warm up contact, after i had warmed up Maria decided she wanted us to work on right Shoulder In the left was very good but the right just lacked slightly.
Troy didn't miss a beat & worked beautifully, to say I'm happy is an understatement, the prognosis Troy was given by the vets was extremely poor. So to have got to this point feels like a dream come true, the next thing now is going to be his return to competition. But like everything Ive done with this horses rehab it will be a slow return there is no rush & while the thoughts of regionals & petplans is luring the thought of keeping my horse sound, happy & well is much more important.
Next up in this Rather long blog is Sky Galante, we decided that i wasnt really that happy with our competition performance & decided to to have a session with List one Judge & GP rider Steph Cooper. It was a great session & a huge difference was made with both of us. I had yet again been riding Galante flat. Steph set about changing this & soon Galante was looking like a different horse. We worked on bringing the trot back to almost Piaffe for a stride & then going forward again, the medium Trots where much improved well actually the whole thing was much improved. It was a great session & Steph is a trainer we will be going back to very precise but easy to understand & full of humour.
So both my gorgeous boy's are out & about, training is the important thing for Galante at the moment & Troy the next plan is UN-decided it may be a competition or some training but it's lovely to have these options with these horses :)
Till next time thanks for reading.
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