This evening, I needed to trim some of our horses. Vicki has been asking for me to teach her to trim Devil, so I let her work on him. She attempted his right front hoof. I helped. She decided it was a lot harder than it looked when I did the work. But she wants to keep learning and do her own trimming when she is a little stronger.
Vicki picking out Devil’s hoof
Vicki picking out Devil’s hoof
Vicki rasping Devil’s hoof
Vicki rasping Devil’s hoof
Vicki rasping Devil’s hoof
Vicki rasping Devil’s hoof
Vicki rasping Devil’s hoof
On Sunday afternoon, we did a family trail ride. It was the first time in almost 5 months that everyone has been healthy enough to ride at the same time! Of course, Misti wasn’t able to go, so I went on King. Amanda is loving trail rides on Huey (although Anna keeps her on a tether). We did a 4 mile loop and the temps were well into the 50s by the time we got done. It seems like fall didn’t waste any time making itself known.
To celebrate Labor Day, we took the kids to Mystic Valley Hunt Club for a lesson with Maureen Pach. The second reason for our trip was to pick up Nike. Nike is joining our farm on a long term lease. As you can see from the pictures, he and Devil will make a great pair in pictures. Nike is a seasoned school horse and will help Alex advance in the arena work while Dakota continues training with Anna. In the pictures, Alex is on Devil and Vicki is on Nike (they switched for part of the lesson). You know it’s a good pony when the owner and 2 of his previous riders come to see him off to his new home!
