Oh, it has been a while since I last wrote. Have been driving now and then but we have had so many customers lately that I haven't been able to drive as much I would wish. We have riding lessons, pony clubs etc. for children at our stable and I normally don't have a pony working for more than two hours a day. Simply because it is still tireing for them to work with children although the "work" itself would be just riding with a five year old kid. So to maintain the good working moral of the ponies, two hours is maximum at our stable :)
Today Marko put new shoes to Paulette and Ivanhoe so that they are ready for next weekend challenge! That will be the training camp for drivers in Urjala in southern Finland! I'll now take both Ivanhoe and Paulette with me and will drive them there in pair, will be so fun and exciting to see what the coaches think of them in pair! And the most exciting thing for me will be the training competition in precision driving (cones) on Sunday. I will never ever remember a course of 14 or more conepairs but well, I probably have to try if I intend to compete in a full three event driving competition in the summer!
So today on the program was driving single with Paulette, Ivanhoe and even Verano. Verano took just a short pass walking but with Ivanhoe and Paulette we trotted a lot and trained a bit "marathon obsticle" that is driving around two suitable pine trees in the yard :) Just a bit of fun.
