tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339321308717215115.post7440785676227675153..comments2023-12-20T01:49:09.131-05:00Comments on From Racehorse to Showhorse: Trotting, Racing and Cool BooksWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564627110822414614noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339321308717215115.post-12070499528420930612011-04-12T07:43:57.930-04:002011-04-12T07:43:57.930-04:00Hopefully your boys and their sensitive stomachs a...Hopefully your boys and their sensitive stomachs are better soon. Having so much grass is such a novelty for most horse owners! <br /><br />I hope you can find a coach for you and Ollie - I'm sure a bit of guidance will help alot. Kudos to you for working with a hot horse - I don't have the skills to even contemplate it! <br /><br />I love your photos - you guys have the neatest connections at the tracks! How cool would it be to go to a morning buffet at Keeneland and watch the horses? I think I need a trip down to KY some spring to check out all of that neat stuff!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01736592362765508427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339321308717215115.post-84507659802759191272011-04-11T23:01:33.626-04:002011-04-11T23:01:33.626-04:00You sure had your hands full with Ollie and handle...You sure had your hands full with Ollie and handled it extremely well. As someone who's horse often isn't nearly forward enough, I can tell you that when you do get him listening, he'll be soooo nice. In the meantime, I'm sure you know all this, but can you start very small circles as soon as you're mounted, and do them as long as necessary, moving along the sides of the arena/ring, both ways. On those occasions when my horse is much too forward (they're rare) this works for us - it keeps him from breaking to a trot right away and then almost instantly a bolt. After awhile we go onto bigger circles until eventually we can work on a 20 m circle. Mostly on those days we can't do any straight aways :)<br />Good luck. I'm sure the coach will help and you'll have an amazing horse.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17207626703988850059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339321308717215115.post-14450168638818534172011-04-10T21:24:17.151-04:002011-04-10T21:24:17.151-04:00Michelle - I feel so badly for you and for Russell...Michelle - I feel so badly for you and for Russell... Good luck with the morgan!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564627110822414614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8339321308717215115.post-20225740606971890342011-04-10T20:31:25.736-04:002011-04-10T20:31:25.736-04:00I sympathize with your Ollie trials, and you'r...I sympathize with your Ollie trials, and you're correct; it will all be worth it in the end! Today I visited a young Morgan I would really like to have; he'll be hot, too, but in a totally different way. If I could wave my magic wand and keep Russell sound for the rest of his life, that would be my preference, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards....Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.com