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emap
05-01-2006, 09:12 PM
Well, as I am not working at the moment and have decided to take a couple of months out for myself I have decided with the girls that we are going to start showing the ponies again at local shows.

I used to do it all year round when I was with my ex and it was hard work but worth it to see my little girl smiling with her rosettes and trophies. We have decided not to do winter shows as it is far too much work for me on my own (we used to have a proper yard, 9 ponies and horses and lots of help).

am quite looking forward to it but at the moment the weather is putting me off!!
Netty
05-01-2006, 09:39 PM
Sounds exciting where abouts are you again? Bet Bikemad would like to give you a hand ... so would I, actually!
Azzi
05-01-2006, 09:49 PM
I'd love to give you a hand, I really miss smelling of horses
bikemad
05-01-2006, 10:23 PM
Sounds exciting where abouts are you again? Bet Bikemad would like to give you a hand ... so would I, actually!

You bet-id love to have a go n give a hand then take piccies of the kids winning.

Were are you living?Just wondered were you would be showing.
emap
06-01-2006, 07:35 PM
I will hunt the web address and post it for you to have a nosey. Its not very good at the mo but I am only just starting it.
emap
06-01-2006, 08:12 PM
Hi just added a few more piccies from my phone. When I figure out how to down load pix ooff my camera I will put some on.
Netty
06-01-2006, 11:11 PM
Hi -tried that link but it asked me to sign in, and I don't have an AOL password etc. :(
emap
07-01-2006, 12:45 AM
ok it is a private site so I will open it for you...a bit worried about girls bm finding it as she has a file on me for some reason. will leave it open a few days.....
emap
07-01-2006, 12:49 AM
its a public site now so you should be able to have a nosey.
bikemad
07-01-2006, 04:46 PM
Cool.Do you just show the ponies or do any of the kids jump them aswel?
emap
10-01-2006, 07:17 PM
We have started jumoping them this year with the girls but the one mare (the 13.3 grey) is 21 and we have owned her since she was three, we have done everything with her, she has even been hunting with an old friend. My sister, cousin, friend and I went through pony club with her and our old ponies (she is the only one left now from our childhood). She has been there, done that and got the extra large tee-shirt!!!

We have been jumping them at home but I never felt confident letting the kids loose in a jumping class until last august.
emap
14-01-2006, 07:03 PM
The kids were up the stables most of the day today. My dd managed to fimally get her fat hairy sheltie to jump a big jump...well big to a midget!!!!!!

The pitures on this web page are of my dd and her sheltie from a couple of years ago

http://www.kellas-stud.co.uk/buying_a_shetland.htm

And my dd is the last pic on this page

http://www.kellas-stud.co.uk/action_2.htm

I love this little sheltie and he was a bargain, I paid fifty pound for him!!!
emap
14-01-2006, 07:05 PM
Looking at those photos makes me realise how much she has grown!!! I must get my camera sorted to show you some more recent piccies.
Netty
14-01-2006, 11:08 PM
I guess you think your sheltie has a nice temperament? The couple I knew at the stables I went to were evil little beasts!
emap
16-01-2006, 11:29 AM
he is a little teddy bear. He loves nothing more than being hugged and cuddled. I normally don't like them but he is such a cutie he has changed my opinion of them.

He follows us around like a lost puppy! The kids adore him.
emap
24-01-2006, 02:14 PM
DD has been jumping both the sheltie and my old lady this weekend over some 2'4" barrel jumps! I was very proud of her as although she has been riding since before she could walk, she has been thrown off alot in the past three years and lost her confidence. Now its back with a force!! She is so pleased with herself.
SD was also jumping the same barrels with our NF and she was doing well too.
She has grown a very good partnership with her and she can get her to do alot more than I ever could!
emap
24-01-2006, 02:14 PM
DD has been jumping both the sheltie and my old lady this weekend over some 2'4" barrel jumps! I was very proud of her as although she has been riding since before she could walk, she has been thrown off alot in the past three years and lost her confidence. Now its back with a force!! She is so pleased with herself.
SD was also jumping the same barrels with our NF and she was doing well too.
She has grown a very good partnership with her and she can get her to do alot more than I ever could!
bikemad
24-01-2006, 08:32 PM
Cool pics n cute shelti.

I loved show jumping-dont think the poor horse would get off the floor now mind the weight ive put on.:smiley-fa