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I paid for for show pictures on Tuesday night so wheeeeeeeeerrrrreeee are they??

This lady normally turns it around in under 24 hours so I am grumpy

#just want pretty pictures of my pretty pony 😭😭😭😭#you have the photos just send them too me???#I did get 4 this time instead of my usual 2 or mayyyybe 3 because I wanted to support the photographer and also couldn’t decide #for once I had multiple photos where I looked not abysmal!#but I don’t think she really edits them at all so whyyy is taking so longgggg #want to make my cute lil instagram post #this has been a whine

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A Simple Method of Conditioning the Endurance Horse Francois & Laura Seegers, Perseverance Arabian and Endurance Horses We are frequently asked by people who are interested in taking up enduran…

This is absolute gold. Definitely going to be referring back to this with Abba.

EXPLANATION OF TERMS

Conditioning: Working the horse to become strong enough to complete endurance rides without damage.

Hard work/ workout: This involves hard work where you ask the horse to put in a greater effort than he is accustomed to. Typically, 20 minutes after the workout the horse’s pulse will be higher than you are used to. That means you have stressed it.

Recovery day: On these days you allow the horse to recover from the stress. Exercises you can do are twenty minute lunge sessions (ring work) at a steady trot, schooling, a gentle hack or outride, etc.

Rest day: Typically a Sunday. No work at all.

Exercise: The level of work that does not stress the horse. It just maintains the fitness.

TIME SCALES

The time it takes for various body tissues to adapt and condition, are as follows:

Heart and lungs 3 months

Muscles 3-6 months

Tendons and ligaments 6-12 months

Hooves 7 months

Bone 1-3 years

NB! A horse can be got fit enough to go fast in a relatively short period, but will not be conditioned to withstand injury. Only after 3 seasons of endurance (provided he had no serious tendon/ligament injuries) will he be thoroughly conditioned to be ridden hard and competitively.

“IF THERE ARE SHORTCUTS, NO ONE HAS DISCOVERED THEM YET”

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Perfect pony Luna had a great show today!

We did have a rail in each of our earlier courses when I leaned for my bad distance, but otherwise foot perfect and it felt so good! No refusals and I actually had so much fun! This was our last course and it felt the best, she is just so perfect and so much fun!

#perfect pony luna #and we got a third!#also a fifth and a sixth in our earlier courses #yay Luna!#riding journal

Perfect pony Luna had a great show today!

We did have a rail in each of our earlier courses when I leaned for my bad distance, but otherwise foot perfect and it felt so good! No refusals and I actually had so much fun! This was our last course and it felt the best, she is just so perfect and so much fun!

#perfect pony luna #and we got a third!#also a fifth and a sixth in our earlier courses #yay Luna!#riding journal

Luna met a cow!

This little guy, named arlo, Lives down the road and keeps getting out and coming down to our barn where he gets trapped in the round pen. So today we stopped said hi. Luna was pretty interested in him and stepped forward to say hi and didn’t pin her ears even once. I’m convinced she only like creatures that are smaller than her 😂

She also got her stifles done last week Monday and has only had two rides (one walk trot only and the other dressage) since so she was FEELING herself today and was actually FAST for our jumping lesson. It was actually pretty fun. Hopefully she keeps feeling good as she gets more rides back and stays a happy forward pony

#Luna met a cow!#she loves creatures smaller than her #so people and her pony friends #and not other horses #silly pony #perfect pony Luna

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Purple saddles. 💜

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March recap! I took so many lessons, did a little dressage show and got in some great trail time. A productive month for the worlds most perfect pony

#perfect pony luna #riding journal #equilab

Another great lesson with the perfect pony!

We’ve lowered the height a snide and it’s done wonders for her and mine confidence, and the height is still what we’d like to show so feeling great!

It was a wee bit scrappy in places, especially my position (one day when I am very old I will learn to keep my upper body still and not stand up straight for long spots but it’s loads better than it has been), and in the long spot to the blue and white vertical ( I tried to take too sharp of a turn instead of swinging out and then we took it at an angle). But honestly Luna jumped great and she’s feeling great and love that we can get it all done and have no doubts about getting over the jump

#yay pony #she’s doing so good #I just love her so much #I hope I never take her for granted #can you even believe I get to do this #perfect pony Luna #riding journal

Had another wonderful jumping lesson! I’m really love this height, feels like a big real jump but still super doable and fun. And me and Luna just loved this blue vertical with the fences, just nailed it everytime and had so much fun!

#this was our last round and honestly as good as we can do it 😊#one day I will stand up less and just fold more #but I feel good about it still #and I feel GREAT about the distances #only funky one was the in and out #which is always going to be funky one way or another in the little pony #but so fun!#perfect pony luna #riding journal #luna #she’s just so perfect #she was a little sticky in the canter transitions but felt great while jumping so it was problem just me

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Another dressage show! I super appreciate the lady at our barn who has been setting these up and the husband of my fellow rider who has been filming! It’s really nice to just ride a test at my barn at get feedback for just 35 dollars.

Also the other lady at my barn got a matching jacket to me! So now we are dressage twins, albeit with slightly different saddle pads.

We just did one test this time both to focus on it and because it was 80 degrees out.

I think it went better than our last test but we don’t really get into a full “first level” frame. We still need our dressage trainer for that but it was still a good effort from the worlds most perfect pony.

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Got a 61! Which is much improved from last time and the time before, so I’m well pleased. As anticipated, we got multiple comments about not be through and connected enough, but at least we were very accurate (yay I can steer) and per usual her stretch was lovely (she came with installed)

And was I especially delighted to see balanced rider since I get many corrections about being crooked and have really worked on it 😊

#perfect pony luna #we still have work to do at this level #okay so much work before we can move up but I don’t think we need to go down a level either so that’s good #slowly but surely making progress #I feel very good about executing as well as we could at the moment #now to just take more lessons and really work on that quality of movement and connection

Constantly ping pinging between feeling im making so much progress and me and Luna are doing so well and feeling like i can not ride even a little bit and who let me on horse.

This post is sponsored by my abysmal Tuesday night ride where I could not get forward at all and could not get a canter transition to save my life. Much less a good one. Followed by my delightful jumping lesson Wednesday which was so fun and had zero refusals all day and featured me actually pushing with my legs to get her forward WHILE keeping my upper body STILL. There was one vertical that we just nailed the hell out of every time we did it. And it was such a fun twisty set of courses and just a lovely time.

#up and down and up and down #the chaos of rising #riding journal #perfect pony luna #also why do I feel like I need to get my pony clipped in freaking March #good grief #it was very hot

Another dressage show! I super appreciate the lady at our barn who has been setting these up and the husband of my fellow rider who has been filming! It’s really nice to just ride a test at my barn at get feedback for just 35 dollars.

Also the other lady at my barn got a matching jacket to me! So now we are dressage twins, albeit with slightly different saddle pads.

We just did one test this time both to focus on it and because it was 80 degrees out.

I think it went better than our last test but we don’t really get into a full “first level” frame. We still need our dressage trainer for that but it was still a good effort from the worlds most perfect pony.

#perfect pony luna #dressage #first 2 #work in progress #Youtube

I wish I was riding my pony today 😭😭😭

#I will ride her tomorrow #but I miss her today #she’s so great

Part 2!

Luna sees your suggested strides and raises you and add stride, even when there are poles 😂 But perfect pony still went over everything (and didn’t even hit any ground poles) so all is well by me. And it was fun!

#perfect pony luna #my first time jumping her with spurs too #I wish shows could be at this height because this delightful #but shows start at 70s for jumpers and these are just under that I think #but at least my pony is the best

Very fun jumping lesson yesterday! The person who does social media for the barn was there and took lots of videos.

The strides were kind of set for ponies but still felt long for Luna but otherwise this felt great!

#perfect pony luna #riding journal

I just love my pony so much 🥹🥹🥹

She was the very goodest girl both yesterday and today and I couldn’t love her more

#perfect pony luna #riding journal #truly worlds most perfect pony

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EVERYONE SHUT UP THERE'S AN EQUESTRIAN DRAG QUEEN

FUCKING BANNA MEANSHOT (-->"Banamine Shot"; her drag name is a pun on a common nsaid used on horses I'm)

#one of the girls I’ve trail ride with knows this person!

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