Well bah...
Feb. 12th, 2005 10:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
perididdleSo it's too slippery to ride. That's upsetting. I may go just to brush Kobie a little bit, but I'm not sure yet.
Hmm, I must elaborate on my adoration for Kobie.
I don't know him very well. I rode Bummer for two years straight, and I knew him inside and out. Kobie...not so much. He's a huge, 17 hand THOROUGHBRED gelding. I saw him and I freaked a little, but it was love at first ride...he's touch, I have to use my legs way more than with any other horse I've ridden. But oh, my, god...I've been dying to ride a Thoroughbred for years. They're a very beautiful, very powerful, very amazing breed. Even those that don't race are built to last and to move like an angel. And Kobie does that. He's huge, but he's got long lanky gaits, even with a weak hind leg. He has a smooth walk, a flowy-if-springy trot, and a canter to die for. He reaches out and eases himself through every stride, and after riding his back through a canter, I got to watch him. Oh. My. I nearly collapsed it was so gorgeous. He looked just like a British race horse, I SWEAR. Dunno why British, maybe it was just the fog and the clouds but I immediately placed him next to Rock of Gibraltar, the awesomest miler of the century. Big, bay, and wonderful.
And it's not just that. I feel secure on him. Even if, you know, I shouldn't. The first time I rode him he was feeling quite perky, and if I cued him to canter he would be fine, and then charge forward around a certain turn. I got used to it and I would tug him back, but at one point he jerked his head down, kicked back a bit, and picked up to a slow gallop because I lost most of my reins. I fell back from two point and sat in the saddle, and I instantly knew he would not let me fall. I dunno why...I was a little nervous, because he was a brand new horse with very different movements from Bummer, but I felt really safe and I knew if I started to slip he would stop. I got him eased back and I realized I had no stirrups and I had to nearly hug him as he went from a trot to a walk, but I just...I dunno. When I'm in a saddle on his back, I just know I'm gonna be okay. Even when I'm nervous about the speed of his trot or I look down at the ground while I'm in two point at a lope, I know he won't let me fall. And that's why I luffle him.
*Hugs Kobie.*
Plus, he's just big and REALLY FUZZY. *Giggle*
-Maddy
Hmm, I must elaborate on my adoration for Kobie.
I don't know him very well. I rode Bummer for two years straight, and I knew him inside and out. Kobie...not so much. He's a huge, 17 hand THOROUGHBRED gelding. I saw him and I freaked a little, but it was love at first ride...he's touch, I have to use my legs way more than with any other horse I've ridden. But oh, my, god...I've been dying to ride a Thoroughbred for years. They're a very beautiful, very powerful, very amazing breed. Even those that don't race are built to last and to move like an angel. And Kobie does that. He's huge, but he's got long lanky gaits, even with a weak hind leg. He has a smooth walk, a flowy-if-springy trot, and a canter to die for. He reaches out and eases himself through every stride, and after riding his back through a canter, I got to watch him. Oh. My. I nearly collapsed it was so gorgeous. He looked just like a British race horse, I SWEAR. Dunno why British, maybe it was just the fog and the clouds but I immediately placed him next to Rock of Gibraltar, the awesomest miler of the century. Big, bay, and wonderful.
And it's not just that. I feel secure on him. Even if, you know, I shouldn't. The first time I rode him he was feeling quite perky, and if I cued him to canter he would be fine, and then charge forward around a certain turn. I got used to it and I would tug him back, but at one point he jerked his head down, kicked back a bit, and picked up to a slow gallop because I lost most of my reins. I fell back from two point and sat in the saddle, and I instantly knew he would not let me fall. I dunno why...I was a little nervous, because he was a brand new horse with very different movements from Bummer, but I felt really safe and I knew if I started to slip he would stop. I got him eased back and I realized I had no stirrups and I had to nearly hug him as he went from a trot to a walk, but I just...I dunno. When I'm in a saddle on his back, I just know I'm gonna be okay. Even when I'm nervous about the speed of his trot or I look down at the ground while I'm in two point at a lope, I know he won't let me fall. And that's why I luffle him.
*Hugs Kobie.*
Plus, he's just big and REALLY FUZZY. *Giggle*
-Maddy
