Nina and Mac booked a local arena and had a lesson with Kim Darlow, who taught them both to ride before she went on to bigger and better things in the world of dressage. It was a game getting them there as Toffee has never travelled on the left of a trailer, and won’t tolerate a horse too close. Nina had visions of her savaging Fraser, or them kicking each other to ribbons under the partition, or any number of catastrophes, but in fact it wasn’t too bad. We used the rather flimsy Ifor Williams separator thingy and tied them both at the side and the front (they both tried to reach round behind it and Fraser would have got his great big head stuck), and they weren’t too bad. Toffee stomps when you stop anyway, so traffic lights etc are a pain, and one of them took a while to find their balance, but it was worth it. Kim liked Fraser, and said he was not at all what she was expecting! Much like us, really. She was expecting something like a table with hugely hairy legs.
Toffee has improved HUGELY since her last session with Kim, and Fraser was just so mellow – strange environment, relatively new rider, new instructor – just takes it all in his (quite long) stride. He doesn’t appear to have received vast amounts of schooling at any time, and next time Kim will ride him to see just what he can do. All in all, quite a successful day! :)
Photos: No teeth, teeth showing and Little and Large!
He really is the most gorgeous thing, look at that face, awwwwwwww!!
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