Kuukausi ei ollut todellakaan ihmeellinen meidän kohdallamme; Cassun kanssa treenailut jatkuivat viikonloppuisin töideni ja opintojeni jatkettua, ja Huldan kanssa touhuilu samaten.
Cassu on ollut ihan hyvä ratsastaa, vaikka sille tulikin yllättäen hieman ratsastajamuutoksia. Aiempi ratsastaja oli tehnyt super hyvää työtä Cassun kanssa ja onkin harmi, etteivät ratsastelut jatkuneet. Cassun uudella "arkiratsastajalla" on hieman totuttelemista herra harmaan päähänpistoihin ja samalla hitaaseen olemukseen, mutta koko ajan paranee ja C on tyytyväisen oloinen tämänkin ratsastajan kanssa. Lisäksi tätini juoksuttaa C:n kerran viikossa, ja perjantaista sunnuntaisin olen yleensä itse satulassa. Olen ratsastanut ruunaa paljon ulkona kelien oltua loistavia siihen, ja runsas lumentulo on taannut mahtavat pidot niin kentällä, radalla kuin maastossakin! Olenkin tehnyt paljon treenejä auratuilla maastoteillämme ja radallamme, ja voima/kuntotreeniä lisäksi yläkentällä, jossa lunta on liki polviin saakka. Casper ei tykkää oikein maneesista, ja kentällä menokin on vähän nihkeää sen kanssa, joten teen jopa osan sileäntreeneistä radalla/maastossa pitääkseni sen iloisena ja motivoituneena. Toimii!
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| Jumppa: puomi - 2,5-3 m - kavaletti - 5,5-6m - pysty - 5,5-6m - kavaletti - 2,5-3m - puomi |
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| Reippaat pakkaset, paljon lunta ja ihana kevätaurinko saavat meidän tallitien näyttämään niin upealta! |
Huldan kanssa on sitten tehty vähän kaikenlaista - käytävällä harjausta ja jouhien selvittelyä, talutusharjoituksia suitset päässä, pellolla juoksemista, irtohypytystä ja yksinolon harjoittelua. Hulda on kasvattanut ihan jäätävän tukan joka kasvaa jo molemmin puolin kaulaa ja on aina takussa, rasta-hännästä puhumattakaan. Selvitysaineella jouhet ovat pysyneet jotenkin kurissa, ja odottelen innolla kevättä ja varsan parturipäivää..toistaiseksi liehuletti on säilytetty lämmikkeenä, Hulda kun ulkoilee pääasiassa ilman loimea tyytyväisenä. Olemme pari kertaa myös päästäneet Huldan ja sen isosisko Miinan pellolle irti, ja ne laukkailevat siellä valtoimenaan hetken kunnes energiat on purettu. Muuten olemme käyneet harjoittelemassa taluttelua, ja vielä on hetki matkaa siihen että H tulee minun mukanani minne vaan. Sen kanssa työn alla on kaasun ja jarrun opettelu sekä sen ymmärtäminen, että oman tarhan ulkopuolellakin on elämää. Tammuli kun on hieman turhan leimaantunut siskoonsa...
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| Kuva: Krista Anttonen |
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| Kuva: Krista Anttonen |
Lisäksi pidin ensimmäiset ponivalmennukset pitkään aikaan, niistä enemmän myöhemmin. Toivon mukaan helmikuussa saadaan enemmän laadukasta kuva- ja videomateriaalia, sekä hyviä treenejä molempien hevosten kanssa. Kuulemiin!
// Even though the first month of the year went by fast, it felt like it took at least three months. January is always such a slow month, it seems like nothing really happens even if you did something, and everything just stagnates. It's not before February that things start becoming more clear. At least this is it for me. I thought I would write some short bits about each month that goes by, since you can't write too long posts on Instagram.
January was absolutely not special for us; I kept training Cassu on weekends when I started working and studying, and the same with Hulda.
Cassu has been pretty good to ride although he went through some rider switches. His former rider did such a good job with Cassu, so it's really sad that they did not keep working together. The new "weekday rider" has a long way getting to know mr. grey's weird ideas and the slow rideability, but they are getting better all the time and Cassu seems happy with her as well. In addition my aunt lunges him once a week, and I ride him myself from Fridays to Sundays mostly. Since the weather has been amazing, and the huge amounts of snow have made all surfaces good for riding, I have ridden a lot outdoors. I have done a lot of excercising on our ploughed roads and the track, and also on the big outdoor arena where we've got snow almost up to the knees. Casper does not really enjoy the indoor arena and also dislikes the outdoor ones, so I have tried to do some of the flatwork while hacking to keep him happy and working. It works perfectly!
We haven't had a lot of time for jumping yet, but once I did some gymnastics and twice we've taken a few jumps with my aunt watching. I need to get jumping once a week to get my "jumping eye" back on track and to get both of us very much needed routine. Cassu is a bit sloppy to jump right now, I miss some sharpness and energy in him. He has not been jumping all autumn himself either, so maybe I can forgive this rustiness that I also have. I noticed, that I am not riding as precisely as before and my seat is also more unstable than before. It feel awful knowing what to do and how, but your body is rusty! Repeats, repeats..
Hulda has done a bit of everything - getting groomed while standing in cross ties, getting her mane and tail brushed through, handwalking with her bridle on, running in the field, loose jumping and being alone in the stable. She has such a huge mane that grows on both sides of her neck and is always tangled, so I am looking forward to spring and doing a makeover...for now the mane has been left as a "warmer" since Hulda is going out mostly without a rug. We have let Hulda run in the field together with big sis "Miina" for a couple of times, and they run there for a while until they are out of extra energy. Otherwise we have been practising handwalking with a bridle on, and there is some work to do before Hulda follows me everywhere without stopping. We need to work on gas and brakes, and understanding that there is life outside of her own paddock. You see, this little mare happens to be a bit attached to her sister...
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| Photo: Krista Anttonen |
The second loose jumping round was done a few weeks back, and this time H was a bit questioning and shy compared to the first time. She needed some assistance from the ground to get through the whole thing easily, but we got some good jumps and left it there. We keep the repeats minimal and the jumps at a moderate height until she seems confident and does it with ease. Interesting to see how she develops! We had actually planned the next jumping for last weekend, but we cancelled it due to the big snowstorm we had in town. Let's do it in a couple of weeks again. We have also practised being alone in the stables, and Hulda gets quite stressed about being alone there so I have started with only 10-15 minutes. Last time I was able to groom her without getting pushed everywhere, so maybe she will get used to this with time and become fine with being with just herself for short periods.
I also had my first pony trainings in a long time, more about them later. Hopefully I will get more quality photos and videos next month, and also good trainings with each horse. So long!








