First Canter On An Ex-Race Horse | OTTB Success Stories

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Admin

Molly cantered Antioch for the first time tonight and he was fabulous! He learns everything so fast. He now longes with voice commands and goes at the walk and trot over poles and now she can work on his canter leads! We just love him. I hope all is well at Bits & Bytes Farm.

Cortableau – One Month Update

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Admin

Cortableau handled being in an unfamiliar place at the hunter pace – new horses and different terrain with no problem. We actually had our first canter ever a few minutes into the ride, and we did a couple of canters up hills. So I got braver and, when we got to the really big field, we cantered again.

Chipawild Does Well in “Traffic”

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Admin ~ 0 Comments

Walk, trot and canter on the lunge and walking and trotting under saddle. Chipawild is getting used to having “traffic” in the ring with her.

Rap It Up – Cuts Up at His New Home

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Admin ~ 0 Comments

I haven’t gotten on Rap It Up yet. By the time I got home Sunday evening, it was too dark to let him get much exercise, so it was yesterday afternoon before I could let him out for a good romp! And boy did he romp! We just missed snapping a pic of him when all fours were LITERALLY 3 feet off the ground!