Spirit and I have finally plucked up the courage to start having riding lessons and learning about dressage and jumping!
Whilst I don't really have much experience of dressage and jumping I have made it my mission that I want to learn all about it and get much better with a view to incorporating it into both my demonstrations and even seeing where we can get to competing to see if that will help raise the profile of positive awareness of autism in the future.
Here is a photo of Spirit and I trying our hand or hooves at jumping for the first time...
In the wild, with unrestricted access to pasture, horses would spend the summer “stocking up†by eating nutritious grass - and plenty of it - to aid them in building a thick coat and laying down excess weight...
Horses’ teeth change throughout their lives - they are continually growing and continually wearing, as they chew and grind their grazing and forage.
Grass has the potential to grow all year, which is different from many other plants. Certain things are necessary for this growth, but if they are not met, the grass will be dormant, waiting for conditions to improve.Â