Oscar goes jumping

Well we got really brave on Sunday and decided to have a play in the paddock at home with some jumps. We have done a wee bit of jumping already, only tiny jumps and mostly to help Oscar with his left canter lead. He does a few crazy jumps in the video below, the first is waaaay over jumped and I am completely left behind but there are some nice bits from him (and lots of crap bits from me, lol).

And even a bit that shows how I fall off - at least it's the start of tumble. Really shouldn't have fallen off, what a wally! But I had my new back protector on - Christmas present from Ben - so clearly I felt a need to test it out. It worked great although doesn't cover my butt so I have a sore right buttock but my back is fine :-)

Anyway here's a video (thanks to Ellie for filming and my darling husband Ben for editing it all) of our first bash of jumping at home - try not to laugh tooooo much:

We went to the forest today, was a hoot. Had a mini race with Ellie and her horse Spyke, was really fun and then the boys just went back into plod mode straight after. So much for crazy thoroughbreds. And we even popped over a log (twice!) in the forest. I always thought jumping wasn't for me, however I am really quite enjoying popping over small obstacles. And having fun hooning around in the forest - is this a mid-life crisis?!

Sheryl is getting on famously with Sunny, they are really playing well together now. She flops and rolls in front of him, he jumps around, and they generally have a ball. I heard from Sheryl's foster mum today, and Sheryl's feline mum is now looking after a few other baby kittens, looks like she has taken to feeding them really well. They look so tiny compared with Sheryl (who is still tiny herself at just over 1kg in weight). She is off to get her first vaccinations this week, feel bad when she is so little! But I think they need them when they are so wee.

There is an Open Ribbon Day at the pony club this weekend so we are going to have a bash at that - more for the outing than anything and we'll just do the flat classes in the morning. Oscar hates baths and all the palaver that goes with turning a horse out for a show, poor boy won't love the preparation for it all!

Apart from that the only other plans are to carry on extending the yard paddock (we have moved a fence that was right down the middle of the only flat part of the property) so we have a nice flat area to ride in, and keep an eye on the hay, plus we'll plant another batch of veges this week. Looking at doing more lettuce, capsicum, zuchinni, and carrots.