First ride on Benhorse

Took some more update pics of Benhorse today, first in almost 3 weeks, oops... decided to try saddles on him so got him all geared up then did some ground work with him. Ellie arrived and I was feeling brave so I hopped on. Lunged him first - he was a star, the easiest horse I have ever lunged, soooo much easier than Oscar. You could practically stand in the middle and eat your lunch lunging Benhorse. With Oscar, you are more likely to run around chasing him keeping him going and stopping him from trying to run off to his buddies. Bless him.

Anyway, some update pics - and riding pics too :-)

Looking cute all tacked up

And some ridden pics :-) Poor pony he had to be ridden in a black saddle, tan stirrup leathers and a brown bridle. Oh the shame....

I'm soooo excited about the summer!!! Once he's fitter I'll organise some lessons with him too, should be fun.

Spring is attempting to arrive here but it is still really really muddy and wet, just been way too much rain lately. Today was fine and things dried out a bit but we really need a week or so of this to dry out properly.

We sent 9 cows off to sell today, and hopefully will get a few more smaller ones back if they are going for a decent price. So we only have 8 on the property for now after selling a few earlier in the winter too.

The hay paddock is starting to come away really nicely now so should get some good hay this season, fingers crossed we don't have too many weather dramas...

The garden is also starting to do things - my garlic is sprouting really well and I have some seed potatoes that are sprouting so they'll be planted soon too I guess. Not grown potatoes before so we'll see what happens.