Thursday, August 30, 2007

The very beginning.....



I guess I should at the very beginning by first introducing the boy that this blog is dedicated to. His name is Gizmo, and his show name is High Opinion. It stated when i started riding half way through 2003. I used to ride ponies for a lady called Joy, and you will find snippets of them in this blog as well.



This chapter of my riding life began when I emailed Val saying that i was looking for my own horse and she suggested Gizmo to me. He was her daughter's horse, who is the same age as me. She said that Gizmo was in Taupo with some friends of hers but he hadnt been in work for 18months to 2 years. her friends kindly bought him up to me when they came to visit their daughter in cambidge. Gizmo arrived on Wednesday teh 4th April 2007 very sweaty from his truck ride from taupo. He stayed at my friend Nicole's house with her 2 horses Casper, and Mr Socks. I payed them $10 dollars a week for grazing. Gizmo was quite skinny and he was coverd in rain scald and his feet were terrible! he arrived with a cob sized halter on his head and a cap bridle which i have to retur. now if any of you have seen Gizmo you will understand that a cob size is much too small for a horses head as big as gizmo.



Here is a picture of Gizmo on the day he arrived with a much better sized halter on his head!



Well i guess i should say that I'm well, not exactly the tallest person in the world and im used to riding 14.2hh and 15hh ponies so getting on my new horse was a little scarier than i had anticipated. never the less things went well on my very own horsie.
Here is a pic of our first ride together with a saddle (we didnt have one for a few days).