A day at the Beach

Ok so it was really sunny and hot here in Hamilton today so my boyfriend drove my friend and me to the beach. I rode Gizmo and she rode Casey, the pony I graze with. I've never ever been horse riding on the beach and I know that Gizmo gets excited in open spaces. Well we loaded everything in to the back of the car and then we loaded the horses. Casey went on the float well, 2nd attempt and she was in. then i loaded Gizmo. we travelled to Raglan beach, which is a really nice nice west coast beach about 45mins from Hamilton. We had to go to the harbour part because we wernt sure if we were allowed the horses on the surf beach. Saarin and I unloaded and tacked the horses up. We went for a wander down to the beach which involved a short road ride.



When we got there the horses didnt want to step on the sand. Well actually, it was mud. The whole lot was mud. So i had to get off Gizmo and lead him off the concrete boat ramp onto the beach itslef. Once he got on the beach it was fine. I got on him and we went for a walk.




The horses didnt want to go in the water either to start with, funny seeing as Gizmo loves water.



After a few attempts they were fine and it meant we were able to go swimming.

We then went for a gallop along the beach and just had heaps of fun hooning around.

It was my first time ever on the beach with a horse. After we fininshed riding we rode up the boat ramp again and rinsed everything because it was iced in mud. we then loaded the horses again which took a bit of time because Casey wasnt too pleased about going home. We were given a beautiful sunrise to end the day too.