Sinasohn Training
| Pete and Magic |
Magic and Shyla
| Jennifer bought Magic from Mar Vista Stables where she had been using him as a lesson horse. No one knows what's Magic's history is, but he is a wonderful mover and a talented jumper. Pete shared a pasture with Magic and Prancer while he was recovering his health. Magic is now the love of Fancy's life. |
Well! That's what Magic
thinks of that!
thinks of that!
| These are the before pictures and they were taken after Pete had been at Millwood for a month and had already put on about a hundred pounds. |
| Here are the after pictures; can you believe the difference? Pete is so happy. This was the first time Pete and Magic had been turned out in the arena. For me, it was like sending a little kid off to school for the first time. I was worried that his tendon and ligament hadn't healed enough yet. He was fine and enjoyed showing off. |
Pete can definitely trot!
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Mr. Pete's first ride. After ground driving Pete, I hopped on him! He thought the long drawn out process of introducing a rider to him was dumb and it wasn't until I actually got on that he was happy. We just walked in the round pen today; he still needs to build back strength. Despite the high winds, he was solid as a rock. I've started him in a hackamore to teach him steering with out worrying about his lack of molars and crooked jaw. |
Update on Pete: April 7, 2008
These pictures are from the Mark Rashid clinic in
Visalia. Pete was amazing. I had been riding Pete
in a KK Ultra but the third day of the clinic,
Mark put a Myler bit in his mouth and he was
much more solid. The bridle that the bit was
attached to was one that Mark was given by "the
old man" from his books. If you never read the
book, Considering the Horse, I strongly urge you
to. It is an amazing book. All of Marks books
are more than worth the time to read. Mark
really liked Pete and I really learned to connect
with him. Crissy showed me how to teach Pete to
stand at the mounting block and I can't wait to try
it with Spitfire even though she's not yet three. It
was like dancing with Pete. Just as a random
note, I had only ridden Pete about 20 -30 times in
the year he's been under saddle.
Visalia. Pete was amazing. I had been riding Pete
in a KK Ultra but the third day of the clinic,
Mark put a Myler bit in his mouth and he was
much more solid. The bridle that the bit was
attached to was one that Mark was given by "the
old man" from his books. If you never read the
book, Considering the Horse, I strongly urge you
to. It is an amazing book. All of Marks books
are more than worth the time to read. Mark
really liked Pete and I really learned to connect
with him. Crissy showed me how to teach Pete to
stand at the mounting block and I can't wait to try
it with Spitfire even though she's not yet three. It
was like dancing with Pete. Just as a random
note, I had only ridden Pete about 20 -30 times in
the year he's been under saddle.
| At some point in Magic's life, his left ear was so severely damaged, he no longer has a full range of motion left in it. The large lump at the base is scar tissue from the damaged cartilage, tendons and ligaments. Needless to say, he's had trouble accepting his ear being touched. The very first day of the clinic, Mark was able to touch the ear, by the third day, Magic was asking people to touch his ear. Jennifer and I both were crying. |
| This was the first day of the clinic. Jennifer's never been able to touch Magic's ear like this before. |
| Jennifer worked on the ear-work with Mark in the first hour and riding with Crissy in the second hour. She discovered that when she relaxes her arms and hands, Magic relaxes his head and neck. |
