A wet miserable day, we were spoilt for a day or 2 and now normal service has resumed. Thankfully, tomorrow looks better. The work I am having to put into the gallop in all the wet weather is ridiculous. Tonight it was only bad light that stopped me.
All bar 2 horses had quiet canters on the wood-chip the other 2 went to the grass. Sam and I backed 3 babies, a 2 year old by Kayf Tara and a Youmazain colt both behaved beautifully. The 3rd was a different ball game, she arrived with a shocking reputation and her mother apparently, was the bitch from hell. Her daughter is similar. Sam made plenty of noise prior to getting on her, she walked around no problem at all and then the switch in her head was triggered and she deposited Sam into the ground. Luckily, a nose bleed was the worse he suffered. What she hadn't bargained for was Sam and I, neither of whom would be beaten. Eventually, she was walking and trotting around the lunge pen no bother at all. How she will start off tomorrow is anyone's guess but I assure you she will end up behaving by the time we've finished.
Apple Tree has a habit of playing with his top bolt. Sholto told me this evening that Apple Tree woke him up at 4 a.m. and that the other horses must be very tired as they couldn't possibly sleep with that din going on and that I should Crib Box the bolt!
