Yep it's true, today I learned how to steer a horse using nothing but my butt cheeks and the slightest tilt of the hips. I am supposed to master this new technique over time at a walk, sitting trot, rising trot and a canter! It appears to be that as a dressage rider you need to be a contortionist as well!
On a cuter note, the pictures above are of a newborn foal from the shetland pony stud down the road from Aurum. The owners are away so these two are being cared for my Kim at her property. Aren't they just gorgeous!
I wish you could see the scale of these two. The mum is a full grown shetland at a height of about 9 to 10 hands high or approximately 90 - 100 cm, so as you can see from the footage below the filly can walk under her mum's belly! I'd guess that she is about 40 - 50 cm tall! Too cute! She was having a dream while I was watching her and must have been going for a little gallop as she had her little legs going! I wanted to put her in my car and take her home with me!
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