Re: Riding after dark

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

I remember the one and only time my horse colicked (touching wood
frantically) and my vet was at his wit's end with him.  He suggested that I
lunge Toc for fifteen minutes.  This was at 10:30 at night and the lunge
ring is on my neighbour's property, so I had to walk Toc up the drive,
through the neighbour's gate, past their swimming pool and into the lunge
ring.


He was a perfect angel.  I put it down to the fact that he never spooks (no
exaggeration : this horse doesn't spook) but maybe the dark had something to
do with it.  I'll just point out, though, that I found it WAY SPOOKY!


Tracey
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob & Amber Roberts <mlaboure@flash.net>
To: Celeste Murray <celestem@badgermining.co.za>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 2:30 PM
Subject: RC: Riding after dark


>Celeste Murray wrote:
>
>> I also train in the dark during winter, although I manage a few hours in
the
>> light during summer.
>> One plus is my horse shy less in the dark :-)
>>
>> Celeste (South Africa)
>
>How interesting.  My farrier/trainer, who has broken several horses for us,
>always rides one in the dark to get it over "spooking."
>
>Amber
>
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