A Sunny Sunday
What a beaut morning to be planning and preparing! I am sitting on the veranda of Mums house in Sherwood looking out to my horse paddock and a backdrop of this wonderful Macleay Valley. It is so good to be ‘home’ in a town where people knew Hannah and its a three hour trip to town to pick up one item by the time you run into old friends and catch up with what’s been happening! The horses are looking terrific and are on a strict feeding regime, I am so thankful to Manuka and Mitavite for supporting me and ride4acure! I truly believe that for my horses to do their job to the best of their ability they have to be on high energy diet, which the Manuka Horsilage and Mitavite ProSport provide. My knee has recovered and I am back full force into my training and preparations!
The three horses Meg, lofty and Titan have a real team attitude. We have a system towards everything now, who gets caught first, fed first, let go first and it all just works. Lofty has really come into himself as a horse and is just proving himself time and time again as a trustworthy and confident crew member. Titan is as he as always been perfect:-) I may be slightly biased as I have been his only human for the past seven years! And Meg is a little trouper, after shaping up for the trek last year from Kempsey to Melbourne she is again taking things in her stride. I enjoy most moments of my training aside from the ones spent in the pouring down rain… But the wet weather is a fact of life and building my resilience towards variables that are out of my control! I have met so many great people on the side of the road that pull up for a yap! My most memorable however is the 80+ year old woman who pulled up and talked for 10 or 15 minutes and parted with wise words that I shall never forget.
“Love, if you want loyalty buy a dog, if you want trust Keep your horses, if you want
heartache, get a Man”
Having a very trustworthy team of Horses and a very Loyal red heeler, and being single I couldn’t help but have a quite laugh!
Happy Trails!
Esther. Xo
