21Apr 2012 by myexracer

Walk Trot Trot Walk Repeat

Life with Jezebel, OTTB, Training
[caption id="attachment_186" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Pretty filly"][/caption] Ground work, ground work , ground work, that's my new theme. Since I have no saddle at the moment I'm focusing on lunging my filly. I've taken to lunging her for 20 minutes a day trying to get her into a routine. I bring her in from the field, groom her, put on her splint boots and caveson and we do 10 minutes in each direction walk to trot, trot to walk, and back again. Our circles are looking less and less like D's and more and more like circles, which I'm pretty pleased about. She is picking up the voice commands but doesn't have them entirely yet. Her trot is often calm and collected which makes me happy, when shes in a groove…
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17Apr 2012 by myexracer

Beyond The Track- Book Review

Book Review, OTTB, Training
[caption id="attachment_180" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Step one... read"][/caption] After my really disappointing day a few weeks ago with my filly I decided to read some books. Its something I do a lot. When I get stuck anywhere in life I find a book on the subject, often I find many books on the subject and read and absorb and read and absorb. It's a habit I picked up as a very little girl which also is why I think I can learn and do anything but that's a tale for another day. I bought Beyond The Track by Anna Ford. I couldn't wait for it to get here cursing myself for not paying expedited shipping. When it did arrive I read it immediately, ignoring everything else. I was taking a horse…
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14Apr 2012 by myexracer

Back To The Begining

Life with Jezebel, OTTB, Training
[caption id="attachment_159" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Work you say? "][/caption] Since I do not have a saddle that fits my girl yet, we are going back to square one. The lunge line. I'm going to be very aggressive with the ground work with my filly. She needs it and I think I do to. So after about a week off from horse land, a landslide of work and out of town holiday guests made that pretty easy, it was time to put my new ground work plan into action. I hiked to the back field and got my girl ready for some ground work in the indoor ring. It was the first time I put her splint boots on her and being a race horse she didn't bat an eye to them…
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02Apr 2012 by myexracer

Tough Day

Life with Jezebel, OTTB, Training
Its started out good and went well for a while, when it took the bad turn it was a landslide. Defeated is the word id use to describe how I feel today and I've only felt this way with my pretty pony when I was  dealing with the hoof abscess after the time she kicked me. With out getting into too much detail, I'm sure it was all my fault but I need to regroup, my happy go lucky training attitude needs to be adjusted and I need to be tougher, more consistent and find a new way inside to Jezebel that works for us both. I cant be someone im not and I cant expect her to be the horse she isnt, in fact the horse she is is…
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29Mar 2012 by myexracer

Happy Trails

Barn tales, Life with Jezebel, OTTB
[caption id="attachment_131" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A good day for a ride"][/caption] It was a beautiful day even though a thunder storm was predicted, it wasn't expect for quite some time and the sun was bright and shinny. I thought it would be a good day to introduce Miss Jezebel to the trail. She loves to look out towards the trail and the tree line whenever we walk by the entrance, its almost as if shes trying to get me to take her there. Mentally willing me to take her out and explore the trail. I thought better of it until I knew she had brakes. The day was beautiful and I thought what the hell, it's as good a day as any I'll just go out for 5 or 10 minutes…
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18Mar 2012 by myexracer

Halt who goes there

Life with Jezebel, OTTB, Training
[caption id="attachment_106" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Treats?.. Yes please"][/caption] I've been starting slow with riding my ex racer. I spent the first couple weeks just getting to know her and letting her get to know me. Of course I had the hoof abscess to help me along with that. My adorable filly's manners were some what lacking. I chalked that up to a few things. 1. Shes only just barley 4 years old 2. She's a racehorse and sometimes acts like one 3. I'm a walking treat factory I am compliant in her sometimes bad manners or rather sometimes no manners. She's improving and I'm working on trying to have her earn her treats instead of just giving them out like the treat factory I am. I admit it I spoil her,…
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