07.28.06
Horse gets hitched
Today we hitched Gilford, our 3 yr. old arabian/percheron, to our Meadowbrook cart for the first time. Up til now he has been pulling a smaller training cart. He took it in stride as usual, looking very nice put to the Meadowbrook. Dad took him a few turns around the pasture then out into the street, away and back for a short walk and trot.
Gilford (Bask’s Commandant) put to Meadowbrook cart
Dad with Gilford in harness
Gilford has been going out solo (ie., not accompanied by me on the mare and/or Glendale being ponied) a few times now without issue. He and his horse friends whinny at each other when he leaves and then he settles right down. So far so good.
This gelding, foaled and raised by us, was put under saddle at 2 years old and also hitched to a training cart, with help from Tom Curtin, in June 2005. His riding and handling is per the natural horsemanship method. Prior to that he was ground driven by us, and had plenty of other desensitization and exposure including roundpen work and ponying beside his Arabian dam.
Sweet and friendly guy, likes to please!
More about Gilford:
See Gilford and Glendale’s percheron sire Silent Commander, running in ocean surf in a fantasy art print, at Of Wind and Sea.
To see pix of Gilford and his brother Glendale as foals, birth to 6 months, click on their links under their sire’s stallion portrait at Black Stallion Portrait
ALSO see other posts in Blog under category Horses for the horse crazy:
- post of July 28, 2006, story and pix of Gilford’s early training– Colt in Acadia
- post of June 11, 2006– Fun with Horses Weekend
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Connie Moses, petArtist– website since 2001:
Portraits With Pets.com aka PortraitsWithHorses.com
