It was lovely to be reunited with Fern today, some three years since we started her for her owner, Linda. Unfortunately Linda has been extremely poorly for some time and it is only recently that she has been fit enough to ride again. In the meantime, like a lot of ponies, Fern has reverted to being a true pony and is worried about going out into the big wide world without her field-mate Suzie. We started with a little bit of long reining to see what we had got and then Linda rode her out on the lead rein along the track and up the hill. At first Fern was clearly worried and made it clear that she would prefer to stay at home but once she was outside Suzie's 'magnetic field' she walked on really well. indeed, on the way back she didn't rush either and Linda came off the lead rein while we practised counted stops all the way home.
