While other creatures might be getting a Sunday lie in, I was off to see Jasmine whose appointment was postponed from yesterday due to the arrival of her new field mate. He is a breathtaking horse called Fire, a Welsh Cob cross Thoroughbred bred for dressage and eventing.
Jasmine didn't seem to be in the least bit distracted and worked calmly from the outset...
...leaving him behind to go for her first ride up the lane, first of all on the lead rein...
...and then off. She's being ridden in a Fulmer bit with Fulmer keepers and a straight bar Happy Mouth mouthpiece. We noticed that the lower section of the Fulmer bars were going inside her mouth at times - something to look out for which wouldn't have been noticed without someone on the floor to observe and could have caused a nasty surprise to both of them. Bit change required.
Back at the fields Nettles had finished his lie in and started his afternoon nap.
