Have you had your oats?

This morning I went to see Blade for a ride. My mum was there as the person who owns Blade is sking and mum has been left in charge of the Orange One and Blade. It was just like rewinding 20 years, as Blade is grey and so was the last pony that I had when I was a teenager, and mum was checking I had done everything right and waved me off as I rode down the road.

As Mum is feeding the two horses she has 'forgotten' to put oats in Blades food. Oats are like jet fuel to horses, when you are eventing then you give them, when you are not (in my humble oppinion) you dont! Blade turns into a stallian when he eats oats, with lots of cantering on the spot, going sideways snorting for no apparent reason, and a recient thing is that he has started rearing......I think he thinks he is a Silver from the lone-ranger and we are chasing baddies!!

Today, minus oats, we had none of this. It was bliss! He was beautifully behaved and I didnt think 'oh crap, here we go' at all.
Also as we were riding I was singing.....its fine no-one can hear me! ...and he stopped dead, turned round and looked at me. With complete astonishment. I have never seen a horse with that expression on its face, he looked incredulous. Then as we walked and trotted home, I kept singing as I thought it was VERY funny that his ears kept flicking backwards, in a kind of 'what ARE you doing, silly woman' kind of way.

I must have sworn and shouted alot before (see previous post about therapy) for giggling and singing to be that much of a shock!
He still looked a little bemused when I turned him out in the field!

lybx