Hopalong 2, and other stories...

Not a lot to report from yesterday (mostly 'cause I was in hospital...nothing to do with horses though!). Fliss took a look at Paddy (she does backs) and came to the conclusion that he had wrenched his hip when he sank in the potato field (see 'Bridleway? What bridleway?'). She did her stuff on him, but he has to have a couple of days off to recuperate. Rash had a lesson and apparently he was pretty good, although working in the school must have come as a bit of a shock after the last few weeks of happy hacking.
Today it was time to start loading practice. Pads strolled on and stuck his nose straight into the bucket of carrots. Rash has a bit of a thing about trailers (see pic) so we weren't expecting miracles. We took it all very quietly, no pressure, no fuss. Managed to get two feet inside the trailer (briefly). This was actually a bit of a result as we have spent hours with him refusing to even set foot on the ramp. Thanks again to Amanda, now we have something to practice with.
Hopefully we are going to get dressed up and make idiots of ourselves in Woodbridge tomorrow, we will be bringing a cute harmless little pony with us, rather than risk one of the boys freaking out and causing havoc! If you come and point and laugh, please donate as well!