Anyway, this is most of the crew at Oblong....well my crew. There are four other horses, a retired pony, Michael's horse Linus, Lizzie's rent-a-horse Rico (that was my rent-a-horse when I was about her age as well, and taught me the ropes!), and a boarder Tucker...I do not do much with them, so probably won't be too much to see of them this summer on this page.
As previously promised, here are some photos of all the horses in action!! Hudson is a 6 year old TB owned by Margie O'Brien, the owner of Oblong Valley Stables. I assist with training both horse and rider. Due to his leg conformation, Hudson will be a dressage horse only, and he proves to be a very athletic and sweet horse. Even though he is young and fairly green, he always gives his best effort and tries to take care of his rider. Here is Jolie (she has her own blog below this one)...Owned, trained and ridden by me. She an be too athletic for her own good sometimes, but is a blast to ride, no matter what. Clearly, she needs to be a hunter, however my jumper background takes over and she doesn't necessarily hate it. Hopefully her blog will be updated today or tomorrow with photos of her jumping day today. Kilian is an older Irish Sport Horse gelding, owned by the Chamberlin family. He has been dubbed the "guest horse" as he is generally an all around good boy. He does not do much with his life except fall victim to my playing around with his uber-schooled self. I keep him in mostly consistent work to maintain fitness so he can be as rideable and safe as possible for anyone that wants to just hop on. I was shocked to see these photos, because in the barn he's just plain Killian, but in fact he is quite the fancy horse! Then there's my main squeeze, OZ (name in all caps, because that is his personality)...OZ was my first horse and has been with me since I was 11, basically a 12th birthday present. He is now 25, and still completely awesome. He unfortunately missed out on stardom to cart around my child @$$ in the childrens hunters/eq, jumpers, etc. but in his prime his talent was limitless. We are planning to compete this season, with a mix of jumpers and events, probably limited to the 3'3" stuff or lower. He's a dressage master (Although he hates it), and has never said "no" to anything asked of him...I could go on forever, hes the love of my life... Famous Rain Pie...hes that' POA that was for sale, was sold, returned and now for sale again, currently owned by the Chamberlin family (the owners of the farm). I do not know the details on that front....He remains to be the pony I never had growing up and my other, other half, next to OZ and OZ's best boy toy friend. Jumping MACHINE is the only way to describe him, honest, willing and tries to find the horse steps in the lines...this pony needs a belly guard, he's fantastic. Last but not least is Robin, here ridden by one of my students Erica. Robin is a 7 year old quarter horse, that somehow defies physics and is actually a very capable jumper (she is a very downhill shaped QH!). She also is owned by the Chamberlin family. Erica and Robin are learning to be a team, Erica learning both how to ride better and how to effectively train a horse and Robin learning how to be obedient and pleasurable. Last year, at this time they could not safely canter a course of crossrails and now they have just completed their C-1...what a huge step!
Anyway, this is most of the crew at Oblong....well my crew. There are four other horses, a retired pony, Michael's horse Linus, Lizzie's rent-a-horse Rico (that was my rent-a-horse when I was about her age as well, and taught me the ropes!), and a boarder Tucker...I do not do much with them, so probably won't be too much to see of them this summer on this page.
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