Wiley On The Lunge Line, Buffing Up Those Abs
Everyone has heard that old expression, “boys will be boys”, it’s been used for eons to excuse rascally behavior from boys in just about any age group. And I’m of the opinion that this holds true for young boy horses as well ! For the first time ever, Wiley now finds himself in “time-out” and he’s missing out on lots of horse play. It all started when Wiley and my son, Chris, were continuing to prepare for the first Region 15 show of the season to be held in Raleigh, NC. Down on the farm near Cape Charles, Wiley was working on the lunge line, doing sweeps of the ring to continue building up his chest and hind quarter muscles which lost a bit of their tone over the relaxing winter spent with his buddies in the pasture during the day and horsing around in the barn at night. But now it’s walk, trot, canter, walk, trot, canter around and around the ring, buffing up and practicing voice commands as well.
Wiley Sports His New Hairdo
In fairness to Wiley, there were several other horses around and a fair amount of noise. And Wiley was feeling pretty good about himself, sporting his new haircut, complete with handsome braids, and some “six pac” abs from the prior weeks of training, showing a bit of attitude. Well, in the excitement of the moment, Wiley lost his good judgement and before he realized it, his mouth was on Chris’s arm. Oh,oh, that’s a definite no-no ! And bad horses get put into “time-out” and on restriction after that. They don’t get the excitement of traveling to shows, they miss getting to meet all those pretty new fillies and the fun of hooking up with last year’s show buddies. Yup, it’s no fun at all being left in the barn while all your stall mates are out of town, living it up in Raleigh, complete with room service and in-stall showings of “Seabiscuit”, “Secretariat” and “Black Beauty”. Poor Wiley, but “no pain, no gain” and I’m sure he has learned his lesson and will be getting it together before the next show. P.S. For those of our readers who are considering buying a horse property here on the Eastern Shore, Blue Heron has just listed a beautiful 13 acre waterfront farmette, with 1500 feet of shoreline with deep boating water, absolutely perfect for horses, check it out at www.blueheronva.com and click on boating properties.