by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED, riding and horses
Having lost Saadia to cancer and her lovely filly being caught in a fence in 2011 (our first such loss ever) we have rethought our riders’ ages and needs, and decided a Welsh Cob would suit the farm better. After a bit of a frustrating search, we came across our...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | PHOTOS NEED TO BE ADDED, riding and horses
Jan Irving’s Purebred Arabians was established in 1999 with the purchase of Regency Park Saadia from Debbie Yeo (Nar Nar Goon, Victoria). Prior to Ash Wednesday, my parents Barbara and David Irving had owned and bred from a number of Part Bred Arabs, in fact...
by Jan Irving | 10 Oct 2014 | riding and horses
I recently had a moment to sit on the edge of the mounting block and watch Dudley have his morning quick graze of decent clover and rye pasture. My mind turned to arm position because I noticed that if my hands draped in my lap and the arms were slightly forward of my...
by Jan Irving | 10 Sep 2014 | riding and horses
As Dudley has this issue with a girth, I thought, best to do some bare back riding before the challenge of saddle and a rider together. I have hardly ever ridden bare back, so I have approached this ‘softly, softly’ and over many sessions. Session one and...
by Jan Irving | 10 Oct 2013 | riding and horses
I know I have heard it many times over the years, that if the horse has the ears back, he is listening to his rider. But is he, or is he listening for a threat? Dudley has had a girthing issue, just happened to take girthing the wrong way, and at this the stage we...
