Tilly
16.2HH Irish sports horse
4 1/2yrs
Tilly has been with us for a few months now. We turned her away for a few weeks as she looked very poor when she arrived. She is looking a lot better now and we have been working her and she seems to have the Irish attitude to life and when she is ready, will look an impressive horse.We have seen her loose jump and she really does seem to find this very easy and has a natural shape over a fence. She also has very nice paces as well.We have done load's of hacking on her as she was very weak and poor when she came she is brilliant in traffic and can be hacked alone as well.She needs to do lot's of canter work out hacking to get her thinking more forward in the school as she can be very lazy in the school but with some time she will make a fantastic horse. She is very well bred and has a very good show jumping sire and grand sire.
Sire: Colonel Clover Dam: Kilbricken Lace
Grandsire: Clover Hill
08/08/10
Tilly has had a course of antibiotic's to help her abscess under her jaw clear up.The poor love she has had a tiny little lump under her jaw since she came,but never mind all is settled now and she is back into full work.Tilly came to us very poor,you would not think it now but she did,I really think that she starting to strengthen and her weak start is now behind her.
31/07/10
Tilly has an abscess under her jaw so she is out of work at the minute. She has had it checked and it is not the dreaded strangles, it is just a thorn or foreign body inside so hopefully she should be back working again soon. She has had a saddle fitted this week because she has muscled up and filled out so much since we bought her.
25/07/10
Tilly has been hacking all week by Emma,she is totally unfazed by heavy traffic.She is having a saddle fitted this week as she is starting to grow out of mine.
17/07/10
Julian,Emma and I have all been hacking Tilly out this week.Her feet were very poor when she arrived so we have been taking our time with her and letting her adapt to her re-balanced feet.
10/07/10
Tilly and myself have had a week off.
05/07/10
Tilly has been hacked and schooled over the past couple of weeks she really is an impressive ride. I can't get over her irish attitude to life, she is so sporty but still so chilled.
21/06/10
Julian has hacked Tilly all weekend, even down are very busy main road on her own. I have schooled her today. She really moves well her canter is just so powerful she is a true sport's horse with an Irish attitude.
19/06/10
Tilly has been schooled a few times this week and hacked. She was a little lazy and not very quick from the leg to start off with in the school, but now she is starting to understand what I mean with my leg, rather than just be nagged along. To hack out she is very chilled out and grown-up.
12/06/10
Tilly has been hacked out the past couple of weeks and she seems to be so straight forward. Julian took her to Vale View last week. In the warm up ring she was a little unsure of horses coming towards her, but apart from that she just took it all in her stride.
03/06/10
Tilly has had a few days off this week as she was a little tender after being shod. She is fine now though and her feet look a lot better, but the poor love has had to adjust to having her feet trimmed gradually, as they were a little out of shape when she came.
28/05/10
I have hacked Tilly out this week. She seems to be very good in traffic. I can't wait to jump her. She really feels powerful. More photo's coming this weekend!!!
24/05/10
Tilly is looking a lot better now compared to when she came. She also had all of her vaccinations last week. I think she is going to be very special, even though, she is weak she really gives you a feeling of a lot of power under you.
16/05/10
Julian took Tilly for a hack with Emma on Flossy they were both very good.
13/05/10
I took Tilly on a hack today, she was very sensible and grown-up.
11/05/10
I worked Tilly in the school today, only for 20 minutes, doing figures of eights and serpentines, just trying to get her to turn from my legs rather than just my hand.
12/05/10
Amanda stone came out to check Tilly's teeth. She still has some adult teeth coming through. She had a baby tooth removed and also a wolf tooth, also she had a good rasping.
15/05/10
Tilly was hacked yesterday. I took her somewhere very quiet as I don't think she has seen a lot of traffic but she was very good and kept nice and calm.
