by Lara Poynton | Aug 30, 2016 | Australian Brumby Challenge |
Lara and Sansa – Week 6 This week started with Sansa’s very first public demonstration “Sunday Brumby Session” with Nigel and his Brumby Alpine Daisy. Sansa won the heart of everyone who came down to support us and be a part of our training journey. I was very...
by Lara Poynton | Aug 30, 2016 | Australian Brumby Challenge |
Lara and Sansa – Week 5 Ride, Ride, Ride, First ride. Every time I start a horse I am amazed at how well their first ride goes, The System Nigel and I are using to start our Brumbies is the exact system we use for all of our horses. Their first rides are always as...
by Lara Poynton | Aug 30, 2016 | Australian Brumby Challenge |
Lara and Sansa – Week 4 Prior preparation prevents poor performance. The System Nigel and I are developing with our Brumbies relies on a structure, where each lesson builds upon the next. This week (Week 4) I introduced tack and gear to Sansas training exercises. By...
by Lara Poynton | Aug 30, 2016 | Australian Brumby Challenge |
Lara and Sansa – Week 3 Watching the sun go down with Sansa on Friday marked the end of school holidays. The past two weeks have been a busy time at Tubbarubba, and has not left a lot of time for working Brumbies. The best part of school holidays however is that so...
by Lara Poynton | Aug 30, 2016 | Australian Brumby Challenge |
Lara and Sansa – Week 2 Sansa has built up confidence this week, for me to walk straight up to her and pat her face. I must say that the first few times I patted her head she was less than impressed. The solution was, teach Sansa to bend her head and neck toward...
by Lara Poynton | Aug 30, 2016 | Australian Brumby Challenge |
Lara and Sansa – Week 1 I was excited to bring home another flaxen mare, I already own Sansa’s twin. After traveling well, and unloading as though she’d done it a million times before, I was even more excited to see how deep the similarity really were....
