Let me tell ya about this mornins excitement. But first, to set the scene, heres Cody giving two of my son Taylors mates their very first riding lesson. Forget about the riding style, these lads had never sat on a hoss before and here they were moving off, stopping and turning left and right on my instruction. They, and Cody, did a brilliant, safe, reliable n confident job. Okay, back to this morning. Because it was gonna be hot I was up early and both Cody and Jezebel were saddled and ready to hit the trail by 7am (yes, on a Sunday, mans gotta be loco). Cut to the chase and having ridden Cody up the road to the neighbours driveway we turn back for home. No more than 20 metres from the front gate, having ridden past this spot earlier, BANG and a damn kangaroo exploded out of the undergrowth no more than 3 metres from Codys head and that damn hoss went ballistic, spun on a dime and took off. I lost both stirrups and almost all the rein and all I can say is praise be to God that the Spanish invented saddle horns because thats all that kept me from falling onto the roadside barbed wire fence that Cody was galloping alongside. Not nice to look down and see a devils rope fence flashing below you ... luckily the lad responded to my voice commands (okay, semi hysterical screamed commands) and of course it helped that by spinning around to flee he was heading away from home and (in the view point of a horse) safety. Snorting great gobs of air through his nose he finally stopped and I regained my stirrups and reins. Nothin like a shot of adrenaline heart starter early on a Sunday mornin to let you know 1. you are alive and 2. a mans got to be f..king nuts to be riding in his sixties. But I not only rode the lad home, having tied him up I then jumped on Jezebel and took her for a good ride too. Yes, she behaved brilliantly, which is just as well as I was riding her in a military saddle - no saddle horn! So, how was your Sunday, a smoked salmon brunch at some trendy beach-side cafe sipping ridiculously expensive coffee made from beans pooped outta a rare monkeys ass?, how bloody sensible! (Oh, and all you haters n wallys n know-alls, PLEASE dont point out the inadequacies of the lads riding, its their very 1st time, okay.)
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 06:50:19 +0000
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