Pah yesterday I got put in a niew field with Hollie, we had a good run around together then just had a munch on the grass, I was quite happy with this set up, Charlie came to join us a little later and everything was great. Later on though two other horses came into our field, one of them kept trying to herd the others away from me which I didn't think was very fair, then there was madness so I thought balls to this I'm out of here and jumped out and cantered up the lane back to my old field where I stood and waited for someone to let me in sod that!
I then got free schooled, followed by being ridden in the school for a short while, I did my best not to let Sarah on but she won in the end, she then did something strange and rode me out of the school, I went right back to my stable, she wanted me to go left so we had a bit of a fight, I won or at least I thought so, I turned right and she made me walk properly and go straight past my stable and back out of the courtyard, I couldn't believe it, outwitted by a human. Then she had the nerve to ride me down the lane towards the big riding field, Jeanette told her my girth was too big and tightened it up she also said Sarah should get a smaller one- damn it busted I thought to myself. It kept trying to turn back when we went down the lane but she just made me bend and walk in a little circle so I gave in. How dare she take me out on my own, I just don't do that! The walk around the big field with Dave was good but I did get a bit excited by the big open space and wanted to go a bit faster, she wouldn't let me! On the way back I started to trot as I was eager for my tea, Sarah wasn't impressed. All in all an adventurous but tiring kind of day!
Hello!
Hi, I'm Toby, I'm a 13 year old thoroughbred cross and I'm a gelding but that is still a sore point so I prefer not to talk about it. Sarah found me on horse hunter whilst looking for her first horse, she thought that I looked like I could do with some good food and exercise from the photo on my advert but came to see me anyway. Unfortunately I didn't look much like the picture on the internet, I was much worse, I hadn't been looked after properly so I was very thin, my spine stuck up and people said my ribs looked like a picket fence, my hips stuck out too, I felt sad and couldn't be bothered to do much. I made Sarah really sad. I'm much better now but me and Sarah still have some work to do and need to get to know each other better so this blog has been set up to let people know how we are getting on.
About Toby
Toby is 13 years old, he's 15.3 hand high and a bright bay gelding with black socks. He used to be in a riding school in Lincoln where he lived from around 5 to 11 but his nearby friend had to be put to sleep so he developed separation anxiety. The school decided to sell him feeling that being privately owned would be more suitable for him. Toby was sold in September 2008 to a private buyer, what happened between then and October 2009 is not known, I was told by the seller that he had been put out on loan, he'd lost his grazing and was subsequently underweight, whether this is true I can't say.
Then and now
Toby's progress
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