Cob Jockey

Is there a better way to spend a Saturday morning than handling fancy baby Cobs in their first horse show?  I don't think so!

That's me handling baby Filigree (Castleberry's Filigree) this past weekend.  She's a future Dressage star with movement like she has, she's amazing!

Connor's breeder gets all of her babies out to their first in-hand show when they're still babies, and they learn from their moms that trailer rides and show stabling and loud speakers and judges wearing cowboy hats and trotting in-hand are just facts of life that are nothing to get worked up about:

Sleepy baby pony in show stabling after her first show.

This excellent conditioning as babies leads to wild behavior like this as adults at shows:

Hoosier Horse Fair and Expo

 And this:

Greater Dayton Horse Trials, I'm seeing a pattern here...

And this...

Straight load, slant load, stock trailer, horse trailer, head-to-head, step up, back ramp, side ramp: Connor's done them all without questioning.  That's good brains, and good early conditioning.

Three cheers for good breeders and good ponies!  And seriously, if you are a Dressage rider...she's awesome...I'm just saying...

Happy baby!