Sunday 16 November 2014

It's Magic... with George!


Hello, my name is George and my best friend is called Magic. We have both recently joined The Pegasus Centre.
George (left) and Magic
Magic has settled in straight away, but it is taking me longer to get used to my new surroundings.
Magic
When I arrived, I was introduced to Emily's dog, Beau. He is very friendly but not always keen to share the hay. Playing in a field and rolling around in mud makes a horse very hungry you know!
George meets Beau
The first time I went inside the indoor school, I thought it was very strange to see another horse in there that looked just like me...
Another George?
but I soon realised that I was just looking at my reflection in a mirror!
Toys are not tasty treats!
It was disappointing to discover that the buckets in the school are full of toys. Personally, I prefer to find horse cubes in buckets!
Hello Niamh
Niamh, who rides Gilly every week, likes to stop and say hello when I am in the paddock. I have to put my head down close to her so she can pat me. I must seem very big to her but I think she knows that I am very gentle with children.
Just testing!
Magic and I share a field with the other geldings but I thought it would be nice to introduce ourselves to the mares. There is an electric fence separating the girls and boys but Magic was sure it was switched off. After checking it was safe...
Head first, then step through. Easy!
I climbed through and told Magic to follow...
Come on, what are you waiting for?
then headed across the field to say hello. Unfortunately I was caught in the act by Kate and Alison...
Sorry Alison, but the grass really is greener on this side!  
so got taken back to the geldings field with Magic.
We need to work on plan B  
I thought Magic was given his name because he had been to Hogwarts with Harry Potter. And if he had an invisible cloak, we could come and go without being noticed. Sadly this is not the case...
Oops, it was just an accident!
and after breaking another fence, I am now wishing for a magic wand!  



Many thanks to Emily and Kate for providing the brilliant pictures for this post.

  
 

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Dame Lily

Hello, my name is Blackwater Lily but my friends call me Lily. The Pegasus Centre has been my home for almost five years now. The Jobling-Purser family generously gifted me to Morpeth RDA Group and over the years I have helped many disabled people learn to ride. I have also had great success with riders at the RDA National Championships in Hartpury, Gloucestershire.
As I am getting older I have started to think about my retirement and wondering if I will be honoured  with a Damehood. I am not sure if horses are allowed to be called 'Dame', so I will need to check with our RDA President, HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, who is a great supporter of RDA.
Perhaps I will get Sam Orde to put in a good word for me too.    
Derek riding Lily with Sophie leading
As it was the half term holiday last week, there was a competition at the centre. Derek and James both rode me in the dressage competition.
James riding Lily
James also rode me over ground poles in stage 1 RDA Showjumping.
James riding Lily in stage 1 RDA Showjumping
Ryan rode Chico in stage 2 RDA Showjumping as he can jump higher than me.
Ryan riding Chico in stage 2 RDA Showjumping
Derek, James and Ryan were all placed in their classes and received rosettes from Councillor Valerie Tyler.
James with Cllr. Val Tyler
Ryan with Cllr.Val Tyler
Please visit the Facebook page of our website www.thepegasuscentre.org.uk to see more photographs from our competition. Well done to all of the riders who took part!
Magic has recently joined the centre and did very well in his first competition...
unfortunately he will never be a Dame!









Many thanks to Lisa and David Gillespie and Susan Heads for taking photographs at the competition.