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| Winnie & Zelador Walking to the barn. |
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| Zelador |
A beautiful Autumn day and we had the
privilege of meeting Winnie of Winsong Farm, a gorgeous morning of sun and
warmth arriving at 9 30a.m. we drove up the path and parked the car just as
she was coming to greet us for an hour to watch her train Zelador putting
him through his paces in readiness for the Weekend event .
Zelador is of Portuguese origin, he is a .Lusitano Gelding, strong handsome colour of milk with a shaking chocolate sprinkles he was still in his stall and seemed to be listening as Winnie gave us a summary of all what entails training and looking after their horses. An amazing amount of hard work and lots of love and kindness goes into every day. With gentleness and lots of encouragement for Zelador, it was good to see no cracking whips. just softly talking and encouragement.
They are definitely in communication with each
other and a joy to watch this incredible horse who seemed to enjoy his
routine catching a ball, standing on wooden blocks, waiting for the next thing
with patience and pride, his eyes on Winnie all the time.
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| He can even sit on a bean bag! |
This Sunday we are going back with the audience of 70 or so people to watch the whole show, We are looking forward to seeing more.
Our sincere thanks to Winnie taking the time out before she had another training session straight after us!
We are beginning to understand equine people, they are a different set of folk who LOVE and Care for their Horses!.
Isn't that interesting? I always wondered if you could train a horse similar the way you train dogs with soft words and encouragement and by the look of it you can. Never seen a horse sitting like that!!
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