Amy and Amber Read Online Free PDF Page B
Author: Kelly McKain
smile. “I’d like to stay in Group B, please,” she told Sally. Good for her!
After our lessons, when we were untacking in the barn, Kayla was really excited because they’d had a go at dressage and she’d managed to get Cracker to go from walk straight to canter! So she definitely made the right choice! I know I’m not ready for that sort of thing myself just yet, but I was SO pleased for her.
We had loads of fun in our lesson as well – we did some jumping today, first working over trotting poles and then a small cross pole before trying an upright. Amber just loved it, and she was so steady I even managed to clamber back up when I lost my seat on my second go and nearly came off!
I love being here and it’s fantastic that Kayla’s enjoying herself so much more too. It’s just going to be fun, fun and more fun for us twofrom now on, starting this afternoon… If we ever get out of here, that is! We’re supposed to be having our hack, but we probably won’t be able to go out if it carries on pouring down.
Oh, Sally’s just come in and said we can skip yard work altogether and have our Pony Care talk in the barn now and then see what happens with the weather, so gotta go!
Weâve got some free time before tea, which weâre using to dry off and catch up on our diaries.
Where was I? Oh, yes, Sally called us into the barn to have our Pony Care talk first, because of the rain. It was so cool being in there because we could hear it absolutely pelting down on the roof, but we were all cosy and warm squashed up together on the hay bales.
When Lydia talked about the points of the horse and conformation, she used my lovely Amber to demonstrate on! Of course, she stood really nicely, and I gave her a big pat afterwards for doing so well.
Then we got sheets to fill in, and we had to look at all the ponies in the barn and see how many different colours and markings we could find. I went round with Kayla and we found loads. By the end the rain had eased off â onlya bit, but Sally said we could go on the hack â hooray! I dashed back into the farmhouse and grabbed my camera, tucking it into the pocket of my wax jacket to keep it dry.
The hack was fantastic and we didnât care at all that we were getting SOAKED. Sally rode at the front and Lydia at the back, with the rest of us in single file in between. Everything was really green and fresh, and Amber loved being out in the open.
Kayla was a bit nervous at first about Cracker bolting off because he kept going into trot and breaking out of the line, but Sally moved them to be behind Ava and Star (who is really chilled out), and showed her how to keep her outside leg on and use the reins so he stayed put. As we turned into this beautiful lane at the edge of a field, the rain stopped, and a bit later the sun came out and guess what? There was a rainbow!
Sally let me ride ahead with Lydia so I could get a shot of all the girls trotting up the lane with the rainbow arching up behind them. She even let me film without having to dismount because Amber was so calm and stood so still. Then she said sheâd take some footage of me and Kayla doing something, so there would be some shots of us two together (Jody must have mentioned that to her too).
As we turned into the next field, there was a track going uphill, so me and Kayla hung back with Lydia while the other girls trotted to the top with Sally. Then Sally filmed us cantering up together. It was so much fun â we were neck and neck, racing each other, with Lydia behind. Even though Amber tried her best, Crackerâs so speedy that they beat us! All the girls cheered when we reached the top and Sally said how good it was going to look in the film.
We had a canter up the next hill all together and that was great fun too â though of course me and Kayla had to go much slower that time because we were part of a bigger group.
On the way back, the rain came pelting down again and we were
After our lessons, when we were untacking in the barn, Kayla was really excited because they’d had a go at dressage and she’d managed to get Cracker to go from walk straight to canter! So she definitely made the right choice! I know I’m not ready for that sort of thing myself just yet, but I was SO pleased for her.
We had loads of fun in our lesson as well – we did some jumping today, first working over trotting poles and then a small cross pole before trying an upright. Amber just loved it, and she was so steady I even managed to clamber back up when I lost my seat on my second go and nearly came off!
I love being here and it’s fantastic that Kayla’s enjoying herself so much more too. It’s just going to be fun, fun and more fun for us twofrom now on, starting this afternoon… If we ever get out of here, that is! We’re supposed to be having our hack, but we probably won’t be able to go out if it carries on pouring down.
Oh, Sally’s just come in and said we can skip yard work altogether and have our Pony Care talk in the barn now and then see what happens with the weather, so gotta go!
Weâve got some free time before tea, which weâre using to dry off and catch up on our diaries.
Where was I? Oh, yes, Sally called us into the barn to have our Pony Care talk first, because of the rain. It was so cool being in there because we could hear it absolutely pelting down on the roof, but we were all cosy and warm squashed up together on the hay bales.
When Lydia talked about the points of the horse and conformation, she used my lovely Amber to demonstrate on! Of course, she stood really nicely, and I gave her a big pat afterwards for doing so well.
Then we got sheets to fill in, and we had to look at all the ponies in the barn and see how many different colours and markings we could find. I went round with Kayla and we found loads. By the end the rain had eased off â onlya bit, but Sally said we could go on the hack â hooray! I dashed back into the farmhouse and grabbed my camera, tucking it into the pocket of my wax jacket to keep it dry.
The hack was fantastic and we didnât care at all that we were getting SOAKED. Sally rode at the front and Lydia at the back, with the rest of us in single file in between. Everything was really green and fresh, and Amber loved being out in the open.
Kayla was a bit nervous at first about Cracker bolting off because he kept going into trot and breaking out of the line, but Sally moved them to be behind Ava and Star (who is really chilled out), and showed her how to keep her outside leg on and use the reins so he stayed put. As we turned into this beautiful lane at the edge of a field, the rain stopped, and a bit later the sun came out and guess what? There was a rainbow!
Sally let me ride ahead with Lydia so I could get a shot of all the girls trotting up the lane with the rainbow arching up behind them. She even let me film without having to dismount because Amber was so calm and stood so still. Then she said sheâd take some footage of me and Kayla doing something, so there would be some shots of us two together (Jody must have mentioned that to her too).
As we turned into the next field, there was a track going uphill, so me and Kayla hung back with Lydia while the other girls trotted to the top with Sally. Then Sally filmed us cantering up together. It was so much fun â we were neck and neck, racing each other, with Lydia behind. Even though Amber tried her best, Crackerâs so speedy that they beat us! All the girls cheered when we reached the top and Sally said how good it was going to look in the film.
We had a canter up the next hill all together and that was great fun too â though of course me and Kayla had to go much slower that time because we were part of a bigger group.
On the way back, the rain came pelting down again and we were