V&H Vendredi

 

Heloise: Filly Neighs, Everyone! Your very own black beauty here to give you an update on my schooling and a round-up of the latest news about the rest of us Poupounette horsies.

This past week, Ms. C has been working in the vineyard so we couldn't have any lessons, but I did get a good session in the week before. I was a lot calmer right from the start this time and around. Here we are setting off:

It was really pretty where we went, and Ollie and Noelle came along too!

Ms. C said I was a very good girl.

She even dragged a swingletree alongside me for a bit, to make sure I wasn't scared. In case you were wondering, swingle trees (often called singletrees in North America) are used for a lot of hitching.

I didn't mind at all, and neither did my two supervisors!

In other news, here is my big Sis, Violette, with her latest boyfriend, Anatole. Don't mind her ears, she likes to keep the boys in line!

Our Mama, Hotesse, always has her ears pointing forward when #1 is around. I think she is so happy with her life now!

Here is a mother/daughter pic of Violette (L) and Hotesse (R). Don't you think they look like sisters?

And here is the Big V looking quite pensive:

There is a bad epidemic of equine herpes virus, aka rhinopneumonitis, in Europe at the moment and all equestrian events have been cancelled in ten European countries. Most heavy horse owners do not vaccinate their horses against EHV, but we are vaccinated, with the exception of Mama Hotesse who has never been vaccinated for anything (and #1 didn't think we should start at her age), so that will hopefully keep us safe.