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Throwback; spring ride

February 8, 2018July 14, 2018

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Emma, 23. Norwegian. Full-time hobbit, part-time viking.

Horse lover, home stager, digital marketing student.

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Another “as requested” haha 😂 Lots of new followers means lots of questions you old school followers have seen answered quite a lot before, but here’s at least two new and updated videos on how we put the saddle and bridle on! 😅 Saddle? Just lift it up there. Bridle? Usually smooth sailings, except for this one time today when his forelock got caught in the bridle and his browband slipped down into his eyes and he’s all like “yah, humans, take your time”. Lillen will usually wait a few seconds picking up the bit; but we just lift it up to his mouth - no poking into his mouth to release the mouth opening reflex or stuff like that 🙏🏻 He is taught to lower his head when we tack up. We are taught to tack up by feeling - you should be able to put the bridle on with your eyes closed haha! #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #norway #shire #shirehorse #drafthorse #draughthorse #pferdestars #østfold #bestofequines #weeklyfluff

As requested 😇 Giant footsies! Thank you @mariajoh98 for helping me shoot this haha. And thank you for visiting! 🥰 #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #norway #shire #shirehorse #drafthorse #draughthorse #pferdestars #østfold #bestofequines #weeklyfluff

Trotting byyy 🎠 I get a lot of questions asking if Lillen is a comfortable horse to ride 🙈 And I’m sorry to disappoint you all 😂 He is not 😅 Thankfully it’s quite cool when you hack out and all you have to be, is a passenger. You can just sit there and admire the scenery, passing by in slow motion 🥰 If you want to make him move though... you’re in for some fun! Not because it requires strength to “force” him, but because it requires strength and flexibility to sit him in a nice way 🤦🏼‍♀️ And he’s so sensitive to your seat, one breath too deep or lean a little too much forward, and you have a very sudden halt. He tries 😂 This is his preferred pace in trot. Slooowwww. Can I make it go faster? When he gives me permission to ask 😅 Am I granted permission when I request it? Rarely 😂 #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #norway #shire #shirehorse #drafthorse #draughthorse #pferdestars #østfold #bestofequines #weeklyfluff

Brego whine compilation 😂🥳 SOUND ON 🤩 Okay I just caught four of his dozen whines on camera but I still thought it was funny 😂 Brego is a very vocal horse and whines a lot when he disagrees with you. He once whined when I brought out a noseband because he wouldn’t stop putting his tongue over the bit, and he knew the noseband would limit this action. He once whined because he wanted to go left around the barn and I went right. He once let out an excruciating whine when he wanted to canter out on the stubble fields and I wouldn’t let him 🤪 He will whine when interacting with other horses - and not just greet whines, but actual “HEY DON’T YOU MOVE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION” whines. He also whines when he’s all on his own... Why does he whine/squeal more than horses usually do? No idea 😂 Is it funny? Sometimes yes. When he gets upset with you for not allowing him to shepherd you back to the stable in the dark, and he lets out this five second primal scream... yeah not so much 😂😂😂 #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #norway #døl #dølahest #drafthorse #pferdestars #østfold #bestofequines #hesterbest #norwegiandolehorse

As requested; more info about my saddle! 🎠🙋🏼‍♀️ Everyone seems to be asking nowadays about what I ride in, and after answering what feels like a million different messages and comments, I think it’s time to dedicate a post to it again! 😊🙏🏻 The saddle is a Startrekk Espaniola, made by @dp_saddlery // @deuber.und.partner 🖤 This particular style saddle is a baroque saddle, often used for historical dressage, academic art of riding, working equitation and hacking. What makes a baroque saddle different from other style saddles, is the way there’s technically no support; it promotes an open angle in your pelvis, but apart from that, you’re sitting on your own 🥰 Which gives you an unique ability to control your seat and how it influences the horse. This is technically a treeless saddle, but the way it is built makes it feel incredibly different from normal treeless saddles. It’s solid and stable, and the seat is built properly so you don’t disappear into a impossibly soft chair that gives you the appearance of a couch potato 🙊🥔 And although it feels like a normal tree saddle, it conforms to the horseback and gives you a close contact feel. So I sometimes refer to it as a semi-treeless saddle; because yeah it’s treeless, but still it feels like so much more 🙈The baroque saddle fit is in my experience superior for draft horses; because the saddle doesn’t interfere with those giant shoulder blades and doesn’t hit their ridiculously large rib cages awkwardly haha 🥰 I bought this particular saddle secondhand, but there are Deuber & Partner dealers all over the world 😊 Photo @stall.nova #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #norway #shire #shirehorse #drafthorse #draughthorse #pferdestars #østfold #bestofequines #weeklyfluff

Hello! Welcome to all new followers! 🎂🥂 We’ve had quite a lot of new people discover our account recently, which is super fun. I figured I should start off by answering one of the most common questions asked here recently... is that a grackle/figure eight noseband fitted the wrong way?? 🤔 And although I allow myself to giggle a little, there’s also no need for me (or anyone else haha) to answer rudely 🙈 It’s not a noseband; I am quite experienced with tack and can fit a figure 8 noseband perfectly fine 😊🙏🏻 This style of browband/noseband thing is actually not a noseband at all; it have no strength to keep the horse mouth shut even though it sits underneath the chin. It’s commonly referred to as an “X-browband” due to the shape of it. It is purely decorative and is commonly found on fantasy bridles, as well as medieval inspired bridles (although, I do believe they didn’t use them at all in medieval times, it just looks pretty). You also have a Y-browband - if you imagine the Y upside down, you might imagine what it looks like 😊 The Y-browband is actually in use for harness bridles, and have been a thing since at least the viking age 🙆🏼‍♀️ #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #norway #shire #shirehorse #drafthorse #draughthorse #pferdestars #østfold #bestofequines #weeklyfluff

If we ignore his stink eye and that I am kinda in the line of fire when playing games with a slightly food aggressive horse this size, then it kinda looks cool? I guess? 😇 #horsesofinstagram #instahorse #norway #shire #shirehorse #drafthorse #draughthorse #pferdestars #østfold #bestofequines #weeklyfluff

A little riding video for y’all 🙏🏻 Half of you wholeheartedly want to see more Lillen under saddle and have no intention in nitpicking on me - so this one is for you 😘😂 As many of you know, Lillen has some troubles going forward when he’s ridden. And as most of you saw in our New Years posts, he has NO problem going Z O O M when he feels like it. We trotted a lot during this session, and he was eager to canter - so I timed my transitions to when he wanted to go. The transitions were very nice 🤤 This is the first canter we’re doing in the session, and shows off one of our major issues; shoulder control. Lillen HAS to go forward in order to maintain his canter, but under rider he will go directly sideways and fall out of the gait 🙈 When he goes sideways, he push his ribcage in, which you can see in my seat as my leg is literally pushed out of his way 😅 I can’t ride it as if it was intentional either, this is totally out of my control, and he has one set-in-stone tempo I at the moment can’t change. It’s this pace, and sideways apparently, or nothing 🙈 It’s a bit of an issue, but size wise he has no issues falling through my tiny seat and leg, and even persistent bending and inside spur (that being said, spur isn’t applied to move his shoulder, it won’t be of any use...) is useless if he’s not set on going in a straight line. Which is why I have my whip with me, in an attempt to correct this issue. There’s one correction in there that is a bit out of character for me, but after this correction we were able to canter somewhat straighter and he took his time listening to my inputs. You can even see the improvement in my seat; after I correct him I am no longer pushed out of balance by his ribcage. In the end, we did an amazing full lap around the arena in his right lead canter (the most difficult one for him) and he was so proud of himself 🙏🏻 Disclaimer: I do not post video content to get free online ridding lessons by people without good intentions. Everything is a work in progress and I do not need your particular help. Thank you 🙏🏻 #horsesofinstagram #norway #shire #shirehorse #drafthorse #draughthorse #pferdestars #østfold #bestofequines

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