Mario's new BFF, Brenda. (temporary till he gets back to Paula!)
The roller is to keep his attention away from jumping the edge of the water. I will DEFINITELY take it off when we go cross country again, I love when he jumps the edge of the water...
Mario showing his love of the water. Especially now he's figured out how to go into it!
A couple of days before going to Canada Patrick McCuan (Mario's owner), Paula Bollinger (Mario's manager) and I travelled up to Nor Mar Farm, Freeland MD, to check on Mario's progress. As you can see from the pictures he's a pretty happy horse! Despite a couple hiccups in the beginning, (Mario showing everyone just how great a jumper he is by trying to jump the WHOLE pool!) he's settled in super and is hard at work. He's currently up to 12 minutes in the water on the treadmill which is enough to give him a solid workout where he's really puffed out by the end. The injury is healing just as Dr Cooper expected it to and we are now starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. He'll now be there for another 6 weeks and be rescanned, at which point hopefully he'll be ready to come back and start some work (trotting) under saddle. This will be very controlled exercise and will be timed down to the minute to optimise his recovery.
6 comments:
Great pics!!! Looks like this is a perfect situation for his recovery, and of course I know how good you are at bringing back injured horses. He's one lucky boy.
Dear Katie:
Mario is sure a lucky bloke having you looking out for him
Cheers Big Ears Ross X
Thanks Rosco! He's no Danny but you'd like him anyway!
I wish I could translate the Asian scrip.
Good to see Mario mastering the art of recuperation!
Wish I could read the Asian script too! They come up on each of the posts....
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