Some Jack Pics

[blackjack]

Having taken some new pictures of Jack jumping last week I thought I would share a few of them with you. I am very lucky to have Steven riding him again for me, they really are an awesome combination

The first two are them showing off their very nice flat work and Jack's lovely outline






A couple of action jumping shots. The fence was HUGE (a bit over 4 1/2 feet !!)






Finally, one of them doing their party piece. This was totally posed for !!




As you will see, I am very lucky to have Steven to ride him, he is such a talented guy and a natural horseman.

Hope you like

Nikki

[Deleted]

WOW!! Fab shots, what an athlete!

[AliandDolly]

Wow i love that last one! all four feet off the ground

alixx

[zeldalithgow]

Wow that boy can jump

[Debbie]

Each pic seemed more spectacular than the last. That very last pic, though OMG!!!

I love the "J" on Jack's hindend!!! Way too cool

My word can that pony jump, and isn't Steven an excellent, fearless rider? WOW!!

[justjordie]

What an athelete!!! Fantastic pics.

[dalesponyrider]

That second shot is incredible! Did he get over it? What a fabulous jump that pony has got! Who is Stephen and where did you find him? Can we all have a Stephen please? LOL!

[blackjack]

He certainly did clear it and with plenty to spare too !! Steve is just such a wonderfully talented guy, I am so lucky to have him riding for me. I first got to know Steve about 6 years ago when he used to come onto our yard from a yard opposite where he had a pony on loan, to ride with some of the girls from our yard that he knew from school. He was 16 then and just an average rider. He is very largely self taught too which makes his talents all the more worthy of comment. At around that time, we were having troubles keeping Jack in his field. He used to jump from field to field, stirring up all the other horses as he went, just for the pleasure of jumping so although he was only young (about 4 or so) we took the decision to let him jump under saddle as we felt that it would be safer for him to be jumping show jumps on a prepared surface rather than jumping field fences. Steve offered to ride him a bit for us and the rest as it were is history. Steve taught Jack to jump properly and it is all his hard work that has turned Jack into the fantastic jumping pony that he is today. They competed for a couple of seasons and basically won virtually everything they entered (it got a bit embarrassing sometimes!!) until eventually Steve got a job as a show jumpers groom and was away from the yard for a couple of years. However, thankfully he is now back working on the yard again and has resumed riding and jumping Jack again. We are ever hopeful that we might be able to affiliate Jack this year. Steve is a very talented, self taught young man who has made such a difference to Jack, and I really do appreciate him. I sometimes wish that he had had the opportunity to have a chance at 'big time' show jumping because he surely has the talent but being selfish I wouldn't want to loose him again from Jack's life. To see them together is just amazing.

[SuzieP]

Crikey!! What an amazing pony....and rider. Phew at the size of those jumps...

[harveydales]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!! What a jump!

[taffydales]

Fab pics, what a partnership, I want a Shephen too Sue lol.

[The Moo]

[greydales]

Wow what a jump that pony has!! Lucky you having Stephen, I'd love to have someone like that to ride one of mine (maybe Cherry - she has a cracking jump!).

[ccc]

what a fantastic partnership! That pony has a fabulous jump! You must be so proud of the pair of them.

Very best of luck with affiliating Jack in 2008!

[PonyGirl]

OMG....I can't shut my mouth. What a set of pictures!