Katie takes the big jump with ease.
Katie is flying on "Crow," a horse with a beak like a crow, but who soars like an eagle!
Katie leaping stones and briars.
Katie makes it look so easy.
We usually jumped in a line. Here's Sarah following Katie over a stone wall.
Mark tried Mac over a stone wall with briars.
Mac objected to htis jump at first. When Willy told Mark to get over it or else receive a whipping, Mark "rode hard with his arse" to make it happen.
The Irish Hunters have notably soft landings.
A stone wall seems small when you're riding one of Willy's jumpers.
One day we went "haring." We chased a large hare across open fields, separated by stone walls.
Mark landing Mac. Notice the hooves digging deep into the soft earth.
Mark riding Happy. Happy was a lot like Mark's favorite horse, Flash. Bigger and better over jumps, but friendly, calm, and loveable.
Notice Willy behind Sarah -- with a big branch!
Sarah managing the scary "ditch jump".
Sarah also jumped Toffee, the Connemara.
Our new friend Sina, a lovely young woman from Hamburg, Germany.
Sina always kept good form while jumping a Connemara Pony over big jumps.
Connemara Ponies can really jump!!
This rider was an "experienced fox hunter" from England. Despite this landing, the horse continued to jump nicely all day.
A rider who joined us for a couple of days.
One of our riding collegues, who shall reamin nameless, had a different riding style.
Our leader, WIlly Leahy shows good form. He is 68 years old and is still training young jumping horses.
