I learned from the boss that the delivery could not be arranged as soon as this afternoon, and Joanna returned home, teased the two naughty dogs, and continued the speaking lesson. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, the other party called to inform him that it had arrived, and when he went out, he saw that there was a Ford pickup truck dragging the carriage and parked on the side of the road.

The stables had been cleaned, and the five horses were brought into their compartments by the staff, and they were instructed that they had been fed before they came, and that they should be done a little earlier tomorrow. "It's not too early, let's do it for the time being, and we'll start training tomorrow." Joanna packed her things and left.

The next day, An Feng got up early, hurriedly ate breakfast, changed into boots and jeans, put on a long-sleeved plaid shirt, put on a cowboy hat, and added some hanging ornaments to his belt.

The sound of a car sounded downstairs, it was estimated that Joanna was coming, An Feng took his equipment downstairs, and when he went out, he saw Joanna who had changed. She is different from An Feng, she walks in a completely British equestrian style, with a black knight's uniform, a must-have polo shirt, white breeches, black boots, helmets and leggings.

An Feng praised: "It's amazing! You're so cool! ”

Joanna smiled and said, "Thank you!" Let's go! ”

When the two came to the racecourse, there were already knights galloping on horseback against the rising sun, and after a closer look, it turned out to be the old John who had changed his clothes, riding on horseback as if he had changed a person, he changed his usual old state, and heroically drove the well-behaved jujube red quart horse under him.

He rode in front of them, and the horse under him came to a halt, and old John jumped down in a dashing manner.

"That's amazing!" An Feng gave him a thumbs up.

Old John pressed his cowboy hat to greet An Feng, and then said to Joanna, "I haven't seen such formal English equestrian equipment for a long time. ”

Joanna smiled and nodded.

An Feng saw the difference from their dress, British equestrianism is more exquisite, with strict steps and clothing requirements, and a straight posture; The American style is more casual, and the "wild" taste of riding is like the casual attitude of the Americans. The two are like the masters of the inner world and the heroes of martial arts.

After chatting for a while, Joanna said, "Let's go feed the horses first." ”

They came to the stable, and Joanna taught him how to feed the horses, and basically they all liked to eat carrots, plus corn and pasture, and the attention was about the same. Since Old John had already fed them in the morning, this step was skipped, and Joanna said, "Let's give them a name first." ”

An Feng looked at his colorful Andalusian horse, thought for a while, and said, "Just call it...... Philip's bar. ”

Joanna also thought about it: "Then my horse is called Angelina." ”

After the name was chosen, Joanna asked him again, "Have you ever ridden a horse before?" ”

"I've ridden, but I've not been systematically trained." When An Feng was studying in his hometown, he often rode those horses that carried fertilizer, but they were all wild roads, and anyone could climb up and ride them. He was a bearish man at the time, played a game of "naked" riding on a bareback horse, and even fell a few times.

"Oh, let's start again. Follow my prompts to do it. ”

"Before assembling the harness, the horse should be tethered, and the halter and bridle should be used to tie the horse, and it is best to use a live buckle to tie the horse, so that it can be easily untied in the event of an accident."

An Feng leashed Philip, and watched how Joanna prepared the saddle, she first installed the saddle, and then tightened the belly belt, "At this time, you need to pay attention to the fact that some horses will repel the saddle pressed on it before they get used to it. Be steady and don't make too many movements that disturb the horse's thinking. ”

Following how to put the water strangle, the mouth and the bridle on the horse, Joanna slowed down and made her movements clear. "These horses are all preliminarily trained, they are not so resistant to people and harness, and as long as your movements are standardized, there will generally be no accidents."

"Lead the horse out, stand behind the horse's head and hold the reins!" Joanna tugged at the reins with her right hand, and Angelina took a few steps forward.

"You see, a domesticated horse will be happy to ride with you." She said.

An Feng also led Philip and slowly walked out of the stable.

"Attention! Don't lead the horse by standing in front of you until you are familiar with it. Joanna reminded solemnly.

An Feng took a step back, too particular, he didn't ride a horse like this before, the wild road is not exquisite, the horse has long been tamed, professionally speaking, the cold-blooded horse is good at hard-working, good temper, the horse is good at being ridden, people can turn it over casually, and even jump up from behind the buttocks.

If he dares to do this now, he will probably be kicked out by Philip.

Joanna said, "For a horse you're not familiar with, lead it for a while, forward, backward and in circles before you ride it. In fact, they are like a child, you have to get acquainted with it before it can eliminate its strangeness and fear of you. This is an important step in exchanging feelings. ”

Joanna led the horse for a few steps and then said, "If it doesn't show too much resistance, you can actually get on horseback." ”

After saying that, Joanna put down the stirrup and grabbed the reins with her right hand, she was tall enough to step on the stirrup with her left foot, and turned over and rode in a beautiful motion. The horse beneath her was the brown Arabian horse she had chosen, and it panicked a little when she rolled over and rode on.

Joanna pulled the reins, passed her command, and quickly reined the restless Angelina, who said, "It's docile and very obedient!" ”

Joanna looked extremely confident and skilled on horseback, straightened up and told Angelina to walk slowly a few laps, then a brisk step, and then a run. In less than ten minutes after contact, she actually rode a horse to cross a low hurdle, An Feng saw a burst of applause, beautiful!

Old John also followed behind with a few beautiful movements, he was very different from Joanna, the western cowboy riding style was casual, bending over, riding on his stomach, and pulling the left wheel crookedly, but when Joanna was riding, no matter how the horse under her jumped, her body always remained vertical.

After a few laps, Joanna said, "These horses have been trained in the first place, and they are no longer afraid to ride, so you can try it." ”

An Feng approached Philip, adjusted the left and right reins to the appropriate length, grabbed the reins with his left hand, put down the stirrup with his right hand, and was about to step on it, Joanna reminded: "Wait for it to balance before stepping on the stirrup, just go a third of the way down the toe of the boot, this is to prevent the horse from suddenly being frightened and running." ”

An Feng nodded in understanding, thinking about a third of it, but in his mind, he stepped on a stool and grabbed his mane to jump on it funny, and he couldn't help laughing. He stepped on the stirrup and rolled over to sit in the saddle, but when his right foot was lowered, the top of the boot accidentally rubbed the horse's belly.

Philip didn't know if he was mistaken for an order or frightened, and before An Feng's right foot could be put into the stirrup, it ran out of the stirrup.

"Holy!"

An Feng almost fell off the ground, at that moment, he thought of his father's experience in taming raw horses when he was young, and when he encountered running or jumping when he turned over on the horse, the first time was to grab the mane, clamp the horse's belly with his legs, and then use his hands as the fulcrum, move his butt and sit firmly on the saddle.

After stabilizing his body, An Feng straightened his waist, stepped into the stirrup with his right foot, and pulled the reins in his hand, trying to make Philip slow down, but it neighed a few times, and suddenly his front hooves jumped up in the air, don't look at the range of movements, the person who was really on horseback felt like a roller coaster, the center of gravity of the whole person fell rapidly, and the body was almost parallel to the ground. If it is a woman who does not have a lot of strength, nine times out of ten it has already flown out.

"Hell!" Joanna and Old John hurried after him, and Old John even took a pair of nooses and prepared to put them on the horse's neck.

But the trickster's leap could not get rid of An Feng, he clamped his legs on the horse's belly, grasped the reins, and sat firmly on the horse's back, Philip jumped around in place, trying to throw him out of the coffin. An Feng scraped the horse's belly a few times with the spur on the heel of his boot, it jumped twice and immediately turned into a wild run, running out of the reins for a few meters, An Feng pulled the reins to make it turn around, its head was pulled back, and it took a few steps back unwillingly, and its nose roared.

"Obedient! Obedient! An Feng comforted it, and after more than ten seconds of trouble, it finally gave in when it found that it was always inferior to the guy sitting on it.

"That's good!" An Feng smiled and stroked Philip's soft mane.

Joanna and Old John were surprised when they arrived, this is called inexperience?

"BOSS, you've completely tamed it!" Old John laughed and applauded.

Joanna said, "I'm sorry, I thought these horses were all trained to be sold for sale. ”

"It's okay." An Feng didn't mind and said, "This guy is right on my character, don't be wild, I can't find a feeling!" ”

John Sr. said: "Sometimes the sudden change of place, the unfamiliar environment will make the horses overly nervous, and this may be because of the fright. ”

Later, he also learned some skills from Old John and Joanna, but without long-term training, these skills are still difficult to use, at least he can't be like Joanna who has just touched a horse in less than ten minutes to make it hurdle, and he can't be like Old John, who trains the horse like a puppy, let the forward move forward, let the back go backward and backward. Afterwards, he learned that John Sr. had more than ten years of riding experience.

No wonder it was so powerful, he asked again, "Which technique is more clever, you or Joanna?" ”

Old John smiled and glanced at Joanna, who was teaching Angelina to walk around the barrel in the sand, and said: "I feel that Joanna has received very professional training in formal equestrian performances, dance steps, etc., but in addition to these, other skills need to be accumulated over time, what do you say?" ”

An Feng understands that there is a mountain outside the mountain.

During the day, I spent time on horseback, and in the evening, I followed Joanna to learn how to wipe and buckle the hooves, and learned about body brushes, water brushes, long-hair brushes, sweat scrapers, rubber brushes, hoof hooks, hoof oil, etc., and tried to use them on horses, as well as bathing them, shoveling horse manure and other work.

An Feng didn't master the skills at first, and his strength was spent where he shouldn't have been, he gasped and asked, "Joanna, you did the same before?" ”

Joanna said, "Of course, it will enhance your affection for the horse. ”

"Oh, I see."

It's not a tiring job for An Feng, anyway, he is the most idle person in the vineyard, except for learning English with Joanna, he goes horseback riding, sits on horseback and walks the dog, and watches the sun rise in the east and set in the west. The day passed so leisurely.