we ride out on sunday mornings, a few of us (generally 4...)
this morning i pitched up at the usual time got molly in, people were already there tacking up .. they all went off without me .... yes ok, so i didn't say "are you waiting for me" or whatever .. but....
i ended up in tears, partly because i really didn't want to go in the arena again, and partly just sheer frustration.
was supposed to be richard maxwell today in yorkshire, when friend said 22nd, i said, but that's sunday. she's been trying to get hold of them to confirm. i've been trying to get her since thursday to check theplans (since she would have to come to me and collect molly, the plan had been to go there for the weekend....) couldn't get her thursday friday all yesterday morning, eventually got her partner who said "we're off showjumping will get her to ring you" tried again this morning eventually got a text that she'd had no response at all despite several attempts and concluded he wans't coming....
i responded, "but what if he does"
and i went and got the money out of the buildings society yesterday, on the grounds that it was no good not having it if i didn't need it.
ggrrhh - but i'm half expecting a call this afternoon saying he's arrived...
molly was doing some nice trot in the arena and i was doing much better at keeping a better position. but she woudln't go out on her own at all....
the thing with the BB is I don't think there's quite the steering and finesse that you have with a bit. but I'll be using it for a while till she forgets about the trauma of friday LOL
think i might investigate lozenges though ... they're slightly different from the french link ...
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2 comments:
I feel so sad for you being left behind today. It would have been nice if the group had waited for you. Hopefully they were just too focused on getting out to realize they'd left you behind. You must have felt so frustrated, and, I am sure, a little hurt too. I don't think they meant to ignore you.
When I used to ride with the jumping hackamore--similar to a bitless, I never had quite the same steering, etc. either. Some people claim it doesn't make any difference, but you can't quite convince me of that.
If pressure on her tongue is what bothers Molly, that mullen mouth might really have bothered her. The lozonge or french link might do it, or if you need more bit, something with a port. Hard to say because it all depends on just what bothers her with the bit. I would tend to stick with the fixed rings though, to eliminate the possiblity that the rings might pinch her.
Poor girl is trying to tell you something very specific. Wish we could translate it more easily than this...could be a question for a good AC.
the odd thing was, jean, she was happier in the mullen mouth snaffle than anything else for a good while
reflecting on the last week or so, i think she has put herself off it somehow and the pelham was the final straw, so to speak...
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