I would have to look back a few weeks to see when i last rode - that was the day gaynor & I rode round the big fields opposite the main yard.
today we didn't go as far .. just out of our gate and round the big field behind the stables & paddock.
We did wonder afterwards if we should have gone the other way...
it's very hilly, so we decided to set off left on the flat, then up the hill and pallningn to go right along the fence line at the top then back down.. choosing always the least steep bits to go down.
all relatively ok until we did the final left to head to the bottom by the track .. molly was startign to nap to go up the park (as if she were going back to her previous yard) so i decided to get off rather than have that battle..
we had in any event decided to just do some minor schooling before we went back.. (if only to add time on to how long we were out...)
i was doing some in hand work whilst G did a large circle . her horse threw a bit of a tantrum as molly moved away from him... essentially, panic caused by insecurity, G thinks...so happily i heard her shouting for me to come back, when i turned round she was doing well to sit the bucks.. which stopped as soon as charlie realised we were coming back!
so we gave up and went back in...
next time, we will go another way...
course neither of them have done anything for a few weeks
but - if the weather is ok, we are going to use the arena tomorrow, have arranged it! have confirmed the time it is not booked by anyone else, and have said we will be there!
But hey, i rode!
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Good going. Getting into the saddle is half the battle! Must have been quite a ride with Gaynor's horse pulling a "Tucker" out there. That is exactly what would happen if I were there. Some horses just don't have any sense of independence.
I guess your weather cooperated for a change, though. That was nice.
Riding makes you feel so good, doesn't it! Glad you got chance, hope you get some decent weather, it's grim here today.
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