Bright days
Is it Sunday? Has it been a bright sunny weekend? Does that mean you get a bunch of excessive picspam?
Yesterday we went off and did a bit of schooling with the ponies- I was trying to pick up on some of the straightening work we got so much out of last week, keeping that straightness and asking Zorro to quit poking his nose a little without losing speed.
A work in progress, but we're at a place where this is useful to develop I think.
Yesterday we were a bit worried that we had missed a chance to go hacking out in the dry but actually this morning arrived very bright and sunny. So much so that Zorro's mane and chest wig were illuminated...
Just sittin' on the trail. Posin'.
It was a lovely ride- Small is so much more himself than he has been in a long time and it is such a great chance to show them some of the trails that Zorro and I have explored over the last year or so.
Schooling Xefira continues to be an absolute pleasure. She is so comfortable and easy to ride and she remembers stuff really well. She's still learning about the lesson about bending and going straight on the circle rather than leaning in like a harley. Today we had one of the other ponies on the yard go charging about with her tack on before her ride while I was with Xefira and she got very excited, but I kept her with me by relentlessly giving her things to do until she settled again.
I was still wearing my chinks from our trail ride as we were running a tiny bit late when we got home...
I asked sleepsy_mouse to ride her after me just to see how she felt Xefira is doing. Got some nice pictures of the young lusitano looking a little like a proper dressage horse.
A charming cob in his field enjoying the January sun.
Yesterday we went off and did a bit of schooling with the ponies- I was trying to pick up on some of the straightening work we got so much out of last week, keeping that straightness and asking Zorro to quit poking his nose a little without losing speed.
A work in progress, but we're at a place where this is useful to develop I think.
Yesterday we were a bit worried that we had missed a chance to go hacking out in the dry but actually this morning arrived very bright and sunny. So much so that Zorro's mane and chest wig were illuminated...
Just sittin' on the trail. Posin'.
It was a lovely ride- Small is so much more himself than he has been in a long time and it is such a great chance to show them some of the trails that Zorro and I have explored over the last year or so.
Schooling Xefira continues to be an absolute pleasure. She is so comfortable and easy to ride and she remembers stuff really well. She's still learning about the lesson about bending and going straight on the circle rather than leaning in like a harley. Today we had one of the other ponies on the yard go charging about with her tack on before her ride while I was with Xefira and she got very excited, but I kept her with me by relentlessly giving her things to do until she settled again.
I was still wearing my chinks from our trail ride as we were running a tiny bit late when we got home...
I asked sleepsy_mouse to ride her after me just to see how she felt Xefira is doing. Got some nice pictures of the young lusitano looking a little like a proper dressage horse.
A charming cob in his field enjoying the January sun.