Personal Update & Photos from My Lesson

[ihorse]

So this past Friday I had an AWESOME lesson riding my trainer's 23 year old firecracker of a TB, Fraju. He's seriously such an awesome horse, and ever since I met him when I was around 12 or so it has been a bit of a dream to ride him, so I'm super excited that it finally happened, and it went well! Being a red-headed TB, he's quite crazy, VERY

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[ihorse]

Here is a video of my trainer schooling Fraju XC back in his glory days!

[hisui_ryoshi]

Both horses are so pretty picture spam away! It's a great way to start the day.

[ihorse]

Haha, great! They're both amazing horses. So fortunate that I was able to ride them! :)

[fishwithfeet]

Hello fellow washingtonian! You're a ferry ride away from me :)

[ihorse]

*Waves* hi there! Planning to go XC schooling at NWEC (same place as the video I posted above) in case you were curious! :)

[feather_armor]

You look so nice on both horses - looks like you had a blast!

[ihorse]

Why thank you! Yeah, was probably the most fun and challenging lesson I've ever had. :)

[re_vised]

You look fantastic! Fraju looks like a handful back in his day! WOW!

[ihorse]

Thanks! And yeah, he was a handful on the little 2'6"-ish stuff I was doing at age 23, can't even imagine trying to ride him on an XC course when he was like 9 or something! My trainer was warning me about some of his antics on the ground and said, "He's afraid of aliens." Hahaha! So he's a little crazy and paranoid, but seriously such an awesome horse to ride!

[re_vised]

It's great to be on a horse like that, though. Great experience!

[ihorse]

Definitely! Great to learn how to relax even on the hottest of horses. Plus it was a total confidence boost. If I can handle myself well on Fraju, I can ride almost anything, short of something dangerous like rearing anyway!