I have been very busy. But I finally got to the barn today. Yesterday there was a huge snow storm, I didn't even leave my house! But on Tuesday I took Lily on a 4mile jog, then today I got to ride her, she had a ton of energy, didn't want to walk at all. work with her head (she was being really fussy though!) and did lots of trotting and ( Read more... )

new icon!! I really like this one! I haven't been to the barn since thursday, which sucks, but oh well. It rained on Thursday and I just rode bareback, Lily was being a total and complete cow! she would not set her head, nor would she even drop down and flex at the poll. she had her head in the air with her nose out the entire ride! I was ready to ( Read more... )

I am getting the flu, and it is a total bummer because it is right before christmas! but there isn't much I can do about it.. I went riding yesterday, and worked mostly on patterns, our figure eights are really coming together! And we worked on the line pattern, actually cantering it! oh, to explain! With the line pattern what you do is: trot down ( Read more... )

it was freezing out today, around 10F without windchill! so I took Lily out, and she was just full of it! snorting and jumping, so I let her just run around for awhile in the ring, wow she can buck! she stiffens her front legs just like a bronc and her kind end goes soaring! so I let her get that out. then I got on bareback with just a half-cheek ( Read more... )

I had an awesome ride today! but I guess that is normal at this point, which is really nice thing. We worked a lot more on the canter, picking it up better and such. Lily was just about perfect. Her trot was awesome, really steady not only with her speed, but also with her head. As soon as I got on she softened and flexed at her poll. It was a ( Read more... )

woohoo!! I made a gorgeous icon!! It has all of my horses! Casey, my first horse, I sold in 2000, Mylo, my second horse, I sold this November, and Lily, who I just bought! Maybe, I will do a post later on each of them...

this is just what I needed! But on to my horse ( Read more... )