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ugh storms.
at least it let me get in my ride this morning on my mare.
only my third ride on her in about two years due to a lot of trust and confidence issues we’ve had in the past. we used to ride competitively in dressage until we had an accident that involved her bucking, throwing out both of our backs, and losing all trust in each other. since then, my mom and trainer have been riding her exclusively, and i haven’t worked with her basically at all.
but last week, my trainer asked me to go on a trail ride with her, and spur of the moment, i asked if i could ride alli, since it takes far too long for me to get the gelding ready to ride. and my first ride back on her was perfect. i couldn’t have asked for a better trail ride on her.
so today after the trail ride, i decided, what the heck, i want to go down to the ring and try trotting a little and see what happens. my mare has a sticky clutch with an attitude, so i was a little dubious, but ah whatever, i’ll try it anyways. and just…skejfnkejfdnfes. i’ve missed her so fucking much. her trot is to die for when she gives it to you correctly without too much fuss. sure, it’s a little surgey, and she tries to get out of doing stuff, but she trotted off when i asked, and came back into my hand with the smallest corrections. she just made me so happy, i had a huge smile on my face the entire ride.
i’ve missed my pissy little morgan.
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yup.
i have to lunge my horse before every ride, both before i put the saddle on and after, because he’s crazy mental with his cold back issues.
sometimes, takes me an hour. other times, five minutes.
he confuses me.
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got the most amazing compliment today about my horse.
a girl who rides with my trainer came and watched my mom’s and my lesson this morning, and she messaged me saying that my ride on my boy was breathtaking, and that we’re something else.
i just love my horse, and it amazes me at how far we’ve come since i brought him home from the slaughter pen.
that, and my boyfriend did pictures for me of my boy with me, and some of the ones he’s shown me just make my heart melt, you can see the bond we have.
just.. GAH i love my horse haha :)
had an AWESOME ride on my boy today!
he’s going really well in the pelham, even as he figures it out. when he gets tired, he tends to get a little frustrated with it, but he still tries his best for me.
i can’t wait for our next show, dressage or jumping. :)
