Today i rode Shweesh for the first time in a month. This is not due to my lack of horse ownership skills(which i do not lack, FYI. ), but due to snow and abscesses. A few days before we got like a foot and change of snow, Ashely got an abscess and was not able to be ridden for a few days, and then we got snow, and then i had a riding team meet, so today we were reunited. I had said hello and given her treats at least once a week, but i missed riding her. After having her fellow field mate shove past me and get loose, causing Ashley to spook at my car, and then spook at the loose horse, and then scoot forward and step on my foot, i rode. My toe didn't hurt that bad(little sore now, but i'll live). I was a big brave girl.
When we first started trotting, the monsters that live in the woods came out.
We danced along that fence line almost every time we passed it as a defense mechanism.
She decided today she would rather not work her top line, and that she was just gonna go to the races and jump if she was startled, which happened frequently. The more we worked, the better she got though, and our last little course, she landed on all of her leads, and got all the spots i wanted her to get. I love my pony. Even if she's freaking out, and going fast, but not being strong(speed and speed+power is fun. personally on her, i prefer speed+power though. Oh well.) and really running over the jumps more than jumping them, i still love her. I rode her for the first time in a month, and i am still alive, able to inform all 2 of my followers.
That speaks for itself.
