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The good, the bad, and the thrushy
Mar. 20th, 2008 08:07 amI'm glad for the warmer weather... but it constantly alternates with some colder weather, and goes from snow to mud to warm mud to snow again. Not making my pony's feet especially happy. Looks like she has thrush again this year. I always clean her feet really well before I ride but she still got it. She's missing a good bit of frog out of her left hind. I cleaned the foot and scrubbed it and put some iodine on, then turned her loose to make sure she wasn't lame on it. She was frisky and seemed to be moving ok, so I decided to go ahead and ride.
While I was watering the arena she spooked at something and broke her halter. *Sigh* That's the second one she's busted. I guess that's the risk you take with leather. It wasn't a super high quality halter and it was looking worn, but I wish she'd waited at least a couple of weeks because I'm totally poor right now. I've thought about going nylon but I think that she's less likely to injure herself if the halter can break... I dunno.
Ride was good- I worked a lot on stepping to the inside again, and after I managed to do that, I also had to tell myself to RELAX and BREATHE. Very hard to do sometimes when you're working so hard... But the ride was good. Trudi was actually not quite as energetic with her steps as I wanted- she had done a good bit of cantering when I turned her loose so she was a little tired- new experience for me to have to push her.
We did some really nice canter transitions- canter was good, and we got some very good trot - straight, through, relaxed and connected. I would have liked a teeny bit more impulsion, but she was working well and we usually have an excess of energy so if we can combine everything it'll be super.
BC was not really an issue - each time we went through I told myself to pretend I had to stand on my inside stirrup and tell myself I had no outside stirrup, and by the way don't pull back- and it was pretty darn good. I felt like I was really good with my upper body- looking up/ahead, shoulders back, and sitting straighter.
My love handles and spare tire are feeling it though- good times.
While I was watering the arena she spooked at something and broke her halter. *Sigh* That's the second one she's busted. I guess that's the risk you take with leather. It wasn't a super high quality halter and it was looking worn, but I wish she'd waited at least a couple of weeks because I'm totally poor right now. I've thought about going nylon but I think that she's less likely to injure herself if the halter can break... I dunno.
Ride was good- I worked a lot on stepping to the inside again, and after I managed to do that, I also had to tell myself to RELAX and BREATHE. Very hard to do sometimes when you're working so hard... But the ride was good. Trudi was actually not quite as energetic with her steps as I wanted- she had done a good bit of cantering when I turned her loose so she was a little tired- new experience for me to have to push her.
We did some really nice canter transitions- canter was good, and we got some very good trot - straight, through, relaxed and connected. I would have liked a teeny bit more impulsion, but she was working well and we usually have an excess of energy so if we can combine everything it'll be super.
BC was not really an issue - each time we went through I told myself to pretend I had to stand on my inside stirrup and tell myself I had no outside stirrup, and by the way don't pull back- and it was pretty darn good. I felt like I was really good with my upper body- looking up/ahead, shoulders back, and sitting straighter.
My love handles and spare tire are feeling it though- good times.
