Monday November 22, 2010

Just a quick update from this morning’s training session.

  1. It was cold.
  2. It’s still snowing.
  3. The wind was nasty. It made me grateful for the beautiful St. Andrews arena.
  4. The mares are continuing to do wonderfully well with their training under saddle.
  5. I had the fun of riding LT today. She is starting to move forward with confidence, and her turns and whoas are coming right along as well. I felt quite comfortable and relaxed, and I was pretty sure she did too.
  6. She didn’t even spook when Cec fell over a mounting block as she concentrated on videotaping instead of walking.
  7. I felt bad that I didn’t warn her about the block, but I honestly didn’t realize it was there.
  8. Considering how hard I was laughing, I don’t think she believed me.
  9. LT was laughing too. I could tell.
  10. Dolly did well also, and got what is possibly her first look at children, who were visiting the barn with their mom, a boarder.
  11. She was fascinated, teetering on the edge of nervous, although she didn’t react at all badly. After a short while, we opted to allow her to get used to them without the additional stress of a rider.
  12. Of course, it’s possible that she just didn’t recognize them as small people, what with the parkas and snow pants and hats and boots and scarves and mittens. They hardly looked human – more like mobile swishy upright piles of fabric with squeaky voices.
  13. We drank more hot chocolate.
  14. That is all.