Wow, I haven’t posted in a while huh? Last week/early this week the boys (DH and Ty) were gone to the farm so Chase and I had some quality one on one time. He’s been riding Abby and I’ve been a mean mom only giving him 1 rein at a time. Since he has been riding I let him take Abby to the show and run games with her. This was the first time he’d had two reins in a while and he wasn’t quite sure what to do.
I warmed Abby up for him (wore her out) so she didn’t have much get up and go when it was time to run but they did great! He’s got a lot of fast kids/horses in his age group this year and he still managed to place. Why? Because he got the pattern right and he worked with Abby instead of against her. I was so proud of him.
Sunday I took Cat and Bell over to MIL’s. I don’t have time to work Cat and trying to manage 7 horses by myself was starting to wear on me. Cat’s leg seems to be healing fine. I took the bandage off and she’s been licking it. It looks better w/her caring for it then it ever did with me trying to so I’ll let Mother Nature take her course.
Monday night MIL and I went to the arena while Chase stayed with grandma. Sis got a new set of shoes (yes I know) so the trimmer wanted us to check them out to see if back shoes were called for. We worked on what I think we will work on in TX and all I can say is that after 25 min. MIL and I were ready to collapse (the ponies weren’t looking much better). There is NO way I’m going to be ready for TX. I’m just going to face the reality now. It was a nice ride though and Sis looked great! For the first time since her injury (May ’09), she was actually almost hitting her front footsteps with her back feet. Normally she short strides so bad on that side that she look lame. MIL was excited and sad at the same time. We’ve worked long and hard to keep from shoeing but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.
Sat. the boys (Ty and Chase) leave for great grandmas for a week so I’m hoping to get some ride time in then.
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