A fun trail ride at Black Prong in Goethe with Amanda and Hillary. We only made one wrong turn. We did a lot of inadvertent mudding. It was still fun.
Another fun trail ride, this time at Watermelon Pond in Goethe with Ms. GY. We made no wrong turns because she's a better navigator than I am. It was also notably drier.
And yet another fun trail ride from my friend's farm. Butterball also got to practice some pig desensitization - first by circling around the back of the farm where he DEFINITELY could smell the pigs, then an in hand walk with LOTS of cookies. I think he made progress.
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| Meeting her mare and DONKEY. He marched STRAIGHT to the donkey (Nacho, the most perfect creature ever). But Rose intervened. Then mare squealed at him. He wasn't sure what to think. |
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| Guess what we're meeting here - Happy Halloween, Butterball |
Then yesterday we went back to PW's for a jump lesson. It was delightful. We worked on going straight away from the fences. Shockingly this helped with staying straight in the air. He put things up to a meter. I managed not to panic. We also did a leave out and did five strides in a six stride line. PW clapped for us.
If you've made it this far and want to see one more Kentucky thing... Go ahead and skip the dressage test. Wasn't my best riding by a long shot. Also, I thought we were FLYING on steeplechase. There is video evidence that we were ::ahem:: quickly cantering.
Omg Nacho the donkey!! Squeeeee!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you watch that dressage video and see all the things you want to do differently, but Butterball is such a lovely creature that it was still enjoyable to watch. I giggled at his little bit of sass after the first steeplechase fence.