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Good riding today. Minnie was in full thoroughbred mode -- hyper and *fast*. We rode in a field behind Jack's pen; J worked Trumpie around in a larger circle while I did whatever with Minnie, including a couple of *very* good canters. (J said gallops, and yes, Minnie was going a bit fast there!) The flies were something awful, though, and most of Minnie's tossiness and jitteriness was most likely due to that. She was less well-behaved being led and such, but the chain over the nose did help. The two of us just cannot go through that narrow gate at the same time, so I am letting her go first, playing out the lead line to its end, and then I follow. I think she does remember Friday, because she was very cautious about the gate.

J and I had lunch together, and went back to The Hill and cleaned tack, and made a few potential plans for riding etc. for the next couple of weeks.

I know that all I am writing about is riding, but seriously, the rest of my life is either really boring, or the sort of stuff I don't want to air in semi-public.