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riding.... Trumpie!
Jul. 9th, 2007 03:10 pmMinnie still doesn't have her shoe back on, and of course because she's, well, herself, she's been galloping around the paddock anyway, so her unshod hoof's not in great shape. The farrier should be out to see her sometime this week. Her hooves are her weak point, really. They are shallow and sort of splayed, yet J says they are not bad for thoroughbred hooves, which is just scary.
J has a sore knee, so she took today off from riding, but Trumpie needed exercise, so... I got to ride him! We had a real workout. Trump freaks out with nervous riders, so maybe I am not so nervous a rider as I think I am. We worked on gait transitions, collection, etc. If you could picture a horse that's really a La-Z-Boy easy chair, that's Trump. He's very comfy, and, well, lazy. But when he gets himself all pulled together, OMG he's nice to ride!
At the end, J set up a few trotting poles, and then turned the middle one into a little crossrail jump, and then a slightly bigger crossrail jump, and then she just put up one of the rails straight across, about 2'3" high. And we did all of it, and well enough, including the straight rail! That was *fun*. (BTW a crossrail is an "X" shape, lowest in the middle. It's easy because there's an obvious place to aim the horse.
We then took off for lunch, where we discussed the horse event where J will be showing Trumpie on Friday, and where I will be his groom. This is at her daughter's camp in Vermont and we are really hoping for a stall so we can go up Thursday afternoon rather than setting out at 4:30 a.m. on Friday. After that, we went to Dover Saddlery so J could get a show coat that actually fits her big strong shoulders. And then I came home.
J has a sore knee, so she took today off from riding, but Trumpie needed exercise, so... I got to ride him! We had a real workout. Trump freaks out with nervous riders, so maybe I am not so nervous a rider as I think I am. We worked on gait transitions, collection, etc. If you could picture a horse that's really a La-Z-Boy easy chair, that's Trump. He's very comfy, and, well, lazy. But when he gets himself all pulled together, OMG he's nice to ride!
At the end, J set up a few trotting poles, and then turned the middle one into a little crossrail jump, and then a slightly bigger crossrail jump, and then she just put up one of the rails straight across, about 2'3" high. And we did all of it, and well enough, including the straight rail! That was *fun*. (BTW a crossrail is an "X" shape, lowest in the middle. It's easy because there's an obvious place to aim the horse.
We then took off for lunch, where we discussed the horse event where J will be showing Trumpie on Friday, and where I will be his groom. This is at her daughter's camp in Vermont and we are really hoping for a stall so we can go up Thursday afternoon rather than setting out at 4:30 a.m. on Friday. After that, we went to Dover Saddlery so J could get a show coat that actually fits her big strong shoulders. And then I came home.
