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deguspice did me the HUGE favor of getting out of bed at 7:30 this morning to come take photos of me and Bearito. He's really not a morning person at all (nor am I, but it is a sign of how much I like riding that I'll get up at 7 to make a 9 a.m. lesson on the ponykins.)

Bearito is a 20-something lesson pony of unknown origins. He has had dressage training and is pretty responsive, though he tends to get behind the bit and rush when he doesn't want to downshift. In a typical lesson, once he's cantered, he's a brat about going slower. He is also the pony I fell off in October, injuring my hip and pelvis. We had a pretty intense, hour-long lesson today and I am pleased to report that it did not make me sore at all!

Most of what's behind the cut is black and white, thanks to low-lighting conditions;

deguspice used the IR setting on his camera. Next time, we'll wait for a sunny day to roll him out of bed so early...

So we start with the face:

pony face

"Don't wanna get up!"
grumpy

"Well, if you feed me hay..."
getting hay

"You're telling me not to bite your butt?"
do not bite the human butt

"I will anyway!"
getting ready to bite the butt

"We have fun and make

quietann smile."

"We do not crash into Susan/Guinness or Carolyn/Skittles"

"Whew! One hour of almost all trotting and cantering later, we are sweaty!"

"And here you see why

quietann had no trouble at all sliding over my neck and landing on her butt a few weeks ago"

Videos are all very short:

Tina gives us the goal for this lesson:

We go fast whee! (and

quietann knows that if she does not check my lead, I'll have it wrong. But if she does I'll have it right...)

Shoulder-in... see, I know how to do this right!

More from the barn:

Judge, a very friendly large Halflinger:

Traveler and Bacci:

Happy cat:

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Hey, pictures of you riding! \o/

(would say more, am cooking)

Aww...that's my kind of horse. :)

He really is adorable, isn't he!

YAY!

**smile**

You know, the little guy is so ugly that he's cute. But he's pretty talented, and quite the character.

That's one lucky barn cat, getting to spend the winter in the nice warm tack room.

I'm glad that you're back to riding and nothing is hurting.

he's darling and you look great on him :)

yes, he is a totally darling pony, even when he's being bratty.

Yay for riding and not being sore! You guys look swell, and I am having ring envy; that place looks _huge!_

The huge indoor is one of the reasons I take lessons at Windrush. It's actually big enough to have two lessons going on at once.

When I was a kid, I rode at a farm where they had polo players as well as hunters/jumpers/equitation horses. Two farms, actually; I followed my trainer to another place and the set-up there was very similar. The combo of polo field to ride around (and on, at the second place; sometimes we'd haul the jumps out there) and indoor arena sized for practicing in made me one very spoiled horsey girl.