Well both Lucas and I were sound, and good to go today so we managed to squeeze in a bit of a ride. Now that the 'season' has started (training horses start arriving next week) its going to be harder and harder to get privet time in the arena on the weekends. Today we rode with one of the kids and her gelding, Lucas made faces at him once but nothing too bad. Having him being out with the other horse's is good and bad, good because he doesn't get so concerned if they bump into them but he does try to intimidate them with his ears/face if he meets them head on.
We rode in our new correction bit and had a decent ride. We split the arena in two which meant I only had about a 20 meter circle to work in (and in the 'scary' end of the arena). We did have a good work out, and worked on some accuracy with transitions and turns on the forehand/haunches and kept to a walk/trot. He was a little 'up' with the snow sliding off the roof but nothing excessive.
The cattle penning saddle seem to be doing the trick for us right now. Its got such a deep seat in it, I feel like I'm riding in a dressage saddle. But it sits off of his withers and has clearance for both of his shoulders so we're going to keep riding in it for now.
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Sounds like a good ride. Good for both of you.
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