And today was my day off. I managed to ride both Oscar and Lucy twice, and right now its a good mix. Lucy is simply a walk/trot keep her balanced ride, where as with Oscar I'm working on riding him one handed in a shank and working on body control. It is very nice to be on a horse again that finds it easy to work with a level neck. Oscar is not built that way (the main reason he never made the 'big' shows) and although he can carry himself correctly its harder for him to do it. Lucy doesn't have Oscars lope though, although I'm not sure I'm going to miss it, Oscars lope can be really rough!
Our ride on Saturday was good, we were in the 'broodmare' group, both mares have a 2 year old baby now and both hadn't been ridden much since then. Oh and both are going to be breed to C &D's goodbar stud this spring! We only rode for about 20 min with lots of walking and walk/trot transitions, Lucy was damp where she has a winter coat (she's been blanketed all winter) and at the end of 20 minutes she was tired. She dried quickly and was bright eyed again after a short rest in a stall (she normally lives outside in a run-in) so I don't think it hurt her too much.
I have my IV this Thursday so I'm hoping to get out Tuesday and Wednesday and hopefully get a lesson with D on Wednesday depending on how things go.
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