Its PLUS 7 right now! Outside! I can see the dirt of my driveway!
For the past month we've been dealing with -25 to -40 temps, when in a normal winter we might have 4-6 days of these temps. Finally today the weather broke and we had a nice day with some serious rain.
It was so nice today at the barn. One of the littler kids was out for her lesson, one of the show kids trailerd her horse out and rode with me and Oscar, we had people out to see the studs and talk about breeding, and all of the buckets were unfrozen!
It was so nice to be back on Oscar, and a broke horse again! I could work at all three gaits, and and work on my position a bit without worrying about him too much. I even managed to lope him all around the arena. All and all a good day.
C & D and I had a bit of a talk about Chilly. I told them that I thought that someone younger and fitter should ride her for a bit that could push her a bit more and stay out of her way more effectively. They kind of agreed. D is going to take over riding her for a while (and will be riding her more as it gets back into our 'normal' temps). Were also going to throw on some of the kids to flop around on her as well to get her used to different riders. We've found that she gets very attached to 'her' people and while that isn't a bad thing, she needs to listen and obey everyone that rides her.
I was a bit down in the dumps about it. I know its the right thing for both of us. She needs someone fitter and more agile and I can't afford to get hurt. However C was very happy to tell the people that were there looking at the studs about how I was going to show Chilly and how they were looking foreword to it. That made me feel a bit better, I hope we can met their expectations!
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That's a hard decision, letting someone else ride the young'n until she's a little stronger, but long term, I think you'll be happy you did, especially when you get to show her later. Hope you're surviving the cold! We had our own 'polar vortex' with -36 weather and it sucked! I couldn't live where you do....My blood isn't thick enough to deal with that cold all the time!
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