My Mojito: Happiness

Friday, July 18, 2014

Happiness

First things first. I rode Diva finally and she was back to her awesome self (she hasn't even been on regumate)!

Hacking on the buckle

She approves of the new helmet

She remembered all the things and threw no fits. She even remembered her ground tying skillz and got a bath at the end. Everyday while it as been 100,000,000 degrees (actual temp), I have been grooming her and fly spraying her and oiling her hooves, I think the bonding time has been good for her brain. In case you are wondering what the temperature was when I finally decided to ride her...100 with a strong wind. Felt nice. FU summer and your mind warping capabilities.

Now you are probably wondering if Prisoner is still amazing. If you have been on Instagram you know that he has indeed.

Third day of jumping, 5th ride off the track

This horse is freaking phenomenal. I showed this picture to a friend who is super blunt and her response was, 'It's about time you had something with talent!'

His fourth ride

Hell yes, all the trot

He starts out with about one lap of speed walk and then chills (all of that with loose reins). Then I work on bending through his body and when he feels pretty good I pick up the trot. Again this starts out with a little tension, but I keep calmly asking him to go correctly and in less than ten minutes I have a fancy horse. The first few strides of canter he wants to lean on me so I float the reins and he starts to carry himself in a cute slow balanced canter. After that we can go forward and come back like rock-stars. At the end of the ride I have been going over a few cross-rails so he can think about the idea of it all.

He is also master of bath time

I am working hard to not push too much and let him keep decompressing from the track. Seriously though, I think this guy is going places.
Now for lots of pictures from Alyssa with her fancy camera.