Winter Music

 photos:  4-26 back to work did some in hand work, then went to under saddle because... too lazy to drag stuff out and didn't want to just lunge.  felt about the same... a bit more forward than initially but still not super great. Felt like  ihad to keep nagging but... she was at least going on her own. felt a biit wonky and still borderline neuro but not any worse. and not lame anymore. rooty again though. may play wwith bits. wanted to invert some but went soft wiith more connection. dan and funny came gallopiniig up as we got back to the barn.

Somebody was a stereotypical redhead today!! She had her vet appt so I went to catch her and bring her in. She got about halfway in and was mad she was alone so she neighed and reared up and tried to spin. Luckily I was able to hold her and got her back down. Then Dan came galloping up. She decided to stay on the ground after that and we got to the trailer fine. And, shockingly, she loaded right up. I didn't have to get the whip to tap her. I had the whip, but I didn't even have to tap her with it. So good girl! We got to Dr. Barrow's and I showed her the video and then we watched her go. She said that she definitely looks much better in her back and topline - she had filled out and looked more willing to lift her core and use herself and she was much more willing to go forward. She thought in the video she saw left hind and after watching her go, she still thought left hind. They flexed her and she was positive left hind. So then we took her in and did some diagnostics. Sh...

  Today is just not my day! I am tired, burnt out, hormonal, and cranky and pms-ing. Funny was in fight mode again and then Dan was good but fatigued. And it was getting hot, so Liz made a good call and suggested we don't do Lyric for our lesson. Which was good because I hadn't eaten anything and it was almost 2 pm and I was getting a migraine. So she left, I turned Dan out and then went inside and ate. Then I debated but decide that I did want to do a short ride on Lyric... I wanted to try the PH dressage on her again before the saddle fitter came to see if I liked it any better than the last ride. Because I do like it on Dan, so... presumably I should like it on her. But it was hard to feel balanced in it the other day.  So I went out to catch her and she was up in the hay feeder. I caught her and we started walking down and I thought.... "are you lame?". She legit looked lame at the walk. Like... almost abscess lame. But... she's 4 weeks into her shoe cycle, so...

  So... the saddle fitter rescheduled us to Saturday. Which is fine, because it meant I got a jump lesson on Funny with Jacel! Yay! So after I got back from that, I grabbed Lyric and tacked her up. I decided that I would try the Peter Horrobin on her because... I needed to see if I still liked it and how she felt about it before I decide whether to keep it or sell it. Assuming it fits. But... I felt like it fit well enough to try because Kim had said that depending on what her topline and body did in the month after her last visit, we might not need to tweak it. So I tossed it on her and.. it actually felt like it fit her pretty well. So we gave it a whirl. We did a little bit of rehab work in the pasture before I got on. We backed up, we did her scapula stretches and we did turn on the forehand and turn on the haunches. And we even backed up the little mole hill by the round pen. Good girl! Then I got on and we walked hills for 10 minutes. Then we went into the arena and did some ...

 quick ride at home. did hills for 10 plus minutes in field then did our 10 min of trot work in the arena. Rode in her jump bit. less fussy but still fussy. bit?? Or other. more trippy today. fatigue? Me not as good/remembering what i'm supposed to do? but had some good moments. didn't want to bend left again today.  will work on poll tomorrow hopefully, but did bemer and tiny bit of fascial work on the poll saw the easter bunny again photos: hills and hills and bunny

 photos: 4-26 progress good lesson. felt good in her body. got right on. need to swap out my bit, not happy in that bit and how it sits on her bars. worked on walk to trot. twist at C2 on the left. ride the garocha pole to left.  good girl