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Enjoying the day

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  I couldn't do another arena ride with Lyric. Maybe I should have since we need to work on things, but I just couldn't. So instead... we headed to Ashland.        We had a glorious hack. She was a bit slow at the walk but she was walking in good form with a nice topline. I let her be on the loose rein mostly but we had good form so I didn't worry. We did some trotting and she got a bit more forward with that. And she felt sound, so yay for that! I also let her be on a loose rein for most of it. We even did a little canter in the woods.        After we thoroughly enjoyed a nice long hack in the woods, we headed to the cross country field for a tiny bit of field dressage. She wasn't too bad. She felt more bendy even to the left, but we also had ALLLLLLL the room so it might have just been that our circles were really really big. ;) She did lose her hind end a few times and got a little carried away and "ran away" with me at the trot. She got r...
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Tried the baucher

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  Not Funny's baucher, but my old school baucher. The french link. I think she kind of liked it. She was drooling a LOT!. Which, i'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. We just rode at home because I spent a good bit of the day doing chores and then helping Mike put my graphics on my bike and then we rode to Mansfield for lunch and then for dippin dots. And I had hacked Dan at Ashland too.    Anyways, we started off nicely and I did my homework. And our trot work was pretty decent. But then the middle got kinda yucky again. I don't know if it's because she got tired or I stopped riding as "allowing" and was expecting a bit more... but she got more braced and crooked again. I managed to figure out how to soften and get her to soften with me, but the middle was a struggle. We did finish with some really nice work though at least. In that bit for sure I need to not bring my hands down and almost lift them. But she prefers to go deep before she softens up....
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Easy Peasy

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  Today was a good day. I slept in! I rode Funny. And then I had a lesson with Jacel. I ended up taking Lyric since I'm showing Funny tomorrow.  Jacel has been having a rough go lately so I wanted to do something to cheer her up. But I don't know how she likes her coffee... I know she likes pumpkin spice, but... that's it. Plus, I know she's been dieting and I didn't want to blow her diet. So I decided to just bring her some flowers. Except the hydrangea's were all dried up, so.. I just brought her 3 of my little roses. Doh. Ha ha. It was kind of pitiful. Like the kid bringing his mom a handful of weeds. But, maybe it's the thought that counts.  We tacked up and since Laura couldn't get here today, she rode Smarty with me. Yay! When she was in the barn tacking up Lyric was losing her mind at the trailer. And then she really lost it when Smarty went up to the arena so Jacel could set up some jumps. I guess Lyric is in heat because she was sooooo upset he ...
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Counterbend to Bend

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  Lyric was ready to work today! We had Liz lessons this morning and it was a bit chilly! I rode Funny first and pulled their clothes before I tacked Funny up, but by then it was warming up quickly. When Funny and I got near the arena we saw that Jean's interns and trainer were in the arena. I told them that I had a lesson in about 10 minutes and would need the arena. I then offered to let them continue to use the arena, but they had to let me in too. Thankfully they said they would leave because "this one is crazy". So I heard! Apparently she launched the trainer good the other day. I continued on to warm up in the field while they finished up and then two minutes later Lyric went GALLOPING up to the arena gate! Dan wasn't too far behind her. Oops. So sorry!!! Of course that got Funny riled up too, but she managed to keep it together. Luckily after that Lyric settled and went back to grazing.   When I finished with Funny, I had grabbed my halter and taken it up to th...
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sweet girl

nickers at me now. probably cause i almost always have cookies, but still.  rode at home. not a bad ride. better to the left, especially when i sit "left lead canter" which opens my inside hip and lifts it. tried hard. good girl. photos : 10-26 not toasty
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So brave!!

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  Oh, I'm so proud of us! We've come such a long way. And there's a bit of sadness to it too, because... gosh darnit... I finally feel like Lyric and I have created a trusting relationship and can start doing happy things that aren't so hard, and... shortly... I'll be off for surgery and then she'll sit for two months. And...what if she falls apart again? What if we lose our confidence? But... I'm sure it will come back. And maybe the rest will do her good. It's in God's hands. I'll just pray that it's good for us both and we come back just as strong and can keep building on it.  I had a jump lesson today and decided to bring Lyric so we didn't lose momentum. Plus, Funny and I jumped last week and are going to Aiken to school XC Friday, so I figured it would be a good day to jump Lyric. And I"m glad I did.  We ended up lessoning in the morning instead of the evening and since Laura couldn't make it, I got to lesson with Mackenzie...
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