Winter Music

  photos; canter

 felt better today. diid groundwork then trot ini hand. got on and felt better. more forward, less naggy. less rootinig but not as steady ni the contact. have to right riight shoulder to the left tracking both wyas but helped. did some leg yiieild, some fgure 8's, some rapid transitons... trot walk trot halt trot walk, etc. lost hnd end hard a few tmes, both drectons. defintely funky bendng left but better with lower neck and had some lovely moments n there. trotted n feld and she wanted to canter so let her do a few seconds. tight collected canter because... eeeks, but... happy.  ??? photos: 5-26 canter

 darn.. she really does want to be a hunter. happy n her rubber huntery d rinig ;) did tniy biit of n hand and then rode. good girl and less mouth fussy and rooty. but still feels neuro. lost her balance a few times. still stiiff in poll bendng left. diid some leg yields though and some more rapid transitons because her trot to walk feels very delayed... neuro or ?? but trotted happily and forward ni field. and overall, more forward feelng.  shockwaved lumbars after and got good releases.  photos; 5-26 hunter

 cooler weather? storm? my warm up? coincence?  tacked up and was gong to do n hand work but decded to just get on and walk the pasture a biit. Tred trottng but felt a lttle too wobbly/neuro ish and ground wet from storm, so... walked some hlls and then went nto arena to trot. made her walk with purpose and then as soon as we trotted,  i inssted t was more forward. (lke kelly eaton lunge) and t helped. She was defntely more forward throughout the ride.  I did pop my boot wth the whp once and she kcked out.  rode n baucher today and... stll chompy and rooty, so.. gonna play with dfferent bts agan, but did seem happy to take the contact in t. fnshed n the feld wth a nce bg trot that felt forward and not neuro. yay! good pony photos: 4-26 forward

 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...