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Validation... Listening.... New plans...

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Ooof... what an emotional lesson... but I didn't let myself really dwell on it, because... no crying!! There's no crying in horseback riding. Sigh... ha!  I knew she might be lame but... Jacel is so good at "investigations" and working around things that it was worth a try. Like Liz.. maybe we could ride her sound. So... I tacked her up and we headed to the arena. We got on and started walking around and she was a slug. Like... She was not wanting to go. I should have grabbed my whip. Jacel showed up pretty quickly and we were chatting but Lyric was just dragging. I told Jacel that she had been lame and what my thoughts on the matter were. I mentioned that I really didn't think it was foot and thought it was her cervicothoracic area but you know.. who am I to think I'm right and two really smart vets are wrong. Although Jacel made a good point... they can only see what is right in front of them... I've got the whole story. So... we figured we'd see wha...
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Just not my week....

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  Sigh... I know, I know... minor inconveniences... first world problems... but GRRRRRRR!!! First, I started my period again, which... I had it a week ago.. at the beach, mind you. Then... I've still only got one horse to ride because Dan is recovering from injections (and lost a shoe this morning) and Funny is missing a shoe. But, that's okay.. I will take Lyric to Ashland and ride with Sharon and then pop over some XC fences and then come home and go to the lake with Mike. I'm making lemonade out of lemons. (But I still had a short pity party).    And it was a really pretty morning. It was a bit overcast but it burned off and it wasn't quite as sweltering and there was a nice breeze. And it was actually slightly cooling, vs just blowing hot humid air on us. So yay for that. We got to Ashland and I talked to Sharon about my tack woes with Dan. We played around a bit with which headstall should go with which bosal and what shirt matches my cinch vs my breastcollar in ho...
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More investigating

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You can't say I'm not dedicated! BRRRRRR! We had a lesson this morning and in order to be able to fit both girls in, I had to ride one at 9:30 am. And because the second one (later in the day) was with Laura, I opted to bring Lyric to this one. The windchill at 9 am was 19 degrees!! But luckily it wasn't too bad in the arena. The trees blocked a lot of the wind. I wanted to get on and give her a nice long warm up but it was too early and too cold for that. So I tacked up quick and we hacked along the edge of XC to head towards to the arena. BRRRR!! The wind out there was brutal. My ears felt like they were gonna fall off!  Once we got in the arena it was much better. I did lots of stretchy trot on the buckle to get her warmed up. She started out sluggish and bracy and lost her hind end at least 6 times. And hard! Like.. she made divots in the arena. Sadness. I picked up the canter and after that she only lost her hind end once (and that was after we went through the grid a ...
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