Rock... Star....!!!

 XC lesson after not doing any XC stuff since RRP, unless you count hopping over that two jumps while larking and the creeks. But even then, that was only one small log on the ground and one jump. 

SOOOO Good!

Feral ish trail ride first. a bit on edge and hollow the entire time. ended in XC field and a bit feral there.

warmed up at trot, which then turned into a canter which I didn't ask for.... snorting fire breathing canter.... but we survived.

warmed up trotting over log... super. progressed to small coop and then BN coop. Good girl actually.

progressed to a lovely ride. she became more ridable and we got braver and trusted each other more. Occasionally neither of us knew whether to add or go for it and sometimes we both picked different things but we mostly managed to be smoothly together. two stops..once at the novice ditch trotting to it... that's okay, trotted the baby ditch and then she was fine. Another stop at the BN maybe novice cabin.. (which actually I think was on the "training lite" course at ashland". She sort of jumped it... squirted over the side but we jumped the smaller one and came back around and I was braver and she did it. So proud!

Also jumped up and down the bank into the water.. the vertical at waters edge.. the bank... 

SOOOO brave and good. 

Might take her to FG instead of Dan. (I cried... jacel is amazing). 

Thanks Lyric for accepting me who I am some days (emotional hot mess) and packing me around today. 

















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