Winter Music

 brain break went for a hack and jumped XC. brave girl... got a nice trot and canter... controlled her shoulders. But she never got frazzled. jumped a few things... jumped some more... jumped all the things, even big ones, first try. And even took a flyer or two! :) Nothing huge.. just BN but still.. some of the BN fences that scare us. Even the skinny brush.  then hacked some more and did a little "gallop".  Also lost a bellboot mid canter... but not the shoe! yay! saw the biolab fire smoke... crazy!

 good ride today. had to take the redheads for a spin to rest my brain from acupuncture overload.  lyric was good. Wanting to avoid the right rein contact a little bit but overall pretty decent ride. worked on some canter lengthens. She likes those! And 15 meter canter circles with nice downwards. and leg yield... left is hard because she just blows out that left shoulder. Worked on straightness today. And some transitions to help get her back onto her hiney. good pony then got adjusted... and acupunctured... to help me study. Tai yin Tai Yang for tight back, tight glutes and hammies, and tight poll. She actually kicked out hard when I did both back jing well points but the first one I wasn't expecting and she actually got me. Luckily I was close enough she just sort of shoved my ribs vs bashing them but she got spanked! The second one she still jumped and kicked out a little but I was smarter and more out of the way and she was more aware of where I was. Then she was okay for...

 Literally... she was the best girl today! Funny was kind of awful! Ha ha!   I rode Lyric at home and she was so good. She was even brave up there all by herself because it's so hot and the horses have puffed up with their winter coats coming in that they all hung out in the stalls while we rode. There was a nice breeze at least.    We hacked up to the arena via the driveway and she let me get in and out through the gate without getting off. We had a great ride. She stayed mostly soft and in the outside rein. She was softer in her barrel today. And we worked a little bit on trot walk trot transitions to help strengthen her hiney. We trotted the poles a few times too. And we played with the canter shallow serpentine again and even did a few 15 and 12 meter canter circles.    Overall just a really nice ride! So then we hacked to the lake and back. She was definitely slower getting to the lake than coming home but she stayed mostly chill and calm and straight!...