Winter Music

 Rode with Kelli (get video) Mincy, but tried very hard. Better as time went on. Lost stifle a good bit.  hacked. still felt mincy on trails will start previcox in case foot sore. but also worry about stifles. Seems to be almost sticking when moving from a standstill

 We took a flyer! Great jump lesson. If I stay upright in my body and shoulders, press my hands into her neck, and keep my elbows moving (or even almost throwing away the reins) she jumps... and doesn't add unless she needs to. And even took a flyer!! And jumped big things!

  Today was fun! I took Lyric to Ashland for a ride this morning so that Mike and I could hang out this afternoon. Laura had told me I could try her bit, so I figured now was a good time.    I ended up just parking at the gray barn because it was easier to do the bit swap that way and Caroline didn't mind. We hacked out to the XC field. There was a big group that had booked it at 10:30 so I was trying to get there before they did so we could play a little. I wanted to try out that bit. We did manage to beat them so we did some trotting to warm up. She was a little fresh and.... I'm not quite sure I like that bit. She felt more braced and inverted than she does with the elevator. Granted... I'm sure the elevator creates some "false" rounding. But I can't decide if that's better because she's not in bad biomechanics or worse because it's just covering up holes. Anyways... she was a bit animated so we trotted a log and then she cantered so we just can...