Quite exuberant and a steady eddy all in one?

What an oxymoron Poncho can be sometimes! On Tuesday I actually managed to get a real ride in, in the ring...WHAT?! He was great for his walk work very round and forward. The trot had some sticky moments. However with our sporadic "rides" I can't complain. Since he was being a super star in terms of attitude I said what the hey lets canter some. He immediately picked a super forward and round canter...for about 3 strides. And then the rodeo was on! I was so unprepared I lost both stirrups and was flopping around helplessly for what seemed like forever. I somehow managed to stay on, solidifying the fact that I AM A NINJA! We still obviously had to work out those canter kinks. It took several different attempts to have a canter without a bronc sessions, but since I was ready for it no big deal.

Wednesday was farrier day. He was a jerk face, not horrible but definitely wasn't trying to be polite. I was planning on riding in the ring again BUT the BO turned the other 2 horses out there and left. So no ring. Midnite went into a raging heat so I wasn't to thrilled with the thought of hacking in the field with her. Needless to say Poncho got a day off. Same with Thursday it was just to hot and humid by the time I got out there.

Today I just hacked around the field for awhile. He just baffles me. With how coo-coo he was on Tuesday today it rained this a.m. briefly, got increasingly gusty (20-30 mph), and lots of commotion at the barn across the street. Yet through all that he was perfectly calm! What a perfect little wierdo!

being a meany for the farrier is exhausting!

Just what I needed today!

Today I was only scheduled to work 7-2 SCORE (normally on weekends that I work its 7-4:30ish)!!!! The initial plan was to go home, take care of dog, grab stuff, go to barn. HOWEVER I was beyond, beyond tired so I went straight to the barn from work (have no fear I made sure Bogart would be taken care of first). Of course that meant I didn't have any of my riding stuff. But I did find an old pair of paddock boots to toss on. I looked quite professional in my get-up. Khakis, a bleached out Tee-Shirt, and paddock boots.OH YEAHH. 

I didn't ride for long maybe 15 minutes. I just wanted to get on and relax. Poncho was perfect from the second I got on!!!!! Thank goodness my pants were so slick I know I could not have stayed on during an outburst!

goober blinked right as my camera took the picture :(

I don't even know where to start....

umm.


I guess we'll start with since I've been having to go out everyday to soak the hay and give the ponies their grain. Plus after all that I need to go home and take care of my doggie. It leaves a fairly limited amount of time to ride. Because due to gas prices it's not feasible everyday for me to drive home and then back to the barn. (As is I'm spending about $200 a month in gas) So our rides have been pretty sporadic here lately BUT that's going to change come May 1st! We're moving to a barn 10 minutes from my hourse! HELL YEAH!

However as far as our rides go I've manged  a hack, where thankfully I did survive. And a couple of sessions in the ring.

Luckily right before I decided to hack Poncho I switched out of the loose ring back to the full cheek. I just wasn't happy with how he was going in the loose ring once we started trotting and then forget cantering! So full cheek back in action we headed out (just around the field some). He was going great! UNTIL the deer scared him. Holy moly I though I was a goner! He spun and bolted so fast I didn't even realize it happened at first. Next thing you know I'm only half on him hanging off the side of the saddle while where bolting through a wooded part in the field. Thank goodness Poncho is the saint that he is because as I yelled WOAH he started to slow down right before I hit the tree in our path. So I got myself re situated in saddle and we headed back to the scary spot to conquer it. Which we did.

The two rides we had in the ring were nothing special only W/T because the footing is so hard it's unbelievable. He was very consistent rounding up at the walk. But took a little more time at the trot, of course we did just switch bits again so that's why.

Then this week it's been near 90 every day so no riding. TOOO HOT! I've mainly just been hanging out with him. Wednesday I even had to give him a bath just to cool him down he was just so sweaty and crusty. Poor man. He did enjoy the cool down though. Hopefully today I can manage a little tack walk if the rain eases up and doesn't leave us under water again.

But alas my glimmer of hope is only 19 days away!