Well, we lost a week.

Yup the rain came back. We were under a few inches of water. THEN Friday rolled around...

I finally got to ride. It wasn't the most productive. We switched back to our loose ring so it was still a bit of an adjustment (for me more so than him.). I had to come to terms with loosing a tad bit of control (Poncho had fun with it, though). Really it wasn't that bad he just had a little sass.

Saturday was pretty much a repeat of Friday expect he was extra hyper. Yard work was being done that was most intriguing.

Today we have snow. I wish I had know when I was heading out to the barn that it wasn't doing much there or else I would have squeezed in a quick ride today. Maybe there will be enough snow tomorrow that I can ride. I hate when you have some but not enough to have decent footing.

Maybe soon we'll get to do SOMETHING?

Lately the footing has been horrible! All I've been able to do is just walk around. Not for long either. It's boring for Poncho and for me. But oh well at least we're doing something?!

With all the snow for a couple days I had to stay up around the barn. Luckily the last 2 days I've managed to get around the whole field! Today we even TROTTED!!!! Although he did cough a little at the start. And a couple times had a few spells where his breathing got quite heavy - but it passed fairly quickly. With any luck things will dry up more and thaw out some so I can actually ride in the coming week. Fingers crossed!

Snow induced panic.

There's no real need to get into what our ride was like on Tuesday because it was essentially the same as Monday. Mr. Superstar yet again - except he was a little tired and our canter lacked the same umpfh. But it was only a slight difference. I was still over the moon with him.

Then work picked up massively or it was yucky and dreary so I didn't get back out until Friday night. Unfortunately on Friday there was only enough daylight left for me to make a mad dash out in the fields to blanket.

Which leaves us with yesterday. Oh what an interesting day it was. It was pretty darn cold considering the winter we've been having - so low 40's with windchills in the low 30's was pretty bitter. I decided to work Poncho in the indoor because we both hate it so much. But need to get used to it for nasty days. I rode for about 10 minutes w/t before deciding for his benefit to untack and let him loose in there to get his "sillies" out. He definitely didn't put up much of a show. Figures but it was actually good he kept his composure. That is until it started to snow - in which Mom panicked trying to get everything in and then got super excited because it was SNOWING. Apparently Poncho massively fed off her energy and started freaking out. So to prevent things from escalating to far I had to blanket him and take him back to the field. Easier said then done. Poncho is a big bully by nature. I've managed to curb those natural tendencies 90% of the time, except for when he's in panic mode. So he's trying to run me over while I hold him for Mom (she refuses to hold him when he's in this state). I took several well placed elbows to the shoulder to get him to settle and then he was golden until we went outside. By now the snow was coming down so hard that you could barely see. Poncho kept trying to run infront of me but he was manageable. After what seemed like forever we got the field. By the time I got the halter off he just calmly walked off. Go figure.

Then I promptly grabbed my camera and some treats for Poncho for putting up with the craziness that was the indoor attempt.