Well now that it is about the size of a quarter and healing nicely except for one muscular bump on the shoulder point - I can say I am quite pleased that she is the same old Baby again! With that month off she is actually better - which is interesting! I fought with myself this morning whether to ride her and I am thankful for the kick in the ass Mindy! I needed it! We rode at the indoor today as it is another dreary rainy raw fall day.... and I think Baby was thankful to get out and do something. She got out the kinks and then rode nicely with perfect headset and good forward motion from behind. We cantered just a little - and I now am relieved to have ridden her. Luckily she is an Eventer and not one of those fluffy Halter Horses (although she does have 4 national points in halter :) but she has been there done that and moved on!
Below are two videos of her before the incident being ridden by the lovely Jaime Benard - I have done well to start Baby - but with Jaime's direction I will be able to bring her amazing abilities into fruition. I cannot wait to compare videos of her in the coming weeks. I know I get motivated when watching from whence we came! I will share then when I get to them.
2 comments:
Scary! Glad it's healing up nicely!
Hey, who is in you main blog photo?
Buenos Aires ridden by Sandra Donnelly from Canada in April of this Spring.
This was her first four-star. “I was nervous about the size and the length of the course. There were lots of things that felt fabulous, and he got better as he went. He got tired at the end, but that’s what I expected.”
The pair looked like Angel and I and I have it as a screen saver to remind me to keep my eye on the ball! Heading out shortly to have my trainer ride Angel and tell me what we need to work on - as we are on the fast track to success!
Will post later and hopefully have uploads of video of both Baby and Angel at the indoor!
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