Part of the reason I’m trying really hard to blog all my rides is to get a better sense of how much I’m actually asking Fetti to do. Also.. because we have all these oddball moments that really should get … Continue reading →
Thursday’s goal: ride to Wilder and/or ride out for 5-6 hours. Furthest she’s been (aside from the LD last year) with another horse: 14-15 miles or so.Furthest she’s been by herself: 12 miles.Amount of Pony Attitude and Energy noted on … Continue reading →
Yesterday’s ride: 6 miles, 3mph. Lessons learned:1. There is such a thing as ‘too slow’ for the pony. Walking/slow jog: tooooo slow, when she never gets to move out.2. Fetti will not tell me when she pulls a boot off … Continue reading →
On Saturday, we went to a local endurance club meeting about an hour away. Lucky for me, another rider lives quite close to my barn and was willing to give Fetti and I a ride over. We were on the … Continue reading →
When Mel wrote about having some heavy-mileage weeks and some low-mileage weeks, I briefly wondered how I’d manage the latter. Answer: life! After our 12-mile ride last Monday, we took it pretty easy for the rest of the week. We … Continue reading →
Short version: no hock injections. Mild reaction to flexions on both hocks. Nothing significant enough to warrant even x-rays at this point – likely finding would be very early stages of arthritis. Joint supplements were recommended. When the vet started … Continue reading →
First day of June was unseasonably hot. We promptly aborted our plans for a 3pm trail ride (90 degrees at the barn) and postponed til 6, by which time it was warm, but not painfully hot. We proceeded to make … Continue reading →