Non-riding weekend
Things I did not do this weekend: trail ride.
Things I actually did this weekend:
1. Rasped both front hooves in the morning fog
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| pony was unimpressed. |
2. Played with Fetti in the arena
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| takeoff! |
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| polite zooming |
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| a more sedate canter |
2b. Failed to capture faceoff between pony and buck – silly deer leaped the fence before I could snap a photo
2c. Reassured pony that she was fine and the deer wasn’t coming back.
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| Worried pony. |
Fetti doesn’t actually mind deer on the trail, but getting unintentionally within 10 feet of one in the arena broke her brain. Deer aren’t supposed to be in the arena.
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| easing her closer to the fence; still worried |
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| Human exists to shield pony. |
3. Sorted boots and pieced one back together. Current count: one full set of two fronts, two hinds. One Viper front spare. One Renegade front spare, now back together. One Renegade front spare, needs a cable before it’s usable. One Renegade hind spare, all pieces intact but I ran out of energy.
Yes, three front spares and one hind. No regrets.
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| Needs more shelf. |
4. Lunged ‘Fetti in the arena on a line, walk-trot-canter. Also over the barrel-jump a few times. She only bolted and got away once – big progress! – and it came across as a genuine fear bolt rather than a ‘because I can’ shoulder drop and run. We managed a canter on the line again afterwards without further dramatics. (No photos: my hands were full!)
5. Sunday I went to a semi-local show to watch Olivia and Nilla, and for extra bonus ran into a few other folks I used to ride with back in my hunter days. Sometimes I contemplate showing again. Halfway through a hot afternoon, though? I don’t feel like we’re missing out on much.
Back at the barn overheating and migrained, kind friends cleaned my stall for me and turned the mares out. I chased them around for a bit – more cavorting as she did on Saturday, I definitely did not want to ride that bareback with a migraine! – then put Fetti away for the day and headed home to sleep. Tuesday, we’ll ride.
Thank you so much for coming. I'm so sorry you got a migraine. I'm definitely never doing that again. Hunter how chaos and I do not get along. Seriously though, thanks so much!
I had a lot of fun!! That was a particularly disorganized hunter show, or else my memories are rosy-tinted, which is also very possible. Migraines are pretty normal for me and I absolutely brought that one on myself, but I'd do it again anytime!
aww she looks so worried about the deer!! very cool that you got to meet Olivia!
I think you accomplished more than me.
Things I did this weekend: Video game.
Things I did not do this weekend: Go to the barn.
I miss my hayburners so much!