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2023-08-10 08:04 am

At A, halt and catch fire.

DLB comes back next week. I've happily gotten some rides in (better air quality, better fitness, less brutality in the heat department) and I feel like I'm in a better place for that than last time.

ExpandWe signed up for two days... )
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2022-07-21 08:19 pm
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Fun but very hot day at lesson today.

So pony lessons are on Thursdays most of the time. I usually ride a lesson-barn horse and most of the time (but not always) that's the reasonably sensible and honest Mystic, a black hony of about 20 years old with not-a-lotta legit training. When she arrived, she rode like something that had been used for unskilled gaming efforts, like barrels, poles, timed events but not the people that win. The people that do-not-win. But she's been at lesson barn for a couple of years and she's doing better and kinda has some skills these days. I like Mystic pretty well. She's all right and I kinda know how she is.

But today was a Tara day. Tara is instructor's aged horse who is working on... whatever you do that you need to be halfpassing. Looks like (I just did a cursory glance through the tests) that's third level. (I do not have a lot of time for levels. I want to go sideways and basically I only give as much of a shit about the other stuff as it relates to better-going-sideways.) Anyway, I think she shows Tara 2nd level but they are (with DLB) working on halfpassing and it's... going, kinda.

ExpandSo how did that go? )
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2022-06-03 08:55 am

Lesson was surprisingly interesting...

At lesson last night (lesson is Thursday, which is also Bird's Day Off) we worked on leg yields as a mechanism for improving canter departures and canters in general. And let me tell you, it was sort of fun.

ExpandProbably this is not fun or interesting for non-horse-people... )
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2019-03-09 06:30 pm

Another outing to the indoor plus Cooler Chickens

I hauled Bird up to the Very Nice Indoor in Imler for another weekend lesson. The endless sleety snowstorms and frozen temps here have really put the kibosh on outdoor riding so if I want any time in March on my freaking horse, it's To The Indoor. Or whatever.

ExpandIt's drama for me... )
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2019-02-17 05:41 pm
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Horse Outing.

Took Bird to a local(ish) indoor for a wintertime lesson. I usually lesson on horses that are not Bird because diesel is expensive and the tow vehicle gets about 11 mpg whether or not it's hauling the three horse slant. Plus I have a real job and schlepping the horse all over the country doesn't really fit in my after-work schedule.

ExpandSo then... )