After Margaret and I had such a fun time at the fall hunter pace, we opted to go again this spring! This time, while I rode Rejoice again, Margaret rode her horse Jester and had a friend ride Ladyhawke. All Kennebec Morgans!! Jester and Rejoice have the same dam and Jester and Lady share the same sire. Unfortunately instead of a lovely late spring day, we had one of the first intensely hot and humid days of the year. It was definitely a bummer, but the ride was mostly in the shade of the woods and we had a great time! most of the fences were 3' coops but we found a small log and this hay to jump haha Until we didn't. 😑 We brought along a third friend who rode Margaret's older mare, Ladyhawke. She's a good rider but hasn't known Ladyhawke for very long and didn't realize how much of a cranky boss mare she could be at times. She kicked Jester right in the front leg just about halfway through the ride, and while the cut itself ended up not being a big deal in the
It may be officially spring on the calendar, but there is plenty of sn*w on the ground here in Maine! And a bit of mud, since it has started to s l o w l y melt and rain a bit. Phew! I swear, there is still two feet of the white stuff covering the ground at my farm. Small areas of grass are slowly appearing, but most of the farm is buried. That said, I have been doing my best to commit to a spring conditioning schedule now that daylight savings time has arrived. It has been MUCH easier to get into a decent routine with the sun setting later and all of us finally feeling better! March 18 Of course, it is pretty boring right now, since the footing makes it so that we can only walk around the snowy field. When the ice on the driveway finally melted, I was able to incorporate walking up and down the hill. But I will say, all this walking has definitely helped Ellie understand connection and reaching for the bit more than anything else. Yeah, I would have liked to have spent