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...
Phew, it has been a crazy few weeks with school starting and my entire daily schedule changing entirely! There is so much to write and no time to just sit down and do so. The biggest recent event is that after waiting on the saddle brand's rep/fitter since July , I finally gave up on that (she did schedule something for the end of August to only cancel on me late the night before....grrr!). I contacted Nancy Sherick, who has fit saddles for me before years ago , and she came right out on September 4. Now that is good customer service! I will never bother to ask anyone else to fit my saddles from now on, that is for sure. I figured Nancy would be too booked up or not come up here, but I was happily wrong! Before fitting - a decent fit but not perfect Also before fitting - just sitting every so slightly too low I had a feeling that the wide tree was OK but the saddle just needed flocking up in the front. I also wasn't convinced th...