riding skills

This week, I've  been working on trying to get my pony to stay on the rail. That means, that the horse stays very close to the fence at the edge of the ring rather than cutting corners into the middle.  To help, my mom put out ground poles on the ground, and I knew I had to stay outside of the ground poles.  I also have to use a lot of outside rein.  It was harder at the trot than at the walk.  After one turn in, he was very good!

Today might be too hot to ride until it is almost dark.  Tonight I want to ride in the ring and practice trotting the whole way around the ring without breaking into a walk.  I cannot learn anything if I don't ride.

Alyssa

i will be taking over herd bound

This week has been very hot so I havent gotten  to ride often. On Monday, I rode bare back because the horseshoer was there so long and it was getting very hot. On Tuesday, I rode with a saddle and my mom rode bare back.

On Monday, I found a wound on Yankee my pony. Each day this week, I applied Betadine scrub to the wound to clean it out.

Your probably wondering about all my ponies: Their names are Finn, Zephyr, Forrest, Gabhann, and of course, Yankee.