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| "Dis is bullshit." |
He's been to the horse park a couple times now, but this was my first time actually getting to ride there, and I was so excited. He stepped right on the trailed, hauled over well, and settled pretty much immediately. We went for a quick hand walk and spent 20 minutes just grazing by the side of the warm ups and taking in some of the atmosphere. He was quiet the entire time.
I got on and headed to the warm up to do a quick flat school. Sig walked up fine and seemed pretty chill just walking around, but was a little tense when we started trotting. Ashley had told me he needed to get more accustomed to horses in his space, and as warm up rings can do, there were a lot of horses coming at him or from behind that got under his skin in the beginning. He tried to throw a few bucks, but that and the tension only lasted a few minutes before he settled and actually had a really nice flat school in the walk, trot, and canter. It was 90 degrees so his excess energy was zapped pretty quick, but he got lovely and soft, forward, and was working well over his back.
Overall I am so happy with where he's at and how he feels. I really think he'll be able to play in the hunter, jumper, and dressage ring. He's very soft in the bridle and gives me a very nice feeling in the saddle. Today I half expected a giraffe and a fight, but he was really round, came forward off my leg well, and settled very nicely into the work. Whenever he got distracted we did some leg yields and he went right back to work. I was so happy with him and how he worked in the warm up ring!
Afterward we went hacking around the immediate area of the horse park and enjoyed the scenery. Again, he was perfectly quiet and willing, was walking around on the buckle and seemed content to just mosey around. There were people, announcers, golf carts, water trucks, tractors, and none of it bothered him in the least. We visited the jumper ring and hung out there briefly, then made out way out toward the cross country course, where I was totally blown away by the property and took about 50 photos.
After all that, he got a nice, cool bath and I let him hang out in the stall for a bit. He's grown up a lot since I've been gone, and Ashley has done such a nice job making him a civilized individual. He is so much better and more comfortable in stalls now. He settles right into his hay, and I even caught him taking some naps in the corner under the fan. Droopy lip and everything. Made me feel good to see him so overall relaxed about the entire experience!
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| "You give me cookies yes?" |
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| Chilling by the rings. Eating his grass. |
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| HIS FACE!! XD |
After another handwalk and getting to enjoy his dinner at the horse park (and more nap time in the stall afterward), we loaded up and drove the 25 minutes back home. I love that everything is so close here! So convenient, and it's a relatively easy drive with (mostly) civilized drivers that know about horse trailers. Sig was happy to get back to his field and enjoy the rest of his night.
This morning I rolled up to just go for a hack, and I was very pleasantly surprised when Sig saw me coming down the driveway and whinnied. Oh yeah...that made me smile and my heart turn to mush. I figured after yesterday he wanted nothing to do with me, LOL. And let's be real, it's probably because I always bring a carrot with me to catch horses. But regardless of the motive, he gave me a very enthusiastic good morning and walked on over from the other side of the field. We had an easy hack today, just walked around the farm for about 20 minutes and called it a day. Lots of snuggles and carrots. This was a great weekend.
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| He does the same goofy pose with his hind legs as Soon did, LOL |
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| "Easy like Sunday morning..." |
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