I had a beautiful saddle out on trial, but something about it just wasn't sitting right, and I didn't want to risk Shadows back or my money on a saddle I wasn't 100% sold on. I returned the saddle to it's owner and thanked her very much for the time she allowed me use it.
Then, my wonderful boyfriend came through and bought me a brand new wintec dressage saddle. He really is the best! I was so excited to get it home, and it came pretty quickly! It was still very snowy when it came and too icy to try it out so I put it all together to see how it looked, put it over Will's legs and sat on it! I wanted to feel the seat. hahaha, I'm a little crazy.
I brought it out the barn and the first nice 50 degree day we had I was on a mission to get in it! It fit Shadow beautifully and it is just about the most comfortable thing I have ever sat in, in my entire life!
So comfy!!
Dom and I are supposed to start up lessons at the end of this month, but now with the snow, who knows. Hopefully this will melt quickly, and we'll be done with this winter so we can get on schedule.
I have done no riding this winter, as I have said in almost all my posts through the season, lol. Saturday was a pretty nice day, so I thought I would go out and lunge Shadow because he has been very up and crazy the few times I've been on him and the ground was finally dry enough to do it, but of course, there is always something that slows me down.
I took a walk around to say good morning to every one, because I apparently was there during nap time and every single horse on the farm was laying down, Shadow included. After that I went back to my car to finish my coffee, when I look out into Shadow's field and I see him RUNNING at mach 10 speeds with his tail all the way up towards the back of his field.
Nap time for Clue and PB
I took a minute to wonder what this crazy horse was doing, then I looked at the back corner of his field and I see his fence ON THE GROUND. When I tell you, he was running at that fence, he was really running, like, a grand prix jumper or something. I could just picture him yelling I'M FREE!!!! as he was heading back there.
His field is against another, but it is an old abandoned field that is not part of our barn, so it is falling down as well. I jumped out of my car and yelled for him, and he actually stopped and looked at me, so then I ran to the back corner, with him trotting behind me, and tried to block him from jumping over it, lol.
I called Bonni, while Shadow was standing behind me with his nose flared and his ears and tail up SNORTING like a bull at the fence. I couldn't stop laughing. I'll never understand why things like this always happen to me when I'm alone. On another note, THANK GOD I was there! I feel like I would have been going down the road later to get to the barn and Shadow would have been on the side of the road somewhere, or in the woods, or stolen!!! lol
Sneak Peek! lol
Needless to say, my day of riding turned in to a day of helping put the fence back up, which was pretty entertaining. Thank god for Bonni and her husband, because I don't know how I would have handled that if they weren't around. haha
So now, I am just waiting for the snow to get out of here so I can start working with Dom. So excited to get moving again and I miss her like crazy!!
Happy spring every one (on Thursday)!!
Fat Fuzzy Monster.
