Lil lame

We are supposed to be going off to a clinic at Hazelwood Lodge on Saturday, and Lil is lame.  Not uneven, and it might fix itself in a day or two.  No.  Dead lame.  So lame, she refuses to trot on the right rein.

Tragedy?  No.  Opportunity.  Opportunity to take Dingo to the clinic.  Of course, this is not my ideal situation, as I have a thousand questions to ask about Lil and her training.  Those will just have to wait.

In the meantime, the opporunity to take Dingo opens up a whole new can of worms.  Where to from here with Dingo?  Do I want to train him for myself?  Keep him for Sabina?  Or sell him?

Group ride

A couple of friends came up today and together we went for a trail ride.  It was a great opportunity to take Lil out.

Well, she was a little champ.  When we first heard the motorbikes she seriously thought it was time to flee.  But since the other horses remained calm, and I just firmly asked her to calm down, she gave the whole fleeing thing a miss.

When we went for a canter, I thought she might want to head to the front and race.  But no.  I was pleasantly surprised.  I was able to move her to the front, then move her to second, and so on.  And she stayed so relaxed and so soft throughout.  It was, to put it simply, just marvellous.