But what I really came her to tell you is that we loped! It was ugly, it wasn't quite right, we had to break it down 3 times and still it wasn't quite right, but we did it! To be honest, Tonka was ready to do it long before I was. We've had too many wrecks and I have never had a sound horse to lope on, so I have a lot of anxiety about it. You can't lie to your horse though, and he knew what was up. He was offering and I was chickening out and he was getting a little irritated with me. But now that we did it and he didn't fall down and I didn't fall off, I think the next rides will get better and better. He wasn't the least bit stumbly today so I think he's doing pretty well in terms of his EPSM and his general fitness level. I have high hopes that we'll have some awesome rides this year, and do some growing in our abilities too. Happy day!
Very good - congratulations to you both!
ReplyDeleteWhat is it about loping? Until last summer I had issues with loping. My Boy has never bucked while we are loping, yet I've always been a bit fearful of it. Maybe it's because I'm not a 12 year old bombing around on my ponies anymore, LOL! I'm glad you had a good lope! It helps build the confidence!!
ReplyDeleteI was nervous to canter on Cody for the longest time too (still am in open spaces, but slowly getting better). He never had, but for some reason I was afraid he would take off on me. We just built it up slowly and now it is fun to canter laps in the arena :)
ReplyDeleteWe missed you this evening.
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