Summer Riding — Chasing Cows and Learning to Turn
Hi! Sorry for being so quiet lately! Guess what I’ve been doing? Riding horses and chasing cows! I’m been having so much fun. You know, chasing cows is a lot like longing horses, putting pressure on the hip speeds then up and pressure on the head slows them down. Piece of cake right? Pffft!
I don’t have a bunch of time to write because I’m behind on everything, but heres the quick summary:
- Turns out Leo is super supple and I’ve done “a great job” there
- I “get” the cows. Does that mean I’m cowy?
- Leo and I are horrible at turn-arounds, which means, it’s really me thats horrible at turn-arounds.
- We did our first flying lead change. Woooooooooo!!!! It was ugly, but we did it!!!
- I have a riding instructor/amazing horse trainer that is a total keeper
- Leo is going to his first team-roping this weekend. This is a pass or fail for him so keep your fingers crossed.
- Best news of all! Leo is coming home after the roping next week. (Of course, if he does horribly at the roping, he’ll probably only be home for a short time, but I’ll worry about that if it happens.)
I hope everyone is having a great summer so far! Hows training going? How are the horses? Whats going on?
