Monday's Ride!

I didn't ride Sunday evening..I just groomed Navajo and did some walking with him. It was wonderful bond time and it was nice just spending time with my horse.

Then today (Monday) I did get to ride. Just bareback though. I was to lazy to get the saddle out and I was quite tired from making supper :D Anyway I hopped on and we walked down the strip. He acted like a bit balky but he did go. I got him to move his hindquarters around a few times first though. We went the whole way to the bottom and turned the corner. We did some trotting along the bottom of the strip..mostly trotting. It was quite fun. I got him to back up and move his hindquarters down there as well. He kept acting like he was going to run home but he was never given a chance :D For once he was being pretty good :) So then when I was finally ready to go home I cantered him and then asked for a trot. We rode the whole way to the begining of the strip and then I turned him around and asked him to walk back down to the torn up area. This he wasn't to happy about and he sure let me know.

I got him to move his hindquarters again and slowly we walked down the strip. After a long while we eventually DID get down there. Then I trotted him toward home. We didn't go back to the barn right away though. I got him to do some walking around the big yard there. He wasn't to happy about that either but he did it. I was very pleased with how he did today over all. We rode for 45 minutes over all. Then I got off and I walked him back to the barn for a well deserved grooming. He really enjoyed that!