It has been exactly two weeks since I last rode. I know it is because I was so busy between helping my aunt and uncle and training Beauty =D Also we had some rain in that time as well so that didn't help any. I rode Navajo for about 45 minutes today. It was SO WONDERFUL to ride him again. We rode down the strip and turned the corner at the bottom. We did some trotting and even some cantering as well. The awesome thing is Navajo doesn't really loose anything he was taught the only thing he looses is muscle tone. He is great condition for his age and I do believe it is in part because ever since I have had him I have tried to ride pretty much every day (all except in winter). Also he is turned out 24/7 pretty much. I read already that turning your horse out is really really good for them =)
Anyway about my ride. As I said we did some trotting and cantering. I also got him to move his forquarters and hindquarters and the time off must have made him really good at it because he instantly did what I asked him to do!! Then I did some stopping with him and he remembered that quite good (hehe maybe I shouldn't be so amazed but I am not really amazed just happy he did so well). We also rode over to my neighbors and just rode around over there. We cantered toward home but I stopped him and turned around. I was so happy because he didn't even try to balk. He went right into a trot when I asked (it was awesome because we were headed away from home). Once we had done that a few times we went home and I groomed him good and spent some time loving on him!! He looks real shiney now again (he was dirty this morning from rolling!).
I didn't work with Beauty at all because I just wanted to spend time with Navajo =) I loved on her a bit though! Hope you all have a great week!!
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