Fresh snow, fresh pony!

3:00-3:50

Alright so the snow was not so fresh, a few days old and slightly crusty, but it was still pretty fun to ride in. Crickett was sure fresh, she has gained some weight (good) so I had to re adjust all my tack. After the few weeks of non-riding I have done, it was harder then I thought to swing her saddle up on her.

Of course she takes off before I am fully on, and once I got my foot in the stirrup she broke into a trot. In the opposite direction that I wanted her to, onto the icy driveway to the other pasture where her boyfriend was excitedly pacing the fence. She threw a fit in the middle of the driveway, spinning and trying to get to her boy, but after a moments battle she let me move her to her own pasture to ride.

I do not think that I have ever ridden a more stiff horse then her! Goodness gracious, her neck was like an iron bar, and did not want to flex or give to the bit at all. We worked a bit on that, but before I could really get into the problems Crickett EXPLODED, bucking rearing and just going at it. It did not seem live a vicious kind of explosion, just a small "I don 't wanna" type of explosion. With the snow as deep as it was, she did not last long and was quite happy to be done with it.

That was pretty much all the excitement of the day and I do not really have much to add to that, other then it was fun.