I set aside my fears tonight and it felt good. We got to ride outside in the big arena with dear good friends. That felt really good.
We warmed up really good. We are trying to do the hill climbing that Linda Parelli recommends so that Sue will be better balanced. Sue gets to trot up and down a small hill. She also got to jump over some logs. What a fine time she had.
Our friends were in the arena. Our good friend Jane opened the gate for us. We don’t like to get really close to things yet.
We went in and just rode around. We tried to end up standing with the group. It made us nervous to be very close to the group of horses, but we survived.
Sue loves to get on the outside track of an arena and just go. I think that she finds comfort in that as it was how she was rode for quite a bit of time by a past owner who was good to her. Most of my horses like to cut the corner before we get to the fence, but not Sue. She goes straight to the fence. She doesn’t want to cut through the arena. she wants to follow the rail. So, I let her do that some of the time.
We didn’t ride much, but we rode without my fear getting in the way.
That was a big successful ride!