It was twenty six degrees today. Yesterday was a sunny nearly fifty degree day. I had four layers on top and two layers on the legs. I had my Muckboots on to keep my toes warm. I was very warm as first bridle less fear kept my internal heat engine fired up. I was worried about the stopping part. When Fancy gets going, she likes to go. She goes and loves to speed up. She hasn’t been rode much with the neck rope, maybe less than five times. The stick can drive her head into the wall, maybe, if she decides to rev up her engine. Pray. We walked around the arena for about 15 minutes, getting the idea that directions and stopping matter. Finally it was time to speed up. We made it the length of the arena and stopped. We did that several times. I was getting more and more comfortable. I was able to let go of the neck rope and ask for speed. Holy Moly, we zipped a lap around the arena at a fox trot. After much praising and rubbing, we did it again. Chas and Bravo were riding. Erin was riding too. I did not run into them. They witness the first bridle less ride!
whoopee