Lucky Star is enrolled in Wednesday night group lesson with Karen Moulis at Pine Dell Farm. Group lessons are great experience for horses and people too. For one thing, horses get used to other horses zipping around going all directions. When Lucky Star and I go into the show ring, he’ll think it’s pretty tame compared to a group lesson.
Lucky Star keeps getting better and better every time I ride him. He had all the impulsion I wanted tonight. He did everything asked of him and he was one tired little pony when it was all over. I’m so grateful to Jenny and Tony Vaught for his training.
We had quite a great ground game where all the people walked around the arena, sending their horses around them at a trot. People walked forward while horses circled their humans. It was quite an adventure for Lucky Star to maintain his gait. When we were done, he was sweating. It took a lot of effort for him to understand, “Do Not Stop”.
We rode. The next game was musical barrels. This was a little different from musical chairs. Everyone has a barrel and the barrel has a treat on it. Horses really really like this game.
Our next game was tag. We all carry horseman sticks…carrot sticks, etc. One person is “it” and they have to tag someone on their thigh. Sadly, there was a lot of cheating going on. People tried to pretend they weren’t “it”. People blocking a horse so “it” could tag their rider. People “it” sneaking up on you. Oh the indignity. Lucky Star had enough impulsion that when I got tagged as it, I could actually catch a rider and tag them. Oh he’s getting better at moving forward off my leg.
He’s so much fun to ride. His body stays squarely underneath my body. He is short and cute!
Remember, he’ll probably be for sale after I ride him at the World Celebration. He belongs to Teresa and Junior Osborn.
Tomorrow is our first trail ride at James A Reed!