Here’s to a Speedy Recovery

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope you guys all had a fabulous holiday season! Enjoy the photos of mine and Houdini’s latest jumping experience.

I have so much news to post! Real life seemed to keep getting in the way of me updating, but now I’m going to take my time and update. First off, on December 7th, Morgan and I cleared our very first 3′ fence! After realizing it wasn’t going to kill us, we did medal courses at 3′. It was absolutely incredible! I felt like I could walk on air the rest of the week.

Then New Years weekend, Morgan hurt himself in his pasture. We’re not sure what exactly happened, but his shoulder is injured. He’s been on medicine, but he’s currently still lame, 11 days later. He’s still his same old pony self, and going absolutely crazy being stuck in his stall all day long. I spent some time with him today, but all he seemed to care about was finding a way to break out of his stall. It’s so crazy to think of him being lame and out of commission. For the past two years that I’ve been riding him, he’s never taken a bad step. He’s always been so healthy and active. Now all we can do is hope for a speedy recovery. Everyone has been asking what we’re going to do as far as showing, but right now all I care about is him getting better!

In the the meantime, I’ve been getting used to being back in the lesson pony program. The first week, I rode George. He’s an adorable large bay Quarter Horse. During the fall George foundered, so now he’s just getting back into the swing of things. I was able to do a good amount of flat work with him and really work on my equitation. It’s nice to ride really broke ponies for equitation because you don’t have to worry about them acting up, you can just focus on your position. We did jump later in the lesson, but seeing as it was his first time since being back in work, we took it easy.

This week I got the grand honor of riding my instructor’s latest training pony, Princess Dianna aka P.D. She’s a bay medium Paint Pony. She’s fairly green, but she’s a fantastic ride! She’s pretty easy going, and doesn’t like her head being messed with much. Light contact is your best friend when riding her. I had ridden her once before, so my trainer could see her go, but that was only light flat work. It’s always interesting to ride a really broke pony, then get on a green one. You have to know what to expect. I didn’t expect to have an equitation lesson, or have fabulous looking equitation for that matter. For green rides, it’s how the pony goes, not about how you look. After flatting for a bit, we began jumping. We did trotting in first so I could get used to her, by the end of the ride we were cantering courses. She was wonderful and it made me feel oh so confident, that when we faced a problem, I was able to solve it. Also, P.D is the only pony I’ve really jumped lately other than Morgan, George and Houdini. It’s great to feel adjustable and able to ride so many completely different ponies.

As far as my two training rides go, I’m sad to say I haven’t had an incredible amount of time to devote to them. Today, I rode Dixie for the first time in probably two weeks. I took her outdoors for the first time in over a year. She spooked several times, understandably, but again, it made me feel great that I was able to deal with her issues on my own. I rode Houdini last before the New Year. I jumped him for the first time in over a month and he was full of energy! He’s so much fun to ride, but tends to buck if I come back in the saddle too soon landing after a jump. That’s something I really have to work on, but I’m going to be taking a lesson on him this week so we can get a refresher on what to work on.

Check back next week for more updates on Morgan’s recovery!

PS. Thanks for a great year, everyone! I’ve been blogging for over one year now! Check out my first entry ever; “Here’s to a New Show Season”. I look forward to a great new year, filled with tons of new entries about mine and my ponies fun adventures.

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~ by theroanypony on 11/01/2010.