We went on our first off the farm "Field Trip" today! We loaded up, very nicely, and hauled 30 miles up the road to a friend's farm (Thank you Joy!) Lindsay unloaded great and we hand walked around Joy's farm soaking up the sights. Lindsay was a bit afraid to walk into the barn, but it didn't take to much convincing and she was in! We rode a little in the round pen first and then the barn yard...even over another puddle :) When we finished up I used Joys "Official measuring stick"...(with the little air bubble to level it and all!)... to see just how tall our girl is. She thought that thing was a new scary monster at first, but realized pretty quick it was not... She sticks dead on 14.2 inches and a half an inch! Glad we don't have future plans of being a hunter pony! We'd be outta luck! I think she's gonna like the western events a bit more in the long run anyway.. the way she wants to stick her butt in the dirt!...Anyway, then it was back on the trailer and home. I was very pleased at how well she did. She was Very excited to be home though and jumped off the trailer a wee bit quicker than I wanted, we'll work on that, but I was happy to see her excited.
We rode again at the house and loped lots of circles, LOVING the feel of her lope! She is really following her nose nice and stays soft and round at the lope, just as she does at the trot and jog. Her "Whoa" from that lope is something else too...this girl loves to sit down deep and I'm loving it! Talk about fun!! Can't wait for tomorrow and the weekend..we will have to haul somewhere for sure :)
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