Winter lazies?

I always find it comical how while most horses get extra crazy during the winter once the cooler weather rolls around Poncho does the opposite. He gets so unbelievably lazy it’s not even funny. He just DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE, at all! So he’s getting a reminder that cold weather still means we can work. And while we seemed to have hit a bit of a snag with our cantering I decided to switch him back to his hackamore. I think we’ll stay in that for atleast another month before going back to the loose ring. His canter is lack luster when we’re cantering around the ring. BUT if we jump it turns into a magically wonderful, forward, and straight canter. Go figure.

Also in less than a month i’m almost at the point of needing to clip the beast again! I’ll hold off as long as I can or atleast until i’m back to riding regularly. I’ve been on the brink of a nasty cold for the last two weeks and on Monday I lost my voice and have had a sore throat. So i’m attempting to not push myself too much. We’ll see how that goes.

Slowly getting there

Poncho still has a little bit of rain rot that DOES NOT want to go away for anything. So we’re trying to battle that as much as possible.

I’ve been a bit inconsistent with the riding lately. Between going out of town, rain, and me we’ve been less than stellar. I’m trying to not stress it and approach it all as, if i’m not 100% committed to the ride I just won’t. We’ll see where that gets us I guess.

When I have managed to ride he’s been improving with his canter. Not as crooked as he’s been. Our trot work is hit or miss depending on his focus level for the day. We managed to pop over a small jump the other day which he didn’t think was worth the effort and only trotted over it. What a goober.