Finally Pictures!

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All theses pictures are from her first ride..she is really stiff to the right so we are working on bending and getting on the bit. Video but havent figured out how to put it on yet!

On the bit

Lini is doing fabulous...I have never sat on a horse that is more comfortable to ride. She is starting to really relax and get on the bit and stretch. She is very lovely. I still need to get those pictures up.

She does however spook. She seems very nervous, I am thinking of putting some chamomile in her feed for a few wks and see if that helps...I hope. She is very twitchy too. Weird I have never had a horse that poops and twitches as much as her. Cant put her on any drugs...I dont want to get in trouble because I do want to show her soon. Maybe Sept and hunter pace in Aug. I think she will be fine as she is progressing VERY well.

Completly off topic..my son

I am a single mom, and its hard, I am solely responsible for all of his needs but, I have an amazing boyfriend who helps me raise him just not financially.

Well, we will call my sons father the "Donor". I left him when my son was 3 months old. Drove down to GA with $100 bucks my friend gave me.


So he has not tried to see our son in gosh ummm since I left him. And now...I get a phone call from his wife...(married same day we were divorced) saying that they want to see him. And take him NY....Oh lord! Has he lost his mind...

They want to just take him..to NY or back to NC. Everything in me says no. He has never taken care of Christian before...EVER. He has never been alone with my son. So no. So now we are battling it out!

I dont know what to do. I am so confused. Sadly we have no written agreement in the beginning but thank god we dont cause even then he wouldnt have tried to see him. Why now? He has been forced by the USMC in to AA forced into concelling marriage anger and parenting classes! He has shaken his 3yo step daughter...reported to the military...

I say no...will my son hate me, when he gets older?

My ride

I rode Lini on Tuesday, she is very lovely quick in beginning and tense but she calmed down and got on the bit and she has a VERY comfortable walk...as that is all we did on Wednesday...so maybe today we will do some trotting and maybe some crossrails for fun...who knows!

The RIDE

As stated in the title, the ride went fabulous! Maybe I am just over joyed. No buck, no twitching but, there was a mounting issue which was over come when we had some one give the "rider" a leg up. Yep she was fabulous even took her over some cross rails. She moves off the leg and responds to your seat. We will have to work on her frame..which is fine, thats something easy to do. So on Tuesday I plan on riding her. She showed no signs that she wasnt ready. So the fun begins! Pics and mini video to come soon!

To ride or NOT to ride that is the question !?

That is the question! Ha ha, well I am sure we are going to. Long ago (funny it was really only 3 years ago!) I wouldnt question this I would just do it...my trainer called it GRIT...boy, have I lost that. I guess when you have a baby and your the only one they rely on it changes your outlook and your not as daring. OR maybe its because I will be honest I am out of shape. Wont know till tomarrow, yeah some people may think I got in over my head.

But, I love green horses and thats all I have ridden...

gosh I had a lesson a few wks ago on a non green horse...BORING. Besides that the instructor was TERRIBLE. I mean she didnt tell me anything I didnt know I needed to work on... on top of that I ride huntseat...and dressage, not whatever she was trying...i just remeber her saying get more contact in his mouth....that could mean many things. so I did what I thought i was suppose to do which was get him in fram...he was a QH so it was QH frame...I must not have been doing it write...oh well.

I went through my ribbons today! So many good memories...but, I am starting a new venture..no more quarter horses all though I must say...i will miss them but maybe i can find someone to let me show there QH after all that is where my heart lies!

Back to the RIDE:

The girl who is going to ride her first is fearless, her and her mom break and train horses to jump grand prix level...So she will be first batter up...then me. After I feel comfortable. Which I am usually GUNG ho after I see how the horse reacts the first time I can asses how I am going to ride...thats how I rode when I was pregnant yep I did ride bucking horses in my first and second month...it went well just went with the flow and did it well. But its always easier to ride a horse like that when you have a trainer you trust. Anyone know of any affordable trainers in the GA area? I am trying but GEEZE some charge ridiculous amounts of money! I am sure there good, if not I will just take videos and send them to my old trainer after all she knows me best!

Well wish us luck and any advice for the first ride greatly appreciated..Will try to post video so you can laugh so hard youll cry or just say what are they thinkin...which is what I prefer after all thats what I have always gotten :)

Break Through

YEAH! It took me 5 min from the time I got to the barn to catch her yesterday! And we lunged she did however challenge me at that one. I figured her out. It is in fact a bit of a game. She hasnt yet decided if I should be in charge but, I fixed that when I got her to lunge...that was interesting. She is very good at trying to keep me infront of her shoulder but I got her to do what I wanted and that was the end of the lungeing. So we retreated and went for a groom. Silly bellini. I suppose we are going to try and ride this weekend...wish us luck and post pictures soon!