Apparently, she was undeterred by my confusion; she told me she was a nurse and didn't have much time to ride her three Quarter Horses she boards at the barn. The barn manager had told her I was a horse trainer (should I get some business cards for that?) and recommended she talk to me about legging up her horses.
And that's how I ended up with three western pleasure horses to exercise.
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| Cutter |
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| Dolly |
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| Chip |
Their owner simply wants me to get them in shape and keep them there, and remind them of their manners. All three are very easygoing and very slow. Like, I thought I'd ridden some jogs and some lopes on horses at the therapeutic center; I was wrong. I'm certain that Gina walks faster than Chip jogs.
It's a nice change to ride something different than what I'm used to, and of course, it's nice to have more ponies to work on!
6 comments:
Fun! I LOVE sitting on a well trained western pleasure horse :)
I giggle every time I ask them to go faster than a walk. They're so comfortable!
Cool! Sounds fun
They are cuties!
Okay, so random question: what color is Cutter? It's like.. a spotted gray, but not a dapple or flea bitten. Educate me!
That picture of Cutter makes him look like a much odder color than he really is. (He'd just had a bath in it.) He's a gray and white pinto- his gray parts are flea-bitten. If you see him while he's dry (and clean), he looks pretty much like a flea-bitten gray all over.
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