I was finally able to get back to riding yesterday. We've gotten a tiny bit slower at the store so I'm actually able to leave at 5pm. I headed out to the barn and tacked up Storm. She was ok given that she has not been worked since, uhh...last summer. She threw in a couple bucks when I asked for the canter but reasonably well-behaved for a 5 year old TB. She is the TOTAL opposite ride of Cabot and is going to take a little getting used to. First of all, she's a million miles long nose to tail (Cabot is very compact) and the front end doesn't always communicate well with the back end. And she leans into the bridle so much. I figure that comes from race training (which is what I think she was probably doing in Kentucky before she moved to Texas to be a polo pony). I checked for a tattoo though and none there so I guess she never actually raced. We'll see how she comes along. She's a bit spooky so I'm going to try and get some places for her to go and experience.
Think I'm going to try and ride Cabot today and see if I can stay on a every-other-day schedule for both of them. Then no one is neglected.
PS. Cabot and Slim threw the mother of all hissy fits when I took their girlfriend away to ride yesterday. Gah...boys....
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