She ended up only needing 2 weeks of training (according to them) and we brought her home and have essentially had a dream horse since then. We walked 80% of the loop and were shocked when we came to the turnaround after what seemed like not very much riding. DH will be gone all weekend and for the next 2 weeks my only chances for riding will be at night after dark in the arena with the lights on since there is hunting on all of the land around us and at all trails/parks.

His family was quite upset at first, but then realized that if it was their passion project, they were curious to see how it would pan out and therefore allowed them to open up expecting that they would probably shut down within the first week.It had been in the 60s for the people who rode Friday (Including C) so it was a shock for them to have snow the second day. She was happy as a clam heading out on the trails and did a pretty good job of pulsing down (not enough to get us a placing in the novice ride which is judged on competitive trail rules but plenty under the AERC rules). We did one more intro ride where the vet told me Stitch was ready to keep going and I saw that as my sign to move her up to LD's. inch tires and she was having some problems but I think it came down to technique as well and the narrower tires. So please do not under any circumstances think that it's okay to replicate this type of behavior in the real world- it's not okay.

I know some people say they can train a horse for 50's only riding one day of the week (although those are probably Arabians) so I'll do my best and come April 15th I can ride as much as I want. BFG i also find the think soles on Mountain Horse not to my liking which is a shame as i like their boots apart from that! For more information on cookie lifetime and required essential cookies, please see the Privacy notice. My goal right now is to try our first 50 at Maplewood (first weekend of June) next year, the place we did our first 25 mile ride this year.I joined all of the Facebook groups, sent in my checks for AERC (and the greenbean program), UMECRA, and MNDRA and bought more and more tack. Jake was terrified and tried to jump the gate, tripped and cut up his legs not badly but enough to be a little sore. First is her blanket (pink of course) for being top 10 in MnDRA (Minnesota Distance Riding Association). Trigger Warning: There will be material written about rude remarks about bodies and even some insensitive language such as using curse words.

There's only 20 camp sites in the horse part of the camp which is definitely not enough room for everyone without an overflow area so the ride managers had to find a new spot.I wasn't going to go to the ride this weekend (DH wants to go duck hunting) but I decided I'll drive Stitch down to Emily's in the little trailer Wednesday night and go with her. We also noticed how skinny he's gotten since the grass has disappeared and we've started feeding hay.