Well, I might as well start right off with my news, Bouffe and I are doing a show! The farm where I take hippotherapy, Four Quarters Farm, http://fourqtrsfarm.com/ has a series of schooling shows during the year, which have classes for therapeutic riders. The next show is June the 16th and Bouffe and I are entered in three classes: Walk Halt, Walk Trot, and Trail. I showed in the walk halt and the trail last year and placed second in both, riding my hippotherapy horse who is a retired 1st level dressage horse. To say she was push button is putting it mildly. I knew this year was going to be different.
I told Trecie about my plans before we started the lesson. She knew exactly what I was talking about and wasted no time in getting us started. Of course, the walk halt was easy and Bouffe stopped with just light pressure on the reins. The trotting was a different story. Bouffe was in a lazy mood and also got bored with the constant repetition of walk halt and walk trot. Once I got him to trot he did fine but again my legs told me they still needed more strength to give Bouffe the right signs. After a couple of trips around the ring posting I was tired and getting sloppy, being on the wrong diagonal on several occasions. I have ten days to get my act together or I will have to withdraw Bouffe from the walk trot class.
I knew what I had to do: swim and exercise. Riding Bouffe as many times as I could was going to be helpful also.
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