Hey everyone,
I am sorry for the radio silence around here, I know my readership is small and I know I don’t communicate with all of you regularly. I have not DIED. I have not sold my horses and moved to someplace full of sunshine and warmth. I am still in the PNW and taking care of my ponies and ALLLLL the joy that entails! 🙃
After RftR I gave Bacardi the month off thinking that I was being a nice mom. We went to Breeders’s Cup (post coming on that soon) in November and when we returned I was all ready to get back to work with both of the kiddos…. HA. I got COVID instead and was out of the saddle for two weeks. It was AWFUL! So after those two weeks, I was so looking forward to sitting on my horse. I go out, get one ride in, and the next time I see him, he’s dead lame. I panic and phone a friend, she comes out and assures me its an abscess, so we start to treat. That was two weeks ago. Has the abscess ruptured yet you ask? No. It has not. So we are still soaking (almost) every night after work. Fingers crossed for us … PLEASE. My butt misses the saddle and Bacardi is SO BORED.
Ruffi on the other hand is progressing nicely. We have started her very lightly under saddle to build up some topline. She is getting training rides once a week with Sarah who runs the farm. She is EXCELLENT with Ruffi and really understands her and loves riding her. I am supplementing rides with some lunging and groundwork a couple of times a week and her fitness has just started to blossom.
So no, nobody is dead, everyone is alive, I still own two horses ..and I am not riding.
Send good thoughts!
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