I took Andi out today with my Mom's horse, Fireman. I thought they would go good together because they both have a fast walk. I put Andi in front, we rode side by side, and I put him behind. He was his typical, perfect Andi self no matter where he was. Andi is definately my dream-come-true horse! Then, much to my surprise on our way home, Mom said she thought she could do a 25 mile ride! I didn't say anything at the time, but later I asked her if she was serious about doing some local LD endurance rides. She said yes, although she may need her walker at the end of the ride. I said her walker would fit in the truck! So I will continue to ride Andi out alone most of the time, and Mom and I will start to condition Fireman and Whisper!
Speaking of Whisper; after I got home and got Andi up, I took out Whisper as I was to meet with my neighbor, Sharon, for a ride with just the two of us. We did some trotting and Whisper was fine. She had to canter a bit to keep up with Sharon's warmblood's trot, but it was an easy canter and not an out of control canter. So not only am I not going to give Whisper any extra feed, I am going to keep my rides with just one or two other horses for now. Whisper could be a horse who gets too hyped up in a larger crowd. So it seems I need a horse to ride in a group. Hmmmm, that would be Raven!!! I just have to get her in shape, so to help mom ride longer, she and I will go out after Whisper and Fireman are done on Foxi and Raven! We will start with them on short, 3 mile rides and build up until Raven is in shape to ride with the "Nag Hags" group! Sounds perfect! That puts me on 3 horses a day! Susan in NV Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/ Disclaimer CAUTION: DO NOT DRIVE WITH HOT COFFEE IN YOUR LAP ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
