I got out for my lesson fairly early this morning. It was cold, and I was excited because cold weather means I am able to use my favorite saddle pad - the burgundy one with the gold piping. It's micro-suede, and it doesn't breath very well in warm weather, so I only use it in the winter when the horses won't get as hot.
Got on after talking about my stirrup leathers (which are decidedly too long), and I ended up wrapping them once around the iron so shorten them up. Felt so weird after being used to my too-long length, but my two-point was sooo much better feeling with them shortened up!
Unfortunately as we started trotting, Amber looked very off behind, and felt off, and as I was about to ask Casey how she looked from the ground and my question was answered, when she mentioned it too. Apparently the horses in Amber's paddock did some running and kicking last night when a couple of donkeys got into their paddock, and we concluded she just got a little banged up - so miss Amber got bute and stall rest. Make up lesson Thursday with Amber, provided she's feeling better.
Casey left to go to the bank (and to pick me up some lunch on her way back), and I got to work on the stalls. When she got back there was a horse colicking...not violently, thankfully. At first we were unsure if he was mildly choking or if it was really colic. This horse is also HYPP positive, but it wasn't anything like an HYPP attack so we ruled that out. There was a lot of laying down and getting back up in the pasture. Casey brought him in and had to go out again, so I kept an eye on him for her. He apparently coughed up a ball of hay/grass, so it seems it was choking. I never saw him do it, but it must have been while he was still in the pasture. He pooped a little, drank a little, but I mean a LITTLE. He didn't seem to be in pain, just like he didn't feel too great, but he did eat his breakfast (which he hadn't been interested in that morning) when his owner got there later.
So it seems today was not a good day for the ponies!
On a nicer note, some of the people who have horses out there but NEVER ride cleaned out their tack cubby (which is bigger than the one I had, and you guys know how much junk I have), and all that was left was a saddle seat saddle that nobody knew who owned it...sooo, Casey let me move it, and move my stuff in to give me more room. YAY! I'm going to get Jess to help me put up a shelf and some hooks Thursday.
Hoping to get him to take some footage of me and Amber also?
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