cheers to a long weekend!

Happy Friday, everyone!! I'm seriously looking forward to a long weekend here in the States.... Tho unfortunately the forecast is currently sliiiiiightly ominous. Which. Ya know. Ain't exactly the most convenient, considering our plans. But we'll see what happens!

charlie likes to make his barn mates jealous with his grazing lol

It's been mostly a pretty quiet week for Charlie after his back to back stellar lessons last week. He got a day off while I was swamped with deadlines. Then more hacking and woodsy trot sets after a light rainfall. Apparently I'm making a habit of that haha.....

figuring out dem hills

We had another lesson too with upper level event rider trainer K this week, tho honestly I kinda felt like we could have just as easily skipped it. Charlie's been working well and hard recently, and I don't really want to make him dull.

But I couldn't get out to the barn later in the day anyway, so the morning lesson was the most convenient if I wanted to ride at all. And it was fine. Charlie was not really as connected from front to back as he has been, but I didn't sweat it. Honestly he was probably tired.

He did the things, tho. And uh.... the jumps looked really small. Which, ya know, I was fine with bc I'm not really all that interested in jumping max height every time. Afterward tho I asked if any of them even got to 2'9, and apparently a few were there or slightly above. So.... I'm pretty sure trainer P was lying to me about fence height in our lesson last week lol... Tricksy tricksy, that one.

these two are so ridiculous. they make the ugliest faces through their wire grate, and are constantly biting and kicking the wall between them.... but secretly i think they love each other lol via GIPHY

The rest of this week has been pretty low key too. The horse feels good. He feels right where I want him to be. So mostly I'm just focusing on keeping him happy and engaged.

Like pulling him out last night for just some simple ground work exercises to change the subject on him a little bit - while still asking him to think and remember the right answers. And maybe we'll hack out again tonight too, weather permitting.

Weather really permitting for all of the things, honestly haha. We've got some plans for the weekend but will just have to wait and see what storms, if any, actually end up blowing in. Wish us luck!!

Hope y'all have some fun stuff on the docket for the long weekend too! And fingers crossed you can actually spend some time outdoors for it -- ideally with the ponies too!