Its my 20th birthday today! Mandy came out and help me and Drum have a ride. It was pretty windy and I was a bit nervous about getting on, Drum gets the wind up his bum and is a bit jumpy.
But I got on anyway because I knew I could do it. Mandy lead us around to start with but we really didn't need it so she set us free and I rode Drum around her in one corner of the paddock. Because of the wind, I think I had a bit too much contact, subconsciously expecting Drum to be naughty. I think it may have caused a few minor problems with our ride today but nothing major went wrong so it still ended up being a success.
We flexed both ways a couple of times and did lots of rein changes. He was a bit nappy towards Mandy but I was firm with him and kept him out and away. We went over a pole and between hay bales. He was quite difficult around the hay bales - cmon Lexy, FOOD!
Mandy jumped on after me and had a wee ride - she loved it. How can you not love Drum? Haha. She got a good forward walk and did some trotting, and did the pole and bales as well.
We got plenty of photos but my computer is a bit of a prat in regards to uploading them. Here is one of me riding today.
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