Today we had a jumping lesson. It went really well, he was a good boy, only running out a couple of times when we changed it too much! I think we did about 2ft3, but I forgot to measure it. Anyway, some more photos for you to enjoy x

wheee!
wow - a jump! I never seed one of them before...
thats a bit crap!
backing off a bit

sorry - I haven't ridden in a while due to the absolutely foul weather we've been having. It's rained and rained and rained and rained. The school is out of the question, I think we'd sink, and riding out isn't much fun. He had a day off sunday, monday we had a brisk trot for 30 mins down the bridlepath, tuesday we groomed and that was it and today I cantered down the bridlepath in full weatherproof gear, leapt off, hit a wall, made a BIG SCARY NOISE and landed. Then Muzzy landed. On my toe.

I popped him in a stable, wincing as I hobbled towards my friends tack room. I grabbed a rug off the rail and came back to find Muz on his way out to visit some friends. As I was backing him into the stable he trod on my toe again and then leant on me for a scratch. So I have a lovely black and brown toe and cannot walk, just in time for my holiday - the joys! On the plus side, however, my friend has agreed to exercise him while I'm away and also we did a very nice flying change from good to bad leg on the way down the path.

I will do my last blog on saturday for almost 3 weeks as I have two weeks in Greece followed by Pony Club, but will hopefully have lots to blog about afterwards.

Hopefully global warming will kick in and I'll get some sun for a jumping lesson tomorrow - if the school is looking less like a tropical swamp!

It's such a nice field

sorry - he needed the loo!

counter canter, a little unbalanced but working on it

still from the gallop film - he just loves to run and run

seeing mum for the first time

there was something in the bushes!

gorgeous - just how I like him

not sure what happened here!

i think he needed the loo ;)

PICTURES!

I finally got some pictures yesterday! I shall post them after this. We did some schooling in the field (not the field he is turned out in - it has post and rail in that, not the barbed wire you will see, which is just plain dangerous for horses)
Lots of circles and serpentines, got some nice lowering and listening, and then a quick blow out gallop before back to work. Gallop is on YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_vx1B234o8A for anyone interested.

Very pleased with him, on Saturday the 12th of July I have a sponsored ride, and I think mum will borrow a horse so I will probably take some form of camera x

Hope you're all having as fabulous weather as us and enjoying your horses :D