Cloud nine

This morning I hopped on to do an easy work-out with Dea. It turned out to be an absolutely gorgeous day, sunny and warm with fast moving clouds and a good wind to keep the bugs away. My friend Charlotte was nice enough to come by to take photos.

We had an incredible ride, Dea just felt so fabulous. Pam was really pleased with how even in the beginning trot she was using her back instead of bracing. Coming back from the show Dea was only at about 80% but wow was it nice. I won't list out stuff for this ride since I spent the most of it floating around smiling. We did some basic serpentines/leg yields at trot then moved to canter. Pam wanted her a little more free because she was almost offering too much sit for what we were trying to do today. She said that was great but we wanted to keep on the side of easy today. 

Big smiles and I just wanted to canter forever. Until Pam reminded me that even though it was nice we need to go the other way. We got some equally nice work the other direction with keeping her straight off my outside aids. I took her for a brief stroll around the outside of the arena and called it a day. 

It truly was one of the best rides I have had in a long time. Amazing considering we are both a bit tired and sore (at least I am!) coming back from showing at UNH.

 For now it is communal nap-time for horse, rider and cat alike.

Feline portrayal of how I feel