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~chuckling~

I said if I had one I’d be tempted. I may not want to be tempted! LOL

Yeah, that’s all you need is another horse to work with. But you gotta admit, it would be fun. Some of my old riding buddies like to drive theirs to a little 2-wheel cart like that, but I imagine that getting the whole rig loaded up to take it somewhere safe to ride would be kind of a pain.

BladeRider and her daughter Amy and I had a good ride yesterday. BladeRider started out riding Blade and Amy was on the new horse Shane, but they swapped at the lunch break. Shane is doing really well and is REALLY smooth, but he wasn't real happy with his bit or something because he kept tossing his head. She had him in a curbed snaffle Wonder Bit, because that's what they said he had been ridden with, but when we got back to the trailer, she tried a hack on him for a quick spin around the camp and he didn't toss his head a time, so maybe that'll be all it takes to fix him up.

I rode Ellie and tried her in a mullen-mouth curb this time because when I used the hack last time she seemed to carry her head too high, but she REALLY didn't like that bit, although it's pretty mild and is what I use on all the rest of them. We started off a little faster than we usually do and I was holding her back some and I thought she was gonna dump me a time or two, but after some trial and error I figured out a way to stay out of her mouth but still maintain some kind of control and by the end of the ride she was doing MUCH better. But I guess I'll try something else the next time. Bitting issues are such a pain. You just never know what's going to work and what's not and you can spend a ton of money trying to figure it out.

Here's a couple of pictures I took at the lunch break...

Amy on Blade and BladeRider on Shane...

Me and my little shrimp Ellie...

Shirley on Spot. He's been riding her a lot more here lately, trying to get her back in shape to sell because he's got more horses than he can ride too. She's a TWH/SSH but she's so heavy-boned that she looks like one of those Gypsie Vanners. She's a really good trail horse too and anybody who can sit up straight can ride her, so if you know of anybody who wants a really nice calm smooth-riding horse, let me know.