Riding

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Well the last few days of riding Rosie have been fantastic. She is so chill with all I have been asking her! Sorry no pictures,  but the few days  culminated with our trail ride to the big woods yesterday. I put the bareback on her and ponied her to our spot where we did some trail clearing. She stood tied to a tree for about 45 minutes while we worked. When we got on our way I hopped on her from a log with just the rope tied into reins. We went about a mile, down the trail we had just cleared, thru a creek, up a small hill, over logs,  and through several muddy spots. Felt like I could have been on anyone of my experienced horses! She even trotted a little to keep up.
Her attitude with the other horses was just fine, no grouchiness, and even kept a nice distance from the horse in front. We have a super nice trail pony in the making!
 



 



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