Went out the barn yesterday because today was forcasted to be bitterly cold (it is). It was a typical winter day so I thought Joker would be fine. He lunged fine before tacking up and then while trying to ride down the driveway he started acting up again. Nothing like last weekend, Thank God!! I didn't want to push my luck so we went back to the arena for lunging with tack on and he did find. I had a scary dismount before the tacked up lunge so I didn't get back on but chose to untack and go for a walk down the driveway with him. He was fine. Not sure if something is off in his back or his hooves hurt because of the ice. I'm at a loss but I felt good where we left things. Needless to say I'm still frustrated because I really want to go for a nice ride but I'll do what it takes to help my friend at this point. Another .37 miles on the books.
My ride calendar is already starting to take off too. I'm getting super excited for spring! So far my first planned ride is April 16th at Kensington Park with the DD crew. I really hope everything works out and I can make it the ride and to our celebratory dinner. I worry about my "kid" spending time at a foreign place but you never know until you try it. I'll really just have to pay attention to the weather and see what happens once April gets here. One of my best friends is getting married that month too so I gotta make sure I have all of that planned in there. The next ride after that is May 21st for the WHAM Judged Trail Ride at Silver Creek! I can't wait for this one! I had so much fun last year even if it is where I hurt my knee. I'm looking forward to doing some work with Joker on obstacles again and even see if we can teach him some new tricks. It's looking like a very HORSEY YEAR already!! Joker and I have a lot of dates to go on :D
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