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Author: Jennie (Dana) |
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Date Posted: 20:50:19 12/19/02 Thu I was petting my adoptive mom's grand prix horse, Miss Congeniality, when my mom, Dana, walked up."Hey Jennie," she said."Hey Dana," I said back."Jen, guess what?" "What?," I said."You know Bahama Mama? Teh horse I leased from Jennifer & brought over here about a week ago?" Dana said."Yeah?" I asked."Well, I was wondering if you'd like to ride her? She's just perfect for you! She jumps 3 foot hunter/jumper courses, is somewhat spirited, but also nice, & is a great ride! I think you would do great riding her! what do ya say?" "Ok!" I said, excitedly."Well then go get her ready!" Dana said.I nodded & raced off to the tack room.I grabbed my brown close contact saddle, a fleecy, white saddlepad, a snaffle bit bridle, a raised, standing martingale, my velvet riding helmet, a pari of black riding gloves, my english chaps & a grooming box.It took 2 trips to carry it all back to where Mama's stall was.I set the saddle, saddlepad, helemt, & chaps on a saddle rack, attached to Mama's stall, then I put my gloves in the grooming box, set that down right outside Mama's stall, & finally, hung the snaffle bit bridle on a hook on Mama's stall door.Then I grabbed Mama's halter & opened her stall door.The pretty, light grey TB mare walked over to me, & I put on her halter.Then I put her in the crossties & quickly groomed her.I tacked up Mama.She was good about having her girth tightened, & didn't act mare-ish at all.She accepted the bit easily, & kept her head still as I did up the straps on the bridle.Mama had perfect ground manners & was a complete angel about me tacking her up.I strapped on my helmet, put on my chaps & gloves, then led Mama over to one of the indoor jumping arena's.It was very cold out, there was snow all over, & it was dark out.Basic instinct helped me find the indoor jumping arena, along with hating being out in the cold.Once inside the arena, it was much warmer.I mounted Mama from the ground & got her to walk on.I sponged the reins for a while, to get Mama to settle down & get into more of a hunter form.Once I had walked Mama for a few laps, I squeezed her with my legs to trot.The TB mare had a nice, long trot.I imediatly started posting.Checking my diagonal right away.I switched it imediately, & kept on posting.I had only glanced down, so it was hardly noticable.After trotting Mama in both directions, I got her to canter. G2G! will continue tomorrow! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |