Sometimes all the stars align. Or more specifically, sometimes a horse is alert and engaged and totally in tune with a handler and the handler has total control over every inch of a horse's body, maneuvering the horse effortlessly though a series of choreographed movements....
Perhaps someday that will actually happen to us, right? Ha!
In the mean time, I like to celebrate the small victories of our showmanship practice....
Like when that right hind augers itself a hole and my own footpath (mostly) resembles a circle, all while we both remain relaxed and confident. These two photos were not from the same day, the full circle is from a few months ago when I was giddy-as-a-schoolgirl to find a freshly dragged (drug?) arena. The closeup is from this week.... and it wouldn't be a picture of Junior if there wasn't some hair missing...
Those are nice! It's always a good feeling when you look down and see divots!! :)
ReplyDeleteNice! I'm not great at showmanship turns - I need to practice more...but I don't have an indoor. Guess I should go practice in the snow. :-(
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