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Well I have officially neglected this blog... We had Chatt Hills last weekend but I decided to move Black down to Training because he took a couple funny steps in my lesson the week before. I had Dr. Stafford come out to check and make sure we were good to go. But I gave him a few days off that I needed in order for ME to feel prepared to take him Prelim in what I was expecting to be some serious heat. I have learned that if I don't feel 120% ready, it's not going to happen. So we moved back down to Training and enjoyed the weekend! I learned what I needed to do to get a great dressage test out of him and what I need to continue to work on out cross country and in stadium. I'm glad I decided to move him down and we'll get our act together for Full Gallop in August at Prelim!
But in the meantime, a friend of mine from high school and my riding idol, Susan Thomas, asked if she could take Black for the flat portion of her 'A' Pony Club rating at Riverbend in August! I said yes of course because how cool! Not only is it awesome because I've known Susan so long and want to see her kick this ratings butt but also because it will be really neat to watch how Black handles pushing his flat work just a little bit further AND I get help with it! Which we all know we need haha! I'm really looking forward to watching how they progress as they figure each other out and learning something about where our flat work needs to head in the process. Susan taught me a lot about properly caring for an event horse who self destructs in high school and I'm happy I can return the favor! I will be sure to post some pictures from the rating and in the meantime try and keep up with this blog! ;)