It’s been awhile!

I hope all you folks are still sitting up and able to take nourishment.  My view has changed and changed again.  With the winter I have been hooking my black mares.  We have added and subtracted from our herd of horses.

I pulled the file on my gelding “Dancer”.  He’s 11 years old this year.  WOW!  Where did that time go?  He is still the best ride around.  I read in one of my “horse books”, if I were granted a wish to ride any horse I wanted, which horse would it be?  Man-O-War?  Secretariat?  Sea Biscuit?  Maybe one of the founding studs’s of the mountain horses.  Well much to my surprise, after much thought, Dancer IS my ride.  I am relaxed, confident, and in control when I ride Dancer.  Those are the qualities I strike for.  Most of the time when asked if I care to try out someone else’s horse, I decline; as much for the horses sake as my own.  Oh, don’t misunderstand; I have ridden a lot of different horses.  Sometimes I feel sorry for the horse, I’m giving them cues and they don’t have a clue what I’m asking.

You maybe asking about now, yeah, so what?  Well in about one month or less, we’re all going to take to the saddle with the nice weather.  Some of those horses won’t have a clue what’s being asked of them.  I suggest, take a few days and reacquaint yourself to your horse, before you hit the trail.  Circles, stops, turns, stops ect. ect.  A fresh start in the spring “on” the right foot will go along way for the rest of the summer.

Hope to see you on the trail!

So stay straight in the saddle!

Mike