a ride!

shoes back on, and weather unexpectedly stopped raining, so was able to ride yesterday

i only went into the arena, as it's such a while since i've been on hi, - thick end of 3 weeks, what with my holiday followed by his shoe loss! so wanted to try and remember what was said/done in last lesson - bearing in mind next lesson is this coming thursday and no homework at all done! - took me a while, but at least we kept going and by the end i felt i'd just about got the feel i was looking for that would enable him to know that i want to keep going....

now remembering that for monday when i next get on ....

and today weather clear so loads of laundry going in my neighbours' washer (mine still not fixed, man was supposed to come look at it but his 9 year old ended up in hospital getting appendix out...)

The good news is that Gaynor is getting another horse - that means that, whilst I lose my sharer, I acquire company for hacks etc.  5 year old TB that never raced as too slow, despite his sire Sea the Stars having won the Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe. Which just shows what a lottery breeding is.

Monfils is himself pretty well bred  (and i just found out today that his sire Sahm died aged 13 in 2007.....)

 However, G has to wait for a stable to come available, which may take a while.  There is an empty box 2 up from me, but the person hasn't handed her notice in on it and may not (horse recently PTS :-( and it takes a while to wrap ones head round what to do next, of course)

i shall be going up to see him where he is at some point - they're happy to keep him there until G has a stable here to put him in...