Snow, snow , snow

Well, you guessed it, we've had snow, quite a lot of it, and really miserable weather, so the last few days have been useless for riding.  It's starting to clear now though, due to the huge amount of rain we've had over the last dayt. I managed to ride Bonbon in the school this morning before it started raining again, and she was a very good girl.
She is naturally more well balanced than Remy and it's nice to be able to trot in reasonable balance, although she is falling in on her inside shoulder. It's something that we'll be working on quite a bit, I think.
Obi and Elf are feeling the cold, so have been wearing their coats the past few day, but Obi managed to rip his. We found a temporary solution, although I'm not sure he's not too happy with it.......

Poor boy

Elfin thought it was very strange too..

It's done a good job of keeping him warm though.

A couple of days to remember

I'm posting as I want to remember the last couple of days.
I've ridden Bonbon a few times in the school. We can walk, trot and canter - in no great style, but it's a good start.
I've taken her up the track, only about 15 minutes, but yesterday we went for our first real hack. Jim came with us on foot, which was great as it gave both of us confidence. He stayed back and only a couple of times went ahead if we reached a scary spot. We were out for an hour or so and Bonbon was brilliant. She was looking at things, but was really willing and forward. Coming home, as is the norm, she was much more forward, but I sat quietly and she remained nicely balanced and soft in the hand with a good forward stride. I was pretty chuffed.

Today I rode Remy in the school and ( i know I've said this before, but this time it's really happening and is much more consistent ) we had good walk work with nice shoulder-in and some well balanced trot, with some nice transitions from reinback. To finish we practiced some walk to canter transitions and he gave me the most balanced and responsive transition we've had.  I've said this before too, but I really feel like it's all starting to come together.
So, a really positive couple of days with the horses.

On another note, after getting my first tenor sax  (I've got alto and tenor now) at christmas, I'm really enjoying it and looking forward to playing some duets with Ricky......I've got some nice old jazz standards lined up - can't wait!