If you ever want to know how awesome your horse is, buy a new saddle.
I hauled the saddle out and dropped it on Morgan's back while she was eating. It looked good, so I decided to sit in it ... brought the step stool in, wrapped the latigo under her belly and tucked it through the cinch strap hole, and climbed on. Then I realized I had not bridle on. Hmmm.
Morgan started walking around the stall with just leg pressure, but I couldn't get her to stop because Majesty was trying to bite her over the rails. Thankfully she did stop at the far end of the stall with a tug on her mane and I hopped off.
Only then did I realize how stupid that idea was. The saddle wasn't on securely and it could have been bad. Silly me. I got a cinch, cinch strap, saddle pad, and the bitless and spent the next 20 minutes adjusting the saddle placement and stirrups.
Once I got it set, I climbed up and had Morg do a quick lap around the turn out. Took 3 tries to get the saddle set up right. Bet she was glad to see me go!
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