January 27, 2013 - Morgan and Majesty, 1 hour

* hoof trim, Morg & Maj

Had a little trouble with Morgan loading.  She got in once she felt the butt rope.  Have to work on that.

Trailered to Gina's.  Morg wouldn't hold still for a trim, had to round pen her.  Mr Shameless was there and calling out to the mare, it was windy, Majesty was out of sight, but still!  She calmed down once she was saddled.

We walked over to a mounting block and as Bill was swinging over the saddle horn, Maj snapped his head up (he got surprised by a small dog) and caught Bill in the nose - bloody mess!  Bill decided to ride anyways, so we headed out.

About 30 minutes in, Majesty's bit snapped in half so we had to walk back.  On a good note, Morgan handled herself like a dream!  

When we got back, we noticed Bill's hat was lost.  We untacked, loaded (no problems), and drove down the path till we found the hat.

3 strikes and the ride is over!  We have to ride the trail again on Saturday for the ACTHA competition.  We'll see how it goes.

January 23, 2013 - Morgan, 10 minutes

Dark, stormy night.  Threw feed in everyone's buckets but couldn't resist a ride.  Saddled Morg up while she ate.  That girl is such a trooper!

Told her two quick laps in the turn out and she was done - one lap to the left, one lap to the right, and she headed to her stall.  I laughed and said I wasn't quite done yet so she took me for one more lap.  Such an awesome horse.

Side note: Bill rode Majesty on January 20th.  I was too sick to go.

January 13, 2013 - Morgan and Majesty - 1 hour

Morgan loaded first time - both ways!  Trailered to the library.  Headed down the trail and through the sand dunes.  We spotted a coyote at the top of the next dune.  Bill had Majesty charge the coyote hollering at it, so we joined in.  The coyote went down the dune and joined two more coyotes.  We watched them run farther down the road before we continued through the dunes.  

A gentleman on a dirt bike came over a rise in front of us.  The horses handled themselves well and we continued down the dunes.  

Maj spotted a large piece of metal and stopped; Morg was more interested in horses ahead of us and ignored the metal.  We let them trot for a while to stretch their legs but brought them down before they could sweat.  Saw the coyotes again a few hundred feet off.  Really good day!

January 12, 2013 - Sundance/Majesty

Trailered Dance and Maj to Keystone.  We rode out past Mike and Pams, over to Wades, then over to Dawn's house before crossing over to the bar, by the school, and back to Keystone.  One little spook, but otherwise she was great.  We trotted them for a bit.

Dance had a hard time loading at the house, but we were able to encourage her by having me stand in the trailer and Bill encouraging from behind.  Cannot pull her or she rears.  On the return trip, she loaded with only two tries, which is a vast improvement!

December 21, 2012 - January 6, 2013

Christopher came home for the holidays.  Went to California, USS Iowa, Queen Mary, and Santa Monica.

January 3, 2013 - Morgan: 1 hour

Trailered to arena by library.  Let her run in the turn out for 15 minutes before tacking up.  Rode towards Karin's house and came across Karin on the way.  We rode for about 20 minutes before we got back to the turn out.  

From there we rode to Karin's house and hung out for a while before Morg and I started back to the arena by ourselves.  She did really well with Karin and "So What" and did decently on the way back.  A few stops and starts, a bit rushy in the trot, but better than the day before.

She would not load.  Tired flagging her, using the stick and tapping front legs, butt roping, anything I could think of.  Finally she loaded and I let her stand for a moment before unloading and reloading 3 more times.  When we got home, we unloaded and reloaded 3 more times before turning her out.

January 2, 2013 - Morgan: 1 hour

Took the trailer out by myself for the first time!  Drove to the library and unloaded her.  We practiced standing still while mounting before heading out into the open desert.  She was rushy, but she listened and tried hard.  

Had a little panic attack at a chair that had been dumped, so we went wide around it.  On the way back she kept trying to run so I turned her and made her walk away until she was under control and then turned back towards the trailer.

Decided to go to the arena and run a few laps before we went home.  She settled down quite a bit.

Bathed Morgan. She has dandruff.

January 1, 2013 - Morgan 20 minutes

Rode Morg.  Wasn't as bad as the day before, but not great.