lame

got up to the yard this afternoon (sooo hot today!!!) and apparantly he has been pulled out of lessons this morning cos he was lame. Turns out he was being a wuss, trod on a stone or something and was suddenly totally crippled. i think he's doing quite well-thats 2 sundays in a row that he has escaped being used in the school, crafty sod! My instructor told me to jump on him and see how he felt, that they had had him out an hour previous to trot up and he looked fine, so see how it went.

Anyway, he was totally fine, did lots of work trying to get him to stretch out-so long rein in walk, trot , canter-he really stretched his back out in canter and came under himself really nicely, then played about with leg yield and shoulder in in walk, down the 3/4 line on the long sides of the school-which he did really well. tried turn on the forehand and he just got totally stressed and wound up, so will leave that until my lesson next week, cos i must have been a bit off with how i was asking. Walked him down the lane to cool him off-and now i see why ive been warned not to hack him until ive been out with someone-he's a bit of a nutter! tried spinning back to the yard, and was a bit uphimself and ready to tank back. will have to make sure i always turn around at dofferent points on the lane to come back or he is gonna start bolting back in anticipation, which will not make me very happy. Its a shame, cos he has really made me much more confident, and was hoping that people had just hyped up that he was a bit daft out. i can handle it-and hopefully stay on, but it makes me nervous, and then a bit of a rubbish rider as a consequence.

I felt a bit mean when we finished-he was totally knackered, and was really hot, so spen ages washing him off and making sure he cooled down, didnt drink too much too fast etc, and got him some hay. He's got a bit of a skill of managing to poo in his automatic waterer, so drained it and scrubbed it out, and bedded him down. He couldnt have been too peeved with me though, as he got all clingy and super cuddly when i was about to leave.

Now ive got Rani worked out, i just need to find me some friends down there :) being the new girl at a yard totally sucks.