Both days were windy and cool in the open, glorious in the bush. The sun almost made things too warm, bundled in fall-time layers as we were.
We put the horses through all their paces. Patrick is particularly proud of some serious trotting half-passing, including through corners. Unfortunately, this maneuvre seemed to anounce an impending race to poor Max. While his trotting remained calm and consistent beside Bill's fancy feet, the barest whisper for a canter had him instantly shooting off at top speed. The first time required some interesting tactics to get him under control but after that, we were back to our reliable canter in-hand.
Max does feel this need to break warp effort in his transition from trot to canter, which can be unsettling, but he's back under me before the second stride. We'll have to figure out some kind of exercises for that. I'm not sure if arena or open road would be the best approach for this boy.
And now for the good stuff:
Finally got myself a pair of nippers. Time to take my hoof care to the next level. Amazingly, it was the newest pony I tried them out on first, during his supplimental feeding. Scout (we finally named him) was better than Max at the entire process!
Another of my favourite Wednesdays tomorrow! I'll have to let you know if I can get him in the trailer without a buddy.
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