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Since I work, I have to wait for the weekend (bummer...). ?But the rain, and spazzy horses .. OH YEAH. ?(Nancy - I'm over in Lakeside/Santee area, and I ride in Descanso/Cuyamaca)

I thought it was going to be wetter last Sunday than it was, and I was worried about getting my truck getting stuck ?at the trailhead, so I stayed home. ?There were a couple of places to lunge (round pens were too wet), and the track was dry enough to trot/walk on, so I figured I would lunge a bit, and then see about doing some light riding. ?Oh Boy. ?I knew I was in trouble when Caisson took off in a huge spook as I reached down for the lunch whip. ?It took 45 minutes to get a controlled trot circle out of him on the lunge line, and that was interrupted with more bolting and some very impressive rearing at the end of the line. ?Sigh. ?When I did get on, I had 3 bucking episodes before he seemed to get all the excess energy under control. ?Good thing they were little bucks. ?:)

I'm going to have to go through the whole thing again this weekend, since with the time change, it is full dark before I even get out to see him at night, and too chilly to let him rip around in the round pens and get sweated up. ?Our ranch is having a fun show on Saturday, so I will be doing that instead of riding. At least the round pens should be dry enough to let him really get the bucks out before I get on. ?The gymkana classes should be really interesting. ?:) ?Sunday, I'm planning on a nice, long ride (yippee). ?

On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Nancy wrote:

OK.OK!!? With the rain and now the cold Jazzi is beyond spazzy.? I rode her the day before yesterday and it was like riding a barrel of loaded TNT ready to blow at any moment.? I have not been looking forward to riding her alone in the (so cal) cold.? It was in the mid 30’s this morning at the barn and now (9 am) it is just barely 50 at the house.? It will be in the low 40’s at the barn and on the trails. One of my borders just called and we will go out on what we call an “old lady ride” this morning.? This will, I hope, unload the bulk of the TNT so I can then do some training when the geriatric horses are done with the old lady ride. I just do not want to get hurt!? Herein lies the main problem, old rider + young, fit horse + cold weather = ?DANGER!!!!? OK, OK, I even lunge her first, off I go, pray for me!

Nancy Reed

(Please God, protect my old, beat up bod)

Lazy J Ranch

Elfin Forest,?CA? (who said it never gets cold in southern?California?)