Cob Jockey

Braving a high of 25 and a stiff wind, I took Connor out for a hack today.  The sun was shining, that makes it warmer, right?  He was such a good boy for our lesson on Thursday, I wanted to reward him.  I wrapped myself in his cooler and draped the back over him like a quarter sheet, and stayed quite warm.

The first part was spent playing in the field across the road, walking up to all the new fences and pretending each one was a lion before settling down and realizing it was not.  The second was spent walking around the field.  I didn't ask him for anything other than control of his body and mind, but I did focus on keeping my elbows forward and reins longer.  By the end, I'd established a lovely forward walk with him reaching into the bridle with a long neck like he did in my lesson, and coincidentally, that was just when my instructor drove by.  She rubbernecked like she'd just saw a traffic accident, and later told me that he looked 'absolutely great' when she saw us.  Go home team!



As you can see in the photo, we're back to his old green Schneider's blanket of questionable waterproofing. The TuffRider blankets just suck quality-wise, and this is with a pony that is as gentle as possible with his blankets.  Schneider's blankets fit him so well and last so long, I don't think there's any question that I'll be re-waterproofing this heavy and buying another medium for him for next year.