Snowy Day

Well they weren't lying about the snow! I could NOT believe it when I looked outside my door this morning. We must have gotten at least 6 inches, this constitutes a huge snow storm in the south! The horses were all quite high, especially the ones that were stuck in their stalls last night. Luckily none of them wiped out (at least I didn't see it if they did!). It was still snowing quite hard in the morning so we decided to wait until the afternoon to ride anyone.

Around one Denny and I decided to take Skybreaker and Cordi out for a hack. We rode around the farm but when we would go down any hills Skybreaker would slip pretty badly. When he almost fell down we decided it was best to go in the jump ring. The footing was quite good so we worked them in the ring for a while. Cordi is traditionally a very quite horse, today she almost dumped me several times! Every time snow would fall off a branch or jump she would leap in the air. It was actually quite funny because it is so the polar opposite of how she normally is. In the end she settled down and worked really well. With all her energy she really felt great, she was nicely forward and connected, which can be a problem at times.

Denny and I then rode 2 more sets in the indoor. We didn't work any of the horses too long, with the bad weather we didn't want to get the horses too sweaty. All the horses on the farm didn't get worked today but we mostly have young horses right now. It isn't such a big deal if the young ones get days off here and there. Hopefully the snow will melt tomorrow and we will be able to work all the horses outside!