Hacking

Again, as the weather has been so wet, the ground is soggy and muddy and very slippery we haven't been able to do very much. On Monday me and Santana went into one of the flatter fields and did some large circles. Managed to get a decent canter around the whole circle on both reins. He's much better on the left rein than the right. He's still very heavy in my hands when turning. He'd much prefer to go in a straight line!


Today four of us went out for a hack around the roads because, guess what ... it was raining again! Me on Santana, Angie on Mysti, my daughter Jasmine on Catrin (see pic) and Angie's daughter Holly on Terry, all went out together. We started off with Mysti at the front, the two girls in the middle and Santana at the back. Half way round we swapped over and Santana went at the front. I was very pleased with him - he looked at things a bit but didn't spook or do anything silly. We also undid the gate to the farm when we came back. Soon he'll be opening it by himself! Roll on summer!