Spoiled Girls

Today was farrier day for the girls. That gave me a great excuse to leave work early and see them in the daylight. I ended up having an hour to kill waiting. Lily is still in Yak mode, but all of sudden she has rediscovered her canter. Since I've had her, she really hasn't been inclined to canter or gallop more than a few steps at a time. I think her growth spurt had her so out of balance that she just wasn't comfortable.

Today, she was a cantering fool and what a lovely canter it was. She was up and effortless and swapped leads fluidly while playing around. It was lovely to watch and exciting to think about riding in a year or so. Megan was sure that Lily was getting too much attention and started barreling around herself to show off.

Once Eric arrived, Lily was up first. She was really good, other than trying to bolt over the top of us once and using Eric as a prop the entire time -- i.e. there is room for improvement. Next up Megan. What a pig I've raised. I've only myself to blame that she wants me to hold her head up the entire time. She nearly fell down leaning on Eric -- who isn't really capable of holding up 1400 lbs of piggy mare. Manners, we need some manners! Thank goodness it was just trims for both, so the torture was short. I guess a little bootcamp is in order before the next appointment.

This weekend they are both in for an abrupt interuption to their life of leisure. I finally have a weekend at home and time to torment, err work them.