Saturday, August 20, 2005

Please Don't Leave Me....

We had an "episode" on Tuesday's ride. There's one place where there's a steep uphill and we all canter it. Casino likes to canter, usually, and Daisy -- well, she can't always make it up the hill. So Mary and I were going to trade places and let Casino pass Daisy right before we started the run...

We got to the T-junction that's right before the big hill, and Brenda pulled Daisy over to the side and I began to pass. And Daisy squealed and began to buck a little. I mean, squealed -- later one of the riders up at the front asked me "was that you that screamed?" Casino gave a little buck too -- he likes to take a second to act up a little when he has a chance, but it's never very serious. I just decided, let's not get into a pecking order decision here, and fell back and didn't pass after all. And yeah, Daisy realy didn't make it up the hill. But it was okay, once it was clear we were trotting, Casino was willing to trot.

Later Linda said, when Daisy got pulled over to the side like that, she thought she was going to have to go up the other trail of the T-junciton alone. And that's what scared her.

(Afterwards, Linda said, "Good job." She doesn't say that often. Funny though, I just didn't want to get in a place where we were fighting to control our horses. Far far better to play it safe.")

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