Spring’s here!
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Well it’s not like if winter was very long but I feel so relieved it finally came, you can’t imagine! I can put back my flip flops, Oleander is shedding and I don’t have to worry about the mud all over my shoes anymore.
Yeah, this is nice weather. Unfortunately, we tend to forget that we are still in a terrible drought… And it’s not getting better. Drought after drought, it looks like this year the water restrictions are going to be bad. So we try to save water! Ole will only have ONE bath this year: right before inspection. Then she will be allowed to go back at being a dirty piggy.
Anyway! As you’ve probably noticed, I upload new pictures regularly, I try to keep this website as updated as I can but sometimes I am just too lazy…
Last weekend Ole had her first run in the round-pen! Not exactly the first one, as she’s already been in the round pen at Brookside, but it was her first time at this one! We have a really exiting life, have we not? 
We’ve been “working” on going on the trails, and we have a lot of fun! Going up and down the hills is very fun according to Ole! But this time we went ALL the way to the arenas and the round pens and since nobody was in there, I decided to introduce Ole and the free lunge. I mostly let her trot/canter around, didn’t ask her much… She was a bit anxious. No horse was around and in this new environment she wasn’t the bravest one 
Buuuuut she did really good and I finally had the chance to see how her movements had evolved. Actually, she trots really nicely! I love her hock action and the fact that she pushes very hard from behind. Her canter is… OK. I mean, there’s nothing special! She is very compact and she doesn’t have such a big stride. She has a good balance though.
I am going to let you see for yourself as the nicest husband on earth went with us to video tape!!