I have a fridge magnet that says"a woman's place is in the saddle" and it's my favourite! I worked night shift last night, and got 4 hours sleep then went down to the horses. I saddled up Gussie, and borrowed a tire for her to drag. That went really well; I did it from the ground first, and she was fine so I mounted up and we dragged that tire forwards, backwards and sideways! She was a little puzzled by the weight of it, but just dug in and off we went. Of course, I had to toss the rope a few times too, remembering when I used to team rope. I used to rope heels, but Gussie is big enough to head. She was pretty slick on the gates today too, and I did a little dry work with her, working on 360 turnarounds and rollbacks. After I put her away, I went and got Sassy, and introduced her to the saddle for the first time. All the sacking out I did earlier this summer really paid off, as she was no problem; I led her around with it uncinched, and she was quite comfortable with that, so I went ahead and cinched up, led her around a bit, then took the saddle on and off a few times and called it a day.
My camera battery was dead so I don't have photos to share, but I will tomorrow!
4 comments:
I have that refrigerator magnet too!
Sounds like you had a very productive day in the saddle!
Camera batteries always chose the worst time to die on you.
I've never roped, but the gal I got Nick from said that he had team roped.
AO, roping is a lot of fun, if you have a local roping club you might want to check it out, especially as you already have the horse for it. Ropers are a helpful bunch, and I'd bet there would be someone to show you how to swing a rope and track a cow!
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