Going with the flow

 Today was supposed to be a riding day- such a beauty of a day, even though it started out with heavy fog- for miles, apparently. 

Beamer was up watching for me to come do morning chores

You know what they say about fog- wait 90 days and there will be rain (or snow depending on the season) so that of course, puts us right at the May long weekend.... go figure. 

Anyway, this afternoon I brought Gussie out and saddled her. There was something going on with her, as I tightened the cinch she sort of went down a bit, possible ulcers?  Anyway, she was a bit on edge so I opted for ground work instead. She wasn't too focused; she's easy to read and when she gets anxious like that, riding would be counter productive until we get calm and willing instead. So I free longed her to get that emotion dissipated , then worked on drifting her hind end over with a cross over of the inside hind in front of the outside hind. She had trouble with doing that with the left hind, which was related to stiffness through her body on her left side. Once we got it with a bit of softness, I decided to see if a bit of Masterson Method on her neck would help. I didn't do the whole progression, just the neck. 

She tends to hold her head up and her neck inverted, so I want to work on her stretching her topline down and lifting her back, relaxing through her body from nose to tail. This may take a while! 

Anyway, working on her neck brought many releases, and we finished the day on a good note.

 

Tomorrow I'm going to see Shayla and get some photos of her sale horses- the paint yearling  and a quarter horse mare. 

So I will leave you with some Velvet pics!

Hi pretty girl!

Only 7 weeks to go before she is due . 

This morning's foggy belly pic.

I'm getting quite excited for this foal! And yes, we will have a foaling contest.