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| Ruby's resigned face |
Today, my whole goal was to continue to build on Ruby's foundation. We rode in the larger arena with Heather and Candy. We did a ton of walking circles and figure-8s of different sizes, as well as walking over poles and trotting. I will be ecstatic when I finally have steering and trotting at the same time! We had a moment when Ruby thought about fighting with me, but I made my point and we continued the ride. I rode until I felt I was getting decent circles as well as a good attitude, then called it a day. I almost felt bad for her later on - when she yawned a few times while I was chatting with Heather. But then she got really perky when I came around the barn with her hay, so I got over it pretty fast. All in all, it was a good day and I think we made some headway.
I took pictures of her back after the ride - the sweat marks looked nice and even, with a dry channel down the spine. However, when I went to look at the pics later, I noticed that there's a lighter mark high up on her withers only on the right side. I did not notice this mark when checking her back after the ride and it was not there when I looked at her in the stall. I checked the saddle and pad (Sensation Hybrid + Equipedic) and there's nothing hard that could make a mark like it. She has a dip there (lack of muscle), so it may be that the saddle pad isn't touching the skin in that spot; she goes easier to the left and her left side is more muscled up. I'll check the saddle while it's on her tomorrow and see if I can figure it out.
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| The offending mark is right below the chestnut spot on her withers. |
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