103. Bucking

Today, i long reined Spice down to the stable and back to keep up with our training and she was as good as gold. She didn't want to go down (she never really does) which makes it even more rewarding when she listens to my instructions and does as i ask. I am really looking forward to long reining her around the village, i love the way she tilts her head around to the side when i ask her to stop as if she is listening out for my next instruction. She is so sweet at times.

Unfortunately, we have discovered that my friends horse Fenna is a bit sore around the sides where we think that the girth may have been placed too far forward because as soon as Alex went to mount her she had a bucking frenzy. Since Fenna is one of the most placid and calm horses i have ever known it seemed very out of character for her to give such an extreme reaction so we assumed she must have had a good reason and we were right.

What i love about Alex is she never jumps to the assumption that it is the horse just 'playing up' or being 'rebellious' She ALWAYS trusts that Fen has good reasons for her behaviour and deals with the behaviour accordingly. I think this is probably the reason why Fen trusts her so much because they both have 100% faith in each other.

Hopefully Fen will be all better in a week and Spice will be too.