144. Lunging...

After 8 weeks of practically doing nothing but small bits of groundwork and long reining i am finally able to start lunging Spice again.:)

I started 3 days ago in 5 minute stints and am just making my way up to a full ten minutes. Interestingly she is reluctant to go anti-clockwise which is probably because she is still a bit stiff and weak in her hind hoof which still has a chunk of sole and wall missing due to the abscess but within 4 weeks that should have grown back and she will be a lot more comfortable.

She's very good at lunging - very energetic in both trot and canter and even jumped over a traffic cone that happened to be in her way - she loves jumping!

When the chiropractor came to see her the other day the first thing she said mentioned was how good her conformation was and what a great eventer she would make which i was quite pleased about as having done next to nothing with her i was worried she'd lost a bit of condition.

My friends daughter has come back from Uni now to start working with her young horse (Mags) which is great because seeing other people do things with their horses really inspires me and Indy is annoyingly confident and capable - even though she doesn't see Mags for weeks you'd think she'd seen her every day the way Mags responds to her - must take tips from Indy.

As Spice is on the mend i am thinking about buying one more jump for the arena since this seems to be her forte but i may have to hold off for a few weeks and re-coop some money first!