>> Saturday was a GORGOUS day for sure!!  First thing Saturday morning
 >> Bren and I took a ride ...... I rode SEDONA -- we rode to the end of our
 >> road
 > Been riding Tush again as much as possible. I even got on
 > CJ on sun.. what a
 > ride! Whew!  Cj is feeling VERY good and it took about 20
 > minutes at a trot to
 > settle her down.
    I'm glad that you are getting a chance to ride now.  Hey, the kid is 
oung
-- she's probably feeling her oats in the cooler weather, watcha' think??
 > The kid, welllllll she's a lark.. settles right down. But
 > it takes a while to
 > saddle her up since we tend to play a bit while saddling.
 > ;)
    That's good that she settles right down.
 >> road and it's really nice and smoothe now). Anyway, we rode all the way
 >> over to
 >> Route 78! (Bren and I were on Orange Detail ).  We piced
 >> several
 >> oranges along the way.  SEDONA was EXCELLENT!!
 > Sadly with all the junk on the trail.. I can't think of
 > taking Tush out.. she's
 > still barefoot and I can't risk it. :/
    I like to trail ride as it gives us something different to see and think
about.  SEDONA has shoes on but the trails here are sandy and nice so that
really wouldn't be a factor for us anyway.
 >> SEDONA is a wonderful trail horse -- and, I think I need to just ride
 >> from time to time. SEDONA does do a little "spook" from time to time --
 >> it's just of a little hop - or "start" --
 > Teach her to spook in place. Tush already does. :)
    Hheheheheheeh ...... good idea .
 >> but after I talk to her she just calms right down.
 > Kid settles right in, almost imediately... just have to
 > continue to keep
 > working with her on her head set.. likes to "oggle" to
 > much.
    SEDONA is good about keeping her head in place -- Mr X likes to "oggle"
(maybe that's the Arab in him ).
 >> She's calm most of the time -- walking with her head down -- then right
 >> after her "start" she's again calm as a cucumber.  She only shied a 
ouple
 > >
 > times on Saturday -- on Sunday's ride, she didn't shy at
 > all -- in fact,
 > Well remember one thing.. they're more prone to spooking
 > when they have their
 > heads way up... keep and eye on her and see if this works
 > for her too.. that
 > way you can get after her ahead of time. ;)
    That's right -- but with SEDONA she does her little "spooky" act right 
ut
of nowhere -- She doesn't even tense up -- and, right afterwards she settles
right back down.  It's hard to judge when she's going to do something like 
that

 >> I was lucky becasue on both days this weekend my back felt pretty darn
 >> good!
 > I've been stiff as a board. :/
    Old age creeping up on us 
 >> The weather really cooperated with us too -- it was not too
 >> hot -- not cold at all ..... it was a little windy from time to time (but
 >> it
 >> was more BREEZE than wind ).  I wish it could be like this ALL the
 >> time!!
 > Yep.. weather out here still hasn't settled down either. :/
    This Saturday here was beautiful -- but the wind was blowing so hard it 
was
uncomfortable to be outside .....we did that parade -- SEDONA was good as 
old
but I sure don't like those windy conditions 
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