->    What kind of horse is she?
Running Quarter from the track.  This is the horse that has a scar on
her lip where it was sliced for 1/2"+.  When we got her you could't
touch her head.  She is tons better than when we got her but she still
frightens easily and we don't subject her to the bouncing of empty milk
and grain trucks.  The machines that they use to plant the fields are
really strange looking and sounding too.  She is doing really well with
dogs and people popping out of bushes and loud speakers.  We don't want
to push to hard.  We both prefer to take things slowly and make sure
that she feely really good about herself.
->    How old is she?  Is she used primarily for arena riding?
She is 11 now.  Yes, we haven't been real comfortable with working her
outside of the arena until lately but if she acts goofy while we are
saddling her we work in the arena till she is behaving.  Dave has had
one wrist broken in 5 places from one fall and the other cracked from a
fall.
He used my horse Smokey in a lesson Saturday.  When he rides Smokey in a
lesson our trainer concentrates on training Dave not the horse.  When he
rides Diva she concentrates on training him to train the horse.  She has
had him rising to the trot without stirrups for 10+ minutes.  She wants
him to develope his leg muscles and balance.  I think she is a little
sadistic too.  You should see him attempt to walk a couple of days
later.  He got one of Smokey's little acts Saturday too.  He
finally figured out how to get Smokey to go when Smokey doesn't want
too.  He is use to riding super sensitive horses and Smokey requires
legs of steel.  Smokey has always been an angel for him before.
Rounding perfectly, moving forward, responding instantly.  I hoped it
wouldn't last.  Smokey needs someone besides me to make him do what he
suppose to.
Debby
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