Rhyland is doing only light work this winter also. He has been pushed fairly hard since last spring, and it feels really good to give him a break. His dressage is solid, his cross country is decent, and his stadium jumping is nearly death defying. My plan for him is to continue the dressage work over the winter and get lots of stadium work done before the first show in April. We’ll see how that goes.
McKinley, my four year old, is a quick learner. Emily has been riding him for me several days a week. He is carrying himself well, is off the inside leg, and is starting to get his head out of the clouds. Emily is trotting him over small cross rails and verticals, and we are getting ready for some gymnastic exercises. The goal is for Emily to put some miles on him in the Dayton Local Show Circuit this spring/summer so that he can do some Beginner Novice this summer. His movement is changing daily for the better. Somewhere in that 17 hand body is a pretty fancy horse waiting to appear.
