Ride no. 3 for the summer horsemanship challenge
On Thursday, I got a third ride in for the summer horsemanship challenge, adding another two hours of total horse time. I am hopelessly behind on the challenge, since I'm so ridiculously busy in the summer -- I just have no extra time to devote to riding. I'm going to continue participating when I can, though, despite knowing there's no way I'll catch up. (The goal is 25 rides and 40 hours of horse time.)
I chose to ride with a saddle on Thursday. The horsemanship challenge requires that four of your 25 rides be bareback, so I've ridden bareback twice already, but I noticed the second time that there were some things going on that I thought I could fix more easily with a saddle.
Thursday was a really hot day, so we didn't do a whole lot. We rode in the outdoor arena and worked on maintaining a constant pace, always a challenge for Panama in the big arena, especially when he can see his buddies in his corral. But he did a good job of it Thursday, even at the canter (his more unpredictable gait). The heat may have helped.
I'm really hoping to have more time to ride soon. If I can get one ride a week in for the rest of summer, though, I think that's probably the best I can hope for. Once school goes back in, I should have plenty more time!
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