Too much rain

Rainy days mean ground manners lessons for green horses. At least with me.

We have an indoor arena but the footing isn't great and Yeager doesn't seem to be at his best in there. Right now, I'm really trying to set him up for success every time we work, and especially any time that I get on.

Yeager is coming along beautifully. I probably could move him along faster, but I'm taking my time to give myself a chance to get back into things. Bringing Yeager along is a fun thing for me, so I'm not stressing myself about really maintaining a schedule or setting deadlines. My only goal for him is to be solidly undersaddle and starting to jump small courses by the fall. He'll have over 6 months undersaddle then, including a summer of hauling out for lessons. I'm fairly confident that this is a very doable goal.

He is vastly improved on the ground. He still has snort and spin moments every once in a while, but he's doing better about walking back and forth or the arena and paddocks. He's much calmer in his stall. He handgrazes easily, even early in the morning. He's still pacing in his stall at night, I think that night turnout- or at least a run in, would really be the ideal situation for him.

He is beginning to shed out and his weight is looking better- although he really needs more muscle on his topline. But all in all, I'm happy with where he is right now.

Today I desperately needed to catch up around the house after a busy weekend and teething baby. So Yeager got an early handwalk and grooming this morning and will be turned out this afternoon. If my husband gets home early enough I'll lunge him, but that's not likely. I'm planning on riding tomorrow and it will have been a few days, so fingers crossed.