David Blake Dressage

Today was a shorter day than usual. Sometimes, for whatever reason, it seems we have a few horses needing shoes, or not being worked, so that means I get to go home earlier. I'll be working through the weekend (Sunday/Monday) because I am leaving on Thursday to clinic in Illinois, so a tiny break was appreciated.

Today, I rode Albert in the early morning. We went through the 5-yo test, and even though he was really high at the beginning, he settled into the work nicely. I just worked on the basics with Cat today, I find that working on the basics and having these days to just ride them through only makes them better when you go back to the more challenging aspects of the training. Albert was out in the turnout until about 11 am when Israel (my right-hand man) brought him in for grooming and lunch.

Tom, a student of mine, rode his horse Pepper today in the early afternoon versus first thing (normally he rides quite early) and got both his twos and his ones. We have Tom, Thomas (another student), and Tom (the owner of the farm), so things can get a little confusing around here!

I had a good and productive ride on the four-year old Dutch stallion we have here.

Kind of a quiet day; very different from yesterday. Yesterday was crazy: it seemed like we never ran out of horses to ride or things to do, but we got it all done anyway. I just did not have it in me to check the blog last night- :)

Signing off until tomorrow.