Nice bling Mum!

Jazz loves the bling saddle. I don't think it was so much the fit of it, because I had it too low in front and not quite balanced. But I think he loves where it sits me, which is a lot closer to him because of the shape of the seat. He feels an awful lot wider in it, which is very interesting because he felt no wider in Zippy's saddle. It's a shame the black does not suit him, because the shape of it most certainly does.

I had hoped for the saddle to produce some kind of miracle with George, but no such luck. His evasion today consisted of fooling me that he was ready to walk, walking nicely for a few paces and then ever-so-gradually-hope-she-won't-notice backing off again. We jogged. And jogged. And jogged. I got fed up eventually and for a change did some trot. WOW, how the jogging has improved the trot! But no luck on the walk. Finally, I put him on serpentines and eventually he worked out that it really would be easier to walk them because the barn is so tight. The walk at the end was lovely - long and low and stretching, which is the first time he has ever offered that. He IS learning fast, but he's pretty determined not to show it!!

I trimmed Zippy's nails for him and very sweet they look. His little contracted heels have come down beautifully and are now just in the right place, with a superb toe plane to match, rolling over into a graceful sweep off the toe of his foot. :-))

Visitors tomorrow, probably can't ride :-(

C