Monday, May 23, 2016

Gearing up for the Spring Equestrian Retreat!


LESSONS 21-26: Lots of saddle time, lots of review and refinement has been the focus over the last few lessons. Everything from round pen work to work under saddle has been reviewed and some great leaps in refinement are happening! The new shoes and a bit of a break to let the bruised hoof heal up have REALLY helped Annie feel 100% We have been doing work outside the arena and around obstacles in order to prepare for the 2016 Spring Equestrian Retreat! The Retreat will really test her athletic ability, her mind and expand her experiences! We hope to have Michelle Borland of Bar SZ Ranch, Susan Wirgler of Wirgler’s Horse Humann Partnership and Denise Vietz of California Natural Horsemanship play with Annie over the long weekend! Since Laurie and I run this event we know it is going to be tough to get saddle time with all of our horses so having these great professionals offer to help out a bit will be awesome!

We are just three days away from the Retreat and will be in final crunch mode to get everything ready. Of course we get RAIN over the weekend and today so that really puts a crimp in our training time. Still everyone is getting LOTS of love and LOTS of short training sessions as we make breaks happen. The next part of this blog will be a “Retreat Journal” of sorts which will highlight Annie and our other horses as well as all the REALLY COOL activities we will have going on! Stay tuned!

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