All good intentions

I did have all good intentions of riding my dear Frankie yesterday. But.....
life got in the way as usual. By the time I got out there to give him some of my undivided attention it was plenty warm but also plenty windy. The wind was blowing about 30-35 miles per hour yesterday, so even the 55 degrees felt still chilly.

Here is what Frankie and Jane thought about it






These two were running around like crazies. Jane braying the whole time it was hysterical.

Along with the warmth also comes the mud. This is what my beautiful pearl colored boy looks like now.



















What? Why are you staring at me like that Mom??




Look at this kids, Frankie actually has a white blaze on his face that you can see.
Proving to all of these dang people around here who keep saying he is a white horse.




















So I did not ride but I did do lots of ground work with Frankie and we worked on moving our shoulder away from pressure and our hip as well. We worked on backing up and squaring up as well. Today I am hooking up the trailer and after I ride I am going to practice one step in and backing out of the trailer so we do not have a repeat of the last episode.

But the big news is...........

Tomorrow Frankie is going on his first trail ride! The weather is supposed to be in the 70's and I just can't wait! I am hauling him to Brown County State Park to day ride with some girl friends. Hopefully he will be a good boy and impress me on the trail. Anxious to see how he is in the woods. Stay tuned for the results!

Happy trails......