Whoops, Moved Again

Well my dream of  having a trainer have finally come true! I've moved Pony to a new barn with a new trainer who's putting two rides on her a week while I take one lesson a week. I'm super excited and I feel like we've already made a lot of progress over the last two weeks as shes been ridden by the trainer. Its amazing how well professionals ride, though I guess I really shouldn't be that surprised. I pay her what I do for a reason!

Pony's new digs are really nice. She has a paddock she shares with another mare and gelding and has a grass pasture attached as well.  I loved having the acreage at the last place, but walking five minutes to catch your horse gets old after a while and I like that she's always in sight, so if something goes wrong it'll be noticed. She also has not one, but two automatic waters accessible with thrills me beyond measure! I always worried she wasn't drinking enough at the old place when she was out in the back pastures and the water was all the way back by the barn. She could always get to it, I just worried she didn't go back to drink enough.

Making friends over the fence. 

Now that we're both on a schedule and making lots and lots of progress I need to start giving thought to the spring show season. Which is super exciting since we might actually be competitors next year. I'm hoping to show first level, but I'll do whatever my trainer thinks is best for Pony and I.

Overall I'm very excited to see what winter holds in store for us. The arena is heated, my trainer is awesome, and with regular lessons I might just become an awesome rider too!