It has been so hot here lately.  The last three days it has hit 80°F.  My poor hairy horse has been so hot.  Even with a trace clip, he has been so sweaty.  Thank goodness we have a front coming in.  So I am going from running my AC tonight to the heat by tomorrow night.  We are supposed to have a low of 33° tomorrow night and 26° the next night.  Radical difference, so we will be on colic alert again.

Two nights back, we had a close call with colic.  Bloating, minimal gut noise, and an inverted respiration rate.  He seemed okay otherwise.  One of his buddies did not eat his feed, so we turned the two of them out together for the night.  They needed the movement.  Both boys were checked all night.  Both of them had no further symptoms.  I guess they just wanted to play outside all night.

Riding tonight was awesome.  We put in a few trot miles.  The lightning started up in the distance, so that made us have to go back to the arena to work in the event we needed to duck for cover.  Arena work was great.  Someone had set up cones for a pole bending type exercise.  We used them to half pass back and forth down the line.  J was such an awesome ride.  You would never know that he could not see the cones on his right side at all.  He goes where I tell his feet to fall.

Tomorrow, we are supposed to ride through the state forest to a bluff that overlooks the creek.  I wish that I had one of the small digital cameras that were easy to take on a ride.  I may just break down and take mine in a saddle pack.  If I do, I will post pictures tomorrow.  The weather is supposed to be wonderful with a high of 67°.