Hey-yo everybody!!!

Well, it's official. I am the new owner of a sweet little bay TB mare. Yep her name is Catty Cat and she is the very same TB mare that I've been blogging about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Her owner is planning a move and with the market being what it is for green horses, she decided to sign her over to me for what I have in her. I am SOOO THRILLED! lol

So, I guess you might like a little update on the riding? Well, it's going better than it was. We've taken a break from jumping to just to try to quiet her mind a bit. She was just getting more and more anxious. I had a really great Dressage lesson two weeks ago and we've just been building on that. Working toward a nice relaxed walk and trot and more respect for my leg aids. She tends to lean into my leg on circles at the trot. So I've been really getting her to MOVE away more at the walk and using progressively lighter aids. She is getting very responsive and will flex and bend and really soften to the bit at the walk. She will still get tense when we move to trotting but I have went back to riding the whole arena instead of just circles and asking her to move over as we go down the long side. Whenever she gets tense and speedy I've started asking for a downward transition to either walk or halt, depending on how fast she gets.

I am really seeing improvement and hope ONE DAY to get somebody out there with a camera or video! lol

We are thinking of possibly doing a schooling HT in October but I'll have to just see how she goes. I hope to take her to a few schooling shows beforehand to get her more used to it. She's been to one or two but not competed, just standing around. So I really need to see how she reacts IN THE RING at a show!

Also, since I will definitely be starting a NEW JOB by September I am not sure how the schedule for riding will end up. I don't want to try to go to  a show and I'm only riding once a week or something! Not fair to her!

So thanks to anybody who stopped by to have a read! I'm just really glad I could be able to share this exciting news with anybody! lol
See ya round the ring some time!