Post by justineefisherr on Sept 9, 2011 16:25:25 GMT -5
Milly went into the stable and started looking out for Quincy's stall. She was quite new here and still wasn't exactly sure which stall was Quincy's. She finally saw his name engraved into a stall name plate and clicked to him. When she did that, she saw a large light grey head peak out and start nickering to her and his ears perked up. She petted his neck and walk into the tack room to grab her equipment. Putting him on the cross ties, she saddled him up and was getting ready to put his bridle on, but decided that today he was going to be stubborn about it. After twenty seconds of practically arguing with Quincy, she finally got the bridle on, and headed to the outdoor arena. Then she checked the girth to make sure it fit properly. When she realized she had to move it up one more hole, she dropped her stirrups and hopped on up.
Once up, Milly let out a sigh of happiness. It felt so good to be on her horse for the first time since she got here. She tapped him to get him to walk on and did two times around at a walk before situating for the trot. Once at a trot, she began at a two-point for half a circle and went to a posting trot. Quincy was behaving nicely, despite his stubbornness when Milly was trying to tack him up. She went around at a posting trot four times around when she had to slow to a walk for a minute to fix her stirrup.
Once she fixed her stirrup, she went to the outside rail again, picked up a posting trot, then went into a sitting trot and picked up the canter at the other corner of the arena. At first Quincy didn't have the right lead so Milly had to slow him down and take him up to a canter again and this time he had the right lead. That is something Milly sometimes has to work on with Quincy but as a team they are getting better at picking up leads correctly the first time. Once at a steady canter, she started softly talking to him, "Good boy, we only had to get the correct lead once!" She had a smile on her face that was like no other, a smile that only an equestrian could understand. The bond between a horse and rider is that of a great one, and Milly and Quincy were always said to be a perfect horse/rider team and made a strong connection and bond from the moment she tried him out. She rescued him in bad shape. But not physically bad shape, mentally bad shape. He was rideable, but possessed behavioral problems; biting, rearing, and just had a really bad attitude overall. But Milly rescued him and got him training for the behavior issues and Quincy has learned to be an amazing horse who was always said that he will go far in life.
(Anyone can post, that is Quincy in the attached pic!)
Once up, Milly let out a sigh of happiness. It felt so good to be on her horse for the first time since she got here. She tapped him to get him to walk on and did two times around at a walk before situating for the trot. Once at a trot, she began at a two-point for half a circle and went to a posting trot. Quincy was behaving nicely, despite his stubbornness when Milly was trying to tack him up. She went around at a posting trot four times around when she had to slow to a walk for a minute to fix her stirrup.
Once she fixed her stirrup, she went to the outside rail again, picked up a posting trot, then went into a sitting trot and picked up the canter at the other corner of the arena. At first Quincy didn't have the right lead so Milly had to slow him down and take him up to a canter again and this time he had the right lead. That is something Milly sometimes has to work on with Quincy but as a team they are getting better at picking up leads correctly the first time. Once at a steady canter, she started softly talking to him, "Good boy, we only had to get the correct lead once!" She had a smile on her face that was like no other, a smile that only an equestrian could understand. The bond between a horse and rider is that of a great one, and Milly and Quincy were always said to be a perfect horse/rider team and made a strong connection and bond from the moment she tried him out. She rescued him in bad shape. But not physically bad shape, mentally bad shape. He was rideable, but possessed behavioral problems; biting, rearing, and just had a really bad attitude overall. But Milly rescued him and got him training for the behavior issues and Quincy has learned to be an amazing horse who was always said that he will go far in life.
(Anyone can post, that is Quincy in the attached pic!)
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