Beautiful Day

So it was too nice today to stay in the arena. Yes I know this only was Kidd's second day with the saddle but what the heck lets go. Trina was riding with me. She too was riding a 4 year old, Boo,  but he has been working since last winter and has quite a bit under him, so he was supposed to be setting the example. Hum, well, KIDD WAS FANTASTIC! and Trina got bucked off. She is fine, nice soft landing.

We did start out in the arena, just to make sure we had stop and go and turn, which we did quite nicely. The owners of the arena I use came down with their little boy Beeja, he is almost 4 and was very excited to learn he was almost the same age as the horse. Well he always is interested in doing something with the horses, but with these two horses I didn't feel comfortable putting him up, and I told him so,  he thought it was a good idea if they stayed and watched us. They sat on the table and watched for a good 15 minutes or so until Beeja started to get restless. We were nearly ready to get out on our walk, so I had Beeja start down the road and I told him we would catch up to him. Trina opened the gate and out we went, Kidd didn't even wait for Boo.

Kidd was super interested in mostly the grass of course, but we had been establishing on the ground when he could eat and when we needed to keep going. So it wasn't too hard to communicate that same idea from his back. Luckily he understood, well I guess it wasn't all luck...

Down the road we went with our two dogs and Beeja and his mom following. Every now and then Kidd would stop and look back at what was happening with Beeja, but really he wasn't bothered by them or the dogs. Actually, nothing bothered him, he was happy with it all. The rocks on the road were a bit tough on him. He has great feet, but they aren't too calloused so he was still tender. We got to the road and our horses across the street were right there to greet us. Kidd knew a couple of them and even whinnied a response to Frenchie's greeting.

A half hour later and perhaps 1 mile and Kidd was showing signs of getting tired. He has a nice soft trot! I wasn't sure what it would be like as in the arena he looks a bit choppy, but it is nice and easy. He walked through the big grassy field without too much stopping and trying to grab and we even found water to slog through. I really couldn't have imagined a better first ride (besides Trina getting bucked off) On the way back I got off for the pointy rocks as I didn't want him to get a bad taste. Trina got back on at that point and Boo was fine...

I think Beth has a winner!