ask and you shall receive

One thing Lucy "said" to me the other night was that she loves trail rides the most, especially when she can jump things out in the woods and the fields. Lauren rode today and it was an all-about-Lucy day, so they went on a long trail ride, through the woods and fields, galloping around and jumping logs. I met them out in the field and played paparazzi. There was a look of pure joy on Lucy's face that you can't deny. She had such a great time! Lauren seemed to enjoy herself, too :D

they showed up in their supercool fly mask

brave Lauren used the snaffle :)

"and then we're gonna run that way, and that way, and THAT way!"

all business

I really love this shot

cantering downhill is harder than it looks!

look at her face, she is just so happy

Lucy was executing the most perfect lead changes as they galloped around
in a figure 8 :)

and here is the "leaping over things in the field" portion of the photos

learning how to gallop

 Yeah, yeah, she used to be a racehorse, so obviously she *knows* how to gallop, but this weekend I switched things up a bit and worked on teaching her to rate herself and be respectful even when I let her open up a bit.

 

It's really the same concept we've been working on at the trot and canter for what seems like eons. She's such a smart girl that it easily transferred to the extended canter/pseudo-gallop with no problems at all. She did have one fresh moment but it was nothing that a serious half halt couldn't fix. Other than that she was very rateable and very polite.

getting fresh in the corner

"KNOCK IT OFF!"

now that's more like it.