Time with Magic

So I finally got to ride Magic today. This is how it went :).........

I got to the barn at like four, it was a little late but my dad and I had to wait for this guy to come over and fix our freaking dishwasher, anddddd he never showed up. So we finally left. When I got to the barn, I went to Magic's paddock and she was eating hay. Then she looked up at me and came over. She wasn't initially pacing (like she always does when she wants to come in) so I know that it was because she was truly happy to see me. AWE! So I took her in the barn, tacked her and got on.

My ride was pretty good, not great but what do I expect for not riding her in over a month? Plus she needs her feet done. Nancy rode her yesterday for me but she can't get back in shape from only one ride! Surprisingly she was still keeping her head off the rail with very little fighting. I didn't want to work her too much because, like I said, she REALLY needs her feet done. Plus she was really stiff. The only real problem I had with her was that she went back into some of her old bad habits. But once I start working her on a daily basis that'll go away too. For example not wanting to stand on the rail, and kept taking small steps from side to side but not being too bad. And she only did that twice, which NOTHING compared to how she used to fight. Overall, it was a pretty good ride and I expected it not to be bad, but not to be good either. She's just such a good girl.

So I had the arena to myself and decided to let her loose. I didn't think I worked her enough (even though I didn't want to work her a lot) so I decided to free lunge her a bit because she could still work more. I only did that for about 10 minutes. After that I let her just relax. She rolled around and followed me, like she always does. She walked away and I turned my back because I was playing with a cat for like 5 minutes. She was being so cute. She came up to me and pretty much put her head in my chest like she did at a show once after she was a good girl. I stood there for like 10 minutes hugging and petting her and I could tell that she just loved it. I love my princess!!