2 ponios to ride now. Days off or half days this is fine but I'll need to have a bit of a think about evenings after work as we don't have lights in the arena and it's getting dark earlier now. Pait I do want to keep in decent work this winter, I need to find a hacking buddy and start getting her out. Rory really needs to be ridden as many days as poss (in the ideal world 6 days a week) due to his joints. Still only hacking with him and I had considered asking a friend to ride him a couple of times a week but I've got an issue in him and Pait share a saddle. Also he was horrid to hack on monday in company and I'd worry about anyone else being on him in that situation as you have a very fine line between not giving in to him and taking pressure off when he works himself up so much or he'd go vertical. Having been on him as a youngster and going over backwards with him I know how in tune I have to be. It's not an easy situation.
Hacked him today with the same horse and he was perfect cantered collected behind and didn't throw a strop about jogging on the way home. So I'm really torn what to do.
Rory has his third and final lot of shockwave on Thursday so fingers crossed he's finally right. I do need to clip him and tackle fitness and core strength with him this winter though.