Got the go ahead to do everything with the knee again. But concerning as they arent discharging me for 6 months and it's basically do everything and see if it holds up! So today I jumped Rory in the school over a little cross. I have to say though my bottle is completely gone I was so nervous it's unreal. Poor pony was questioning me all the way up to the jump going as slow as possible as he could feel my tension then just popping over on a very long stride.
Pait got lunged as I couldn't get motivated to ride twice but was a good girl and brought out her dales trot so didnt do too much.

Never been so glad to see a sticking stifle.
Sunday with Daisy-wagon finally back on the road I took Pait and Rory to the BSPS area 3b summer show which was being held locally to do some unaff classes. Pait was first to go and after a slightly hairy moment when she took off in canter whilst I was getting on cue me having to balance and get the leg over in canter then pull her up! She was brill in the walk, trot class a bit babyish and overwhelmed but did a sweet little show to come first (of 2 rotfl). Then she was straight into the Nov 4-6 class which inculded canter. She was a little star but her canter really let her down in the individual as she broke on the right rein after gaping at the considerate livery poopicking at the side of the ring fence. But she'd gone in font and behind, took in a lineup and behaved herself so I was thrilled with her and she got a third (of 3 snigger).
Then it was back to the wagon for Rory I had no time to warm up and literally threw tack on and went into the ring. In hindsight this is very bad to do with him. Did the group go round and extend and he was fine had to trot in one of the canters as the waddling welsh in front was trotting and I didn't fancy going up their arse, ring a tad too tight to circle. Stood in lineup then went to do the individual came to the second canter and he just went totally disunited and wrong cue me in tears for prizegiving as the thought of his hocks being gone again was devastating. He had mon, tue off with bute and I went to get him in today and have never been so grateful to see him locking his stifle. Feel a tad guilty as he's not been doing much then a class with no warmup has obviously locked up but it's fixable with work as I know from past experience unlike hocks which we cant really inject again.
So today was walk hacking in draw reins up and down every hill and slope I could find. Also made him go through both water splashes in the quarry and did a couple of short collected trots on the way home.

At times Rory is angelic. M and I decided to enter dressage/ ode at our local riding club but seeing as Daisy-wagon still has her sicknote in we hacked down. It's all roadwork with a small strech of busy main road and also joys of roadworks. Got there is one piece and M did the 35cm ode on Bex. I called her dressage test with Rory stood stock still at my shoulder then a bit of waiting round until M jumped. After M had finished I tacked Rory back up and headed over to do Prelim 4. Other than doing the test at Mac10 and one silly spook in the first canter he did a sweet albeit nervous test.
Then we had to hack home at which point our 21year old veteran companion Bex decided to loose the plot hence we came home in half the time and poor Rory got used as a bouncy shield between Bex and cars.
So pleased with him got our sheet and he finished third on 58.13%

It's a ruddy good job hes pretty as today Rory really didn't have much else going for him. Id gone out for a hack with another horse and he wasnt being too bad until we started to come home through the village the other horse is 2 hands taller so was walking a lot faster which wound his majesty up so when I asked him not to jog he decided he wasnt going home. Seriously what horse naps to go in the opposite direction of home and company. I ended up planted in the middle of the road with him doing can't sharn't won't move towards home complete with rear spin manouver to go the other way. Finally got him going forwards by spinning him 360 then walking but it was very tense rest of the way home. 200yards from the stables he decided to pull out all the party pieces again. Im so disapointed and upset that he reared though as he's only threatened to do it since his young up and over experience. The other horse just left me and carried on back to the yard which really didn't help matters so I think Im going to have to restrict who Rory goes out with as he was brilliant out with M and Bex yesterday but once hes upset there is no reasoning with him at times.

feeling slightly more upbeat

*whispers very quietly* I think the splint is going down fingers crossed it goes completely. I have already been up and cold hosed, DMSO'd and put madames ice pack on. The thanks I got for this was feed spat in my hair and down my neck whilst cold hosing and the stable door shoved into me as I went to put the DMSO away. I love that pony at times.
Snuck out to top hay up for the girls until they are turned out at 8 and both boys were laid sparko together. They are so cute at times.
Last night had the saddler out as Pait's saddle arrangement was not fitting. Yorkshire saddlery repair came out and she is brill. She fitted the saddle originally so redid templates then asked if she could use them in a lecture on how much a horse can change shape in a year lol. The back is still mostly the same but the amount her shoulders and front end have gone out is amazing. She really is a little tank.
We decided to take off pads and use a very thin numnah and the saddle will be ok for now but she did warn me that any more bulk and it's new saddle time. Seeing as Pait is currently in a wide it'll be fun if she goes up more.
The saddle does get double use as it fits rory though. Think I need to keep an eye out for an albion selecta in the next width up as I do love that saddle.

Well still no shows so far this year! Between weather, wagons and unorganised organisers it just hasnt worked.
Pait decided last sun that I have too much money and too few grey hairs so came in not right with a massive splint. So this week I've been doing twice daily yard trips one at 6am pre-work to coldhose, ice and put some stuff from the vet on it. Fingers crossed its going down and after 3 days box rest I let her go back out in the field but she now has the new addition of tendon boots.
Having cancelled plans for showing today I took Rory out for a hack with another livery first thing. Got on and we trotted and spanish walked out (good start to a ride I thought) he wasn't too bad though we did fall in a field when we met another livery. The other option was a 10ft ditch so im glad he choose the field in retrospect.

Blehlick!

The weather today has been truely horrendous. Rory got ridden in the school and after a disbelieving look that yes I was getting on and going to ride in THAT weather he immediatly got down to work. Perfectly on the bit, listening to me and letting me have a contact without trying to pretend that I've barbed wire in his month and how dare I touch the reins as he currently has a drop noseband on. So a lovely quick session and I called it a day. He didn't want to stay in the stable though and rushed straight back to play reary games with Duke!
Got Pait in and tacked up and I waited and chatted with YM who I was meant to be going out hacking with and finally it died down for us to have a quick hack without getting soaked. Pait went splashing merrily through puddles after Mr smacky stick backed me up on the first one and we had an ace ride. Coming home we stopped to talk to another livery in the village and Pait stood in the middle of a huge puddle entertaining herself by spitting water at Will her hacking buddy. Not bad to say I had a 20 minute battle the quarry last week just to get her to dip in toes in the water!