silkyraven | Moving on up...but the weather is still shitty

It’s still bloody raining. Every time I think it’s about to dry up a bit it fails to do so. I’m proper fucking fed up of it now and the schools are so wet that they aren’t draining quickly even if the rain does let up for a couple of days. This has made it really hard to ride much; Dino just hates the soft ground in the school. We have however been doing some great work on the lunge, with loads of transitions, with and without side reins and I feel like he’s beginning to build up so enthusiasm for moving a bit without a rider at least!

I would like to do some more liberty and free schooling work, but again I can’t do this until the ground dries out. I’m really hoping spring turns up soon! I have been building little bits of canter up, and even did some walk to canter on the lunge yesterday which was awesome! We’ll be building that up over the next couple of weeks.

I went to help my friend Virginia out at her first ever dressage competition on Saturday and it really made me want to get back in the ring. She won her class which is more than we will ever do, LOL.

Here they are after their winning round!