Similar to most of the rest of the US and southern Canada, we're in a heatwave right now. It's not awful, late 80s, early 90s mostly, but it gets hot early and I try and get my rides in by 10am.
Out of the three Rocky mares, one is definitely not pregnant, one definitely is, and one is pregnant but is probably losing it as the vet couldn't see a fetus on the ultrasound. Mae is the one who isn't, which is good for me as I can ride her again now. We didn't need the ultrasound as she came into really strong heat last week, but she got checked anyway. So, she's a little fat barrel right now, so I'm doing 2 or 3 trails a week, plus 2 or 3 school sessions with her. She needs suppling, fittening and her gait needs to become more regular, so I'm working on circles, beginning pivots and leg yield, as well as canter departures and keeping her soft in the poll. She's very round and curvy, so finds it easy to relax into a nice outline, even while gaiting, whereas some Rockies are very angular and find it hard. Amber, Valerie's trail horse, is back from the trainer's, so we're going on an overnight trail at the end of next week to the lower Laurentians to get the Rockies out and about and noticed!
Maverik left for his new home yesterday, to go and compete in dressage level one and two over the summer with two girls and their mum. His leaving wasn't without drama as despite wearing a poll guard, he reared up after he was loaded and smacked his head on the roof of the trailer, injuring his forehead. We called the vet to meet us at the new barn and it turned out he actually cracked his skull. Yikes. He was sedated, given stitches and plenty of antibiotics and hopefully he'll be ok from now on, but it was damn scary! Luckily the people were very nice about it and coped well!
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