Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Force Field

Last week I actually rode my horse during the week.  This happened because several majikal things aligned, so naturally it was an awful ride.

Majikal Reasons why my Ride Couldn't Have Been Good:
1. My brother actually offered to come with me
2. I didn't have any work to bring home with me
3. My brother was available for photos/video
4. IT WAS ALMOST 60 DEGREES

So naturally, my horse was unrideable.

Now most people in blogger-land don't know Mollie THAT well at this point, but I am very pleased to say that she is a very level horse.  It takes a LOT to spook her/unsettle her/etc. and while she wasn't always like this it is something we've worked very hard on.  And I'm pretty damn proud of the fact that I can now take her and ride her in almost any environment without issue.

So you can basically imagine my surprise when I brought her to the indoor and she became a fucking freak show and absolutely REFUSED to cross over the centerline of the ring and go anywhere near the right side of the arena... It was like there was a god damned force field down the centerline that she refused to cross without elevator-dropping, spinning, and leaping through the air.  My biggest regret is not having my brother video any of this... I was too busy being pissed at my nutcase horse to realize I'd want to share this with the internet.



I tried everything I could, Mollie would periodically trot on a 5 meter circle, then freak the F out again.  I was mostly annoyed that she wasn't paying attention to me.  If she's legitimately scared then no problem, but she needs to still respect me and my space.  I ended the ride by hopping off and hand walking her up and down the highly offensive end of the arena.  It didn't help.  I quit.

Looking back perhaps there was something going on in the woods outside of the arena... I really have no idea.  Here's to hoping next time I ride she's forgotten all about it ;)


5 comments:

  1. That's the worst! I hate it when my horse decides there's some flesh-eating monster RIGHT THERE OH GOD LOOK!

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  2. Perfect picture for that ride... The cat's face? Priceless. Shit happens, I've seen her in her perfection. Hehehe.

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  3. She was just trying to protect you from the invisible monster!

    That said, I totally understand, it's almost more frustrating on the quiet ones because it's so random.

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    1. Well she did a very, very good job of it lmao.

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