OTTB Charm

This weekend, I got the pleasure of my Aunt coming into town. She was coming to see the family, but she also loves horses. Oh and she is an awesome photographer. I hope you see where this is going. I was thrilled to have her in town to begin with, but doubly thrilled when I realized she brought her fancy camera! Finally some new media! The timing was perfect, because I also got Charmer clipped this weekend and it made him look a lot nicer in the photos! Clearly we are both a little out of shape, but I loved getting some media anyways! He warmed up the best he has in a long time - soft, relaxed, pleasantly forward, and he was moving off of my right leg really well (we have been struggling with this for a while now). Knocked his laterals out of the park, and didn't go to pull on me or buck more than one time. I even got to pull out a bunch of new outfit stuff for both of us! Our OTTB Identity shirt, newest Piper breeches, new Majyk Equipe boots & new Nunn Finer fig...

I've been so consistently busy and stressed out lately, that I just keep putting off my rides. Finally this week, I told myself to stop . I pulled out my tack, set it out and was determined to fit in a ride. First, on Wednesday, I pulled Charmer out. I spent a while grooming, because he is starting to shed. Then we got all tacked up and headed into the arena. I forgot about the fact that we haven't ridden since before I got jumps & a harrow and they live outside the far end of the arena. Charmer practically had a meltdown about them. This horse is never  spooky, so I don't know if it was him trying to get out of work or being legitimately concerned, but we spent most of our ride on that end making him deal with it. Love that fresh arena Once he settled, we got some good work in. But I can definitely feel how out of shape he is, mostly because he was on the forehand for most of our ride on Wednesday. Since we are both dreadfully unfit, we kept our ride to a pretty ...

Those freshly groomed arena feels 😍😍😍

1. I am incredibly religious. In fact, I am the daughter of a preacher, and I've grown up in the same church for most of my life. My church is my second family - and I love them dearly. Some of them have known me for over 15 years! 2. School used to be really fun for me - I loved it through about 8th grade. Ever since then, school has been the bane of my existence, but I do it so I can hopefully get a good job to pay for mi expensive animals. 3. I'm in college for a computer science degree. I plan to be a nerdy programmer. 🤓 4. Despite not liking school anymore, I love  STEM stuff. Science, Tech, Engineering, Math. That is right up my alley. I've always loved numbers & patterns. 5. I've been riding horses since I was 9yo. But I've been obsessed with them for as long as I can remember. 6. The first horse I ever remember riding was when I was around 3yo, on a trail ride, I rode with my dad on a big liver chestnut horse named "Big Red" - ...