Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Mama do the Hump

Apologies if this doesn't translate - but I've had this Rizzle Kicks song stuck in my head all evening. Nancy gave me some serious sass this evening when I sat up.

Derpy Diva head toss 
It may have had something g to do with my not riding her since Sunday week and/or the dressage court being set up in the large indoor arena (sorry no photos because I'm a muppet & forgot to snap one). We got half way around the arena on a loose rein warm up walk - when I felt madam's back start to arch beneath me. Cue a leg aid, rapid shortening of the reins on my part and a def channeling of energy into anything but bucking. My only fall from Nancy to date was following a surprise (to me) bucking spree on our first beach outing the summer before last. She sometimes has a cheeky crow hop when transitioning upwards from trot to canter, but i just had a feeling I would be in big trouble of she got her nose between her legs this evening.

Image Link - YouTube link for fun song...hopefully this works
 & yep that is the legendary James Corden in the music video,
coming to a movie screen near you in Into The Woods
which I CANNOT wait to see ♡

Trotting forward more briskly than I would have ideally liked considering this was supposed to be our warm up - but if sass was the alternative i was ready to set up camp trotting ;-)
She settled pretty quickly and we got some good and less impressive walk/trot/halt work done - more or less keeping in line with the struggles we've encountered our last couple of spins. I 100% take responsibility for not logging enough saddle time recently & truly hope to remedy that going forward.

Foamy lips evidence of relaxed work post-humpiness 

We got some nice & not nice work on both reins, the nice was super nice & I could feel serious power building within my monster mare. If i can get back into a regular riding schedule and pencil in some more lessons a little further down  the road - i think we can have some serious fun & maybe tick off my Dressage Anywhere 30 b4 30 bucket list item.

Far from a masterpiece of photography;
but someone was not in the mood to pose after work

Tomorrow evening will hopefully be Kika's turn again before the next dump of snow arrives as of Thursday...is it evident yet how much I dislike winter & the cold. Yet i know i shouldn't be complaint at all as I have happy healthy horses, access to indoors and it's not the scary negative temps that assault places further north than me...but there is a reason I don't live there!!
Now sod off please winter & bring on spring ☺
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10 comments:

  1. Laur @FMHH27 January 2015 at 00:29

    Omg never heard that! How funny! Great lipsyncing as well.

    I hear you on the riding schedule. Why does life/weather like to work against riders? We'll prevail tho! Have you seen the original into the woods with Bernadette Peters? I luuv it. so much.

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    1. Aoife27 January 2015 at 07:57

      It is such a fun song & video ☺
      I haven't had the pleasure of seeing either Into the Woods version but i love musicals and cannot wait to overdose on both!!!!

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  2. HolyBully27 January 2015 at 05:53

    Her name is Nancy. That is a sassy girl name. You were doomed before you even started ;) I am glad you had a good ride! Nothing like seeing foamy lips when done!

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    1. Aoife27 January 2015 at 07:59

      Lol true, she came to me with he name & deff brought the sass last night, thankfully she is much easier to win around to my way of going than the Queen of Sass - Kika. We spent 20-25mins of our half hour friday spin at the walk as i coaxed relaxation from K.
      Lelolz

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  3. redheadlins27 January 2015 at 20:40

    At least she looked cute while being sassy! ;)

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    1. Aoife27 January 2015 at 22:39

      To be fair though, horses rarely don't look good to us pony-mad peeps...or maybe I should just speak for myself *hides-head-in-paper-bag*

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  4. emma28 January 2015 at 17:29

    lol silly Nancy girl!! nice job getting some productive work out of her tho - and good luck bringing back the regularity to make the dressage anywhere dream a reality!! (hopefully winter will be over soon too!)

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    1. Aoife28 January 2015 at 18:32

      I cannot wait for winter to be over, I am over the dark evening & chill in the air. Plus all the rain and/or snowmelt making the usually dry turnout a swamp is very unappreciated!

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  5. Achieve1dream11 May 2015 at 23:39

    Yikes I'm glad you were able to prevent the bucking!

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    1. Aoife12 May 2015 at 22:24

      She's not a bad sort at all my Nancy...♡ her so much

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