Bolender Horse Park - Day 2

Farah remembers!

Sunday started with a short "Cowboy Service" by Mark.  A nice way to start the day, enjoyed by all.  After some work in the arena under saddle & over obstacles we headed outside into what was to be a beautiful afternoon.

Katie rides Farah through the water~

The "issue" was dropping back in!

With Mark & Checkers

Mark put Farah back on a lead & helped Katie put her back in the water from a lower point on the edge.   Farah finally enters again -

She exits even faster!

Not what Mark wanted, she was asked to do it again!

With a snarl from Checkers - a controlled entry :-)

I was so appreciative of Katie's riding!  She'd asked to ride Farah - so I picked a "golden moment" to put her in the saddle :-)

The suspension bridge was no problem :-)

 I mounted up for the rest of the course.  In photos this course looks very reasonable, but when you're in the saddle, heading down a steep downhill & Mark says;  "Give her the reins!" I had a hard time turning them loose!

Heading down!

After Farah rushed it & took off at the bottom, which is something that she tends to do...  Mark blocked her with Checkers & our next try - with loose reins - was much better :-)

Over the bridge~

 Other obstacles were "easy" for us, thankfully.  We were all so absorbed in our horses & what Mark was teaching us - that by the time anyone even looked up - it was past three in the afternoon!  We'd started at ten in the morning!

Without doubt I find this new discipline challenging!  It really shows you what weaknesses you have & where your strength's lie.  The goal of completing this kind of course as a competitor & scoring well - has been added to my bucket list!  We'll go back!