Had another great day at Breezy! I like it there when there isn't anyone there. Em, Wil, and I took some babies down to the main barn to take videos. Bringing a not even halter broke baby, who hasn't been anywhere in three years, and who is hot in general, is wayyy out of my comfort zone. And by baby, I mean 3 year olds. Big babies. I'm finding that the anticipation of what horses are going to do is worse than when they actually do anything. I was leading this horse through the pasture and she spooked and tried to run me over, I automatically stopped her and made her back up, natural in-stink just kind of takes over. I'm never scared when they're doing it, I just think about what they're going to do and have all these scary pictures run through my mind. In the end, even though it was nerve raking having to lead the babies and bring them to a new barn (we were leading them from their barn to the main barn, where they have never been) made me feel more confident in myself, and very, very sure I do not want a baby.
I did get to see my favorite baby though! Charese! I love her so much. I think Wil takes more of a rough approach to training, and he was getting frustrated with her for not listening to him. All I wanted to do was join up with her. I could tell she was just really scared and needed someone to trust, and the more yelling and commotion going on just made it worse. It just made me really sad, I don't understand why I feel so drawn to this horse.
I rode Emma's horse today. She was riding and I was giving her pointers, just simple things, like how to tell a horse to stop with your seat, how to ask for the canter (inside leg forwards, outside leg back) and how to correctly ride it, how to push her forward with just your seat, and not to squeeze her with every stride. I really miss teaching. I mean I wasn't the worlds greatest, but I just tough beginners or people learning to do things at the trot or just starting to canter on the lounge. Some people think you shouldn't teach until you're really good, but I disagree. I'm not going to be teaching people anywhere near the same level as me, and the basics are the basics, no matter what. Obviously there will be some differences, but I don't think it's a huge deal. Especially with kids.
So I didn't really want to ride Rosie, but when I got on her I was amazed at how good she was. She doesn't get ridden a lot, like once every two weeks, so she had a lot of energy, but she was really responsive. Her head goes down so easily, she has a go button, and she picks up on things so fast. She's making me reconsider my type of horse. I really liked her. We just did w/t/c and leg yielding, turn on the forehand, and stuff like that, but it was just so much easier on her than Dru. I loved it! So tomorrow is back to Dru :p stubborn old Dru. At least he's trained higher than she is.