The heatwave finally broke today. In fact it was cool and drizzly when I went out to the barn this morning. I figured Cupid would probably be feeling a little spry with the change in temperature, and was a little surprised to find that if anything he was lazier than usual! Thankfully we were all alone. What I call Cupid's "comfortable trot" my trainer usually refers to as "revolting!" We trotted over a pole and cantered a bit. Usually jumping wakes Cupid up, so I point him towards a little X. He comes to a crawl a few steps out, and makes the smallest possible effort to barely clear it! So I decided both of us need to put a little bit more effort into this ride and encouraged him on. The rest of the ride was not bad. We jumped a few Xs, a little vertical, the brush box, and even the dreaded barrels. I decided not to attempt the 4 jump combo set up on the diagonal.
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| Some of the jumps we went over today - blurry because I took from the saddle. |
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| Cupid modeling his fleece cooler - he is accumulating quite the wardrobe! |
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