Saturday, May 2, 2009

May 1, 2009

We arrived a little later than usual tonight (around 7:00 p.m.) and though there were several boarders there, they were all wrapping up and heading out.

LBR met us at the gate again...this is so sweet:-). We headed to the roundpen for grooming and work. LBR was AMAZING. We worked him both directions and for the first time....we got the correct (right) lead clockwise without cross-canter. He really anticipates being able to canter after warming up slowly at the walk trot. LBR has become very calm with this routine. He trots smoothly and is very flexible (he had an "itch" tonight and calmly trotted on the wall as he scratched his side with his teeth).

We headed to an empty barn to groom and LBR seemed to miss the activity. We cross tied for a bit as we groomed and he was well behaved. The only issue tonight was he kept looking for his "buddies" - not in a bad way, but we could tell he was curious as to why there were no other horses being groomed.

The equine eating feline friend joined us in the grooming stall (jumped up on the dividing wall) and LBR gave him a nuzzle (too bad I didn't have the camera).

After grooming, we let LBR graze behind the barn for about 30 minutes before leading him to his paddock. This area has a great stand of bermuda grass and he enjoyed it.

After tonight's activity, we reflected that since LBR joined our family, he's never bucked/reared/kicked. We're amazed that the OTTB's get the reputation for being "hot". We agree if someone says stubborn - but this one is definitely not "hot" (he literally fell asleep tonight with eyes closed while we were grooming).

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