She's a Race Horse

I wish you could have seen Jetta run this afternoon in the arena. She has gained weight and some fitness and it shows. She loves to run! Loose and alone in the arena, she ran laps (mostly to the left!) for almost ten minutes. I worked her on the ground for another ten or twenty minutes. I planned on riding but had left her girth cover and saddle pad on the dryer at home. We are still battling a few small outbreaks of the girth itch rash, so I didn't want to put Keno's tack on her. I called it good and we headed home again.

Tomorrow Jetta gets to go on the Ponderosa Trail which is my favorite trail up in our local canyon. A fairly steep, but very beautiful climb up to the cattle tank, and then a small loop and back down the way we came. A couple of friends are going, too. We'll have to cross the river at the start, so we'll see how that goes.

I'm relieved to have sold Flyboy, my mustang, to a nice family up north. I can now concentrate on getting Jetta some experience, training, and conditioning. I'm looking forward to a fun summer with this girl; today was  my last day at the school--it's officially summer break! Yay!