Opportunities!?

I'm so over this wind. Agh. Seriously. Go away!!!!! The wind was blowing in huge gusts today, so I didn't end up riding. I also managed to forget my girth and saddle pads at home after washing them last night, so I wouldn't have ridden Gambler anyway. I wanted to ride Lyric, but her sanity is limited as it is, so I wasn't sure that our ride would go very well.

Lyric... a true dork ;)

Oh! I meant to share this picture in my blog yesterday... She's such a dweeb. She literally stood with the bit in her mouth like this for a good ten minutes before letting go of it when I was untacking her. :D

Well, today was pretty boring as far as stuff at the barn goes. I gave Gambler his UlcerGuard, which he put up a huge fuss about again. He's been getting three flakes of hay with his feed since he has dropped some weight, and obviously in his mind hay > disgusting past mom has been forcing down my throat for the past three weeks. So, my horse finds it necessary to put up a major fight. Argh. UlcerGuard will be done Friday, and I think both of us will be rather relieved.

While on the topic of meds - good news! Gambler's fecal came back with extraordinarily low counts! I was pleasantly surprised and relieved... I have a toooooon of ivermectin that I bought on sale from Dover last summer, but it won't need to be used for the time being! Thank God for everything He has blessed Gambler and I with, including generally good health!

Some of the other horses aren't so lucky and are starting a heavy worming regime. Today Lyric, Riley, Sarah and Lucy were wormed. So, I helped with that, turned horses out, groomed Gambler until he shone, cleaned my tack and swept the barn.

My big piece of news though is, well, frankly just awesome. It comes with a bit of a story though, so some background; my barn owner has two horses, Petey and Duchessa. She was given Petey a number of years ago because he's an incredibly difficult horse to ride, and would rear and flip over when he didn't want to do something. Yeah. Kinda crazy. Anyhow, he's an imported Warmblood dripping talent, so of course Heather snatched him up and was doing great things with him, including Prix St George last summer. However, he wouldn't canter for some really odd reason, so she had him fully vetted down at Morven Park. Found out his suspensory's were pretty much dissolving. He's been just on field rest ever since then but every few months, she gets on him to see how he's doing. Anyhow, she is going to ride him tomorrow! Not only that... but... She said perhaps I can ride him! Assuming that Petey is sound and behaving well, she wants to see how he does with a less advanced rider, and I am her guinea pig of choice! I don't know if this will even happen, but I was so beyond honored to even be asked! Pure awesomeness... I'm so blessed.

Oh, and one last thing before I go finish reading my Bible for the evening and heading off to get some shut eye. I saw the most amazing scene this evening as I was waiting for my mom to come get me. I heard hoof beats and turned around just in time to watch the horses streak across the field! So gorgeous. They galloped all the way from the far end of the field (which is far... the field is 40 acres!) over to the fence and then ran some hot laps up and down the hill. Not only that, but Gambler was leading them! Man, that horse is FAST. It was just such an amazing, amazing view. I love watching horses run. It is so amazing, beautiful, there's just something so special. I don't know how people can look at animals like horses and not believe there's a God.

Well, that's it for now, cyberspace. I have a post about riding as a form of worship that I'm hoping to write soon, as well as a prayer request/medical post and a few others. :D