mallet's Blog

I think I have about bounced back from my fall off Radcliffe.  That was back on June 30th.  I've only been back on a horse once since then.  I took a nice long trail ride with my buddy, Chance, at Carousel Park in Delaware.  Chance is a very kind quarter horse.  He loves to canter and gallop.  It was good to be back in the saddle with such a dependable steed.  Later this morning, I'll be returning to Ashford Farms in Lafayette Hill for a class with Christine.  I asked if I could ride Radcliffe (the horse who threw me).  But, they are going to have me ride Zucchini.  That is probably for the best.  Zucchini is a very good horse.  A pinto, he loves to do what is asked of him.  I like him best on the trail, but he has always been very kind in the ring.  He sometimes fights a rider on jumping an obstacle, but gives in easily when he remembers the rider has a pocket full of peppermints for after the lesson.  Zucchini is the horse who stared down a pit bull on the trail at Valley Green when I was sure I was going to be launched into the stratosphere.  He is one cool customer!