Arena Work

Finally got to have a good ride again today (I can't believe how long its been!). Lara picked me up at 3:40 and we went out to get Sinwaan. We trailered to the Walla Walla Fairgrounds to ride in their warm up arena. This was Lara's first time taking her mare Imaginn out since she has been with the trainer (about 90 days). She did awesome. Sinwaan did great too. He was very curious about the miniature horse and whinnied a few times to all the other horses that he could see. We had the arena to ourselves for the first 30 min. Lara worked on warming up Ima with walking and turns and sidepassing so I did some of that with Sinwaan too. We were joined by three other ladies on horseback for a time, and we agreed that we each would use only half of the arena. Once they left we did some cantering. When done with the ride I was pleased to see that Sinwaan had not harmed himself in the hind without using the boots. Maybe that problem is solved now?! All told we figured we rode 90 minutes, I probably did half that in trotting. We also had some time to rest, and I made him back twice. It seemed a productive ride, gave Sinwaan some exercise for his body and mind.