First Time Since...

So for the first time since my ridin accident I rode bareback yesterday!  I was so amazin!

I rode a woman's mare out on the trails at Rose Court bareback first.  She was a poky little mare who liked to pull on the bridle and it was actually rather annoyin.  But when Erin's horse that she was ridin spooked cause he didn't wanna go under a fallen tree all three horses spooked and little Belle just spun around and bolted a few feet while the other two just spun around.  It was pretty fun actually and kind of a confidence booster.

After that I worked on sheddin out Bastian.  He is almost done.  I got out what would come out on his body.  I still have to do his legs though and his body is still gonna shed more.  So when I was done I wanted to ride but I didn't feel like tackin so.  So I decided it was now or never.  I put on his bridle and into the round pen we went.  I couldn't get up un-assissted so I had to use the round pen fence as a make shit mountin block.  It was interestin.  But I got one and was really impressed.  We walked, trotted, cantered, and cantered over a ground pole!  He did so much better bareback than under saddle also.  He really collected up and put his head down and went into a really nice gait.  And it helped me to cause it helped my balance and when we went over the ground pole it showed me how I'm supposed to keep my weight back in my hip and how to bend at my hip instead of just leanin forward out of the saddle and throwin my weight forward.  So overall it was really really really good and infact I plan on ridin mostly bareback until I leave!