Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - Ride Day

Trailered the horses out to DuPuis and took a nice long ride with Hubby today. It was going really well, the horses were having a great time, the weather was perfect, until we started a nice long canter on a really sweet spot of straightaway, with nice grass footing. Hubby and his mare Clio got a little ahead of me, and, right on cue, saw something off to her right that caused her to veer suddenly to the left. Unfortunately, Hubby was out of the saddle at the time, so one second he was enjoying a nice canter and the next there was no horse between him and the ground. He took a tumble, which fortunately was on pretty soft ground, so after a few minutes of getting his breath back, I packed a cold pack from the first aid kit on his hip where he fell, and soon we were off again, albeit at a somewhat slower pace (darn!). The rest of the day was pretty uneventful, and the icepack helped Hubby make it through okay, and we did manage to get a few more jogs in. We were on the trail almost four hours, and it was a lovely day. We had inadvertently taken the same trail that I had taken with my brother on Sunday (I had planned to do the same trail in reverse, but got started off wrong somehow), but it was new to Hubby, so that made it worthwhile. A fabulous day, just the kind we live for!