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Haven't been able to ride the last few weeks for a variety of reasons. Wasn't sure if I ought to today or not because I pulled a muscle in my back yesterday. Am so glad I decided to go ahead and ride. I thought that maybe the gentle swaying motion as he walked might help gently stretch the sore muscle.
I told Kieran if he was a good boy and walked quietly around the ring I'd only make him stay out for 10 or 15 minutes. He walked around on a loose rein like a complete gentleman. It was funny. We'd been walking around for 10 minutes when he walked to the middle of the ring and stopped. I swear he was telling me he'd been good for 10 minutes so I needed to get off as promised. Since it's bad form to let them decide when to quit I got him to walk around the ring a couple more times, then got off.
The pasture we were riding in has nice deep grass. Most of the time they are not allowed to graze there (resting the pasture). His reward today was to have his tack stripped off and be turned out with the good grass. He seemed like a very happy guy about it.
Oh yeah, the ride helped the sore muscle relax. I'm glad I went ahead and rode.
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