Better today!

I'm so glad I didn't ride yesterday. As a matter of fact, Wils had been lying down looking as if he had one hell of a hangover and moaned something about it having been one hell of a session the night before, and did we HAVE to ride? So because neither of us was in the mood I let him be.

The result was that at 8 am I had a horse who was up for a lesson with Mr WoW and did SO well. The lessons with ScaryButNice are paying off too and between them they seem to have everything just about covered: he is very concerned with straightness, she is equally concerned about bend. Today we had both, almost all the time in the right places, lol. She's also made a difference to my hands - not that she's said anything I haven't been told before, but when she says "keep your hands soft" somehow I understand what she means, and today Mr WoW told me he liked them very much :-D

Once again Mr WoW waxed lyrical about my "talented" horse. He'd been doing a clinic yesterday he said, and there was only one horse he'd seen who was a patch on mine - and that was a 14hh Connemara that did piaffe! He'd liked the pony so much he'd actually got on it (and done the piaffe), and he must be nearly 6ft tall!!

All I know is that even if Wilson was the most talented horse in the world, he'd be no use to me unless he was sweet-natured, kind and generous - which he is, abundantly. And he's priddy too :wub:

I was so touched by Mr WoW's raptures, and so delighted with our lesson, that I texted Wilson's previous mum to tell her how wonderful he is, and thank her for letting me have him, and assure her that I love him with all my heart.

Ooops, gushing ...