Sometimes I have to brag about my Bella.

If you don't ride horses you may not completely understand why I'm so proud of my girl, but I'm sure you will appreciate the sentiment.  Bella has come so far with me.  I bought her over 7 years ago and the road has been quite a long one.  She has never been the easiest horse but I have come to love her and all her quirkiness.

Today I got on and started warming her up for my lesson.  Bella sometimes think she is a charging war horse and that is how she came out today.  Full of energy and activity just not channeling it properly yet.  That's where I come in, I use to try to stifle that side of her thinking she was taking over the ride or just being naughty but over time I learned that Bella needs to have her little fun and say too.  So I subtle ask her to start using her energy in a more constructive way and the end result can be quite lovely.

Judy had us working on a few things today.  Haunches in, turn on the haunches and flying changes.  Of course there were more elements in the ride but that's what our focus was today.  At the very end we asked for more collection maybe the start of some half steps.  Not sure if we are quite getting it right yet but I feel like we are headed in the right direction.  So I'm bragging on my girl just a little today because she makes me a very proud owner and rider and sometimes I feel like I could do anything and everything with her and that's a great feeling.