Sadie was a good horse at Indian Creek trip

Well, good by my standards anyway.   She was almost having a meltdown on Monday morning because we were not going out right away but I did some small circles and interrupted her jumping up and down action and let her lead the way walking as fast as she wanted to.   She was pretty much brave and stayed in the lead instead of going "oh scary, someone else go first here."    I worked on my riding form, being mindful of keeping my feet level and legs underneath me instead of out in front.  I think I do this better in the Wintec saddle but I did notice myself doing the toes up and legs forward a few times and corrected.   If I can stay mindful of this on Tanza in the Synergist saddle hopefully I will improve my alignment on him.   I should try to find a place to take some lessons, to get feedback if my position goes wonky but that may not happen since I hate committing to get the horse somewhere on a regular basis.

The trip went pretty well.  I felt bad for J a few times.  Mom and sis IMO do not relate to male to some extent, and then he does tend to get caught up in doing something perfect instead of fast sometimes and doesn't communicate if he decides to drop back from the group when riding; so they were nattering at him a fair amount.   Oh well,  he does have Scouts and now a job so he gets some interaction away from 'the hens'.    

J's new horse is a great little trail horse and was a dream for loading and unloading.   Beetle Bomb (sp?) is also cute.   A small black and white paint, has the cute little QH/paint head.   Mason was pretty good, he didn't seem horribly itchy like last year.  I think maybe Bee and Lady stay up on top more to avoid the deer flies and Mason stays with the group rather than ignoring that he is getting bitten to eat lusher grass down in the bottoms.

Lady is looking good, being out in the pasture with the geldings is agreeing with her.   She did get a sore back.   DL rides kind of heavy on her pockets and the pad I had left them was not thick or long enough.   The one that R thought was too thick when I took Lady up in June seemed to work fine on Monday, and I cut a hole in it where Lady's spine was irritated so hopefully she is more comfy with the saddle for any future riding this year.   I put Arnica on the spot Monday morning and night and
she will have some time for the irritation to go away and they have and use Arnica too so hopefully that resolves quickly.   It was not hugely worse than what Tanza had after LaVeta, a bit more tender to the touch.   His back got better but I must remember to shim his saddle while I am letting him rest and regain weight.