We went for a night ride this evening! Kim picked Kandee and I up at around 6. Kandee got into the trailer with relatively little fuss, which is an improvement to last week where she refused to get in the trailer, and once she did she absolutely panicked and basically tore back out of it like a freight train.
We went with a few other people. I met a new lady, Rebecca, who I like a lot. She is nice and she knows how to ride really well, not to mention her little Paso/Quarter gelding Tony is the cutest! There was also a stallion along for the ride, which irritated me a little bit due to the lack of tact in asking if it was okay with the other horses. Kandee was in a raging heat, so I felt like she was going to explode beneath me. She wanted to get up there and invistage that horse, and I was having a hard time. She just wanted to throw her head up, brace again the bit, and run ahead.
So I finally said screw it, and I told everyone I needed to pass. My little rocket needed to get some steam out of her system. And did she! We hauled ass down in the sand pits [dry river bed] until she felt somewhat normal beneath me. I looked back during my run, and there was a coyote running behind us! It was awesome, and when I pulled up the coyote stopped as well and just looked at us. It was a rather large coyote, but he/she was so gorgeous.
It got really dark [no moon], so we cracked our glow sticks. I ended up going ahead again, because I wanted to trot and canter more. Kandee loved it. And it was so peaceful, the darkness around me, trotting along with just the green glow from the sticks. I loved it, and I think she did as well.
We were out for about three hours, didn't get home until about 11pm. Kandee was a trooper, and I now know that if I have any endurance rides at night, she will be perfect. It was her first time riding in a large group, and she did well and didn't put up a fuss when I asked her to leave the group.
We had to ride the main road in Lakeside to get back, and she didn't even flinch at all the traffic. Kandee is a great horse.
I couldn't get any pictures because well...it was dark and there was no moon. BUT, I did get two pictures before I put on her bridle and got on.
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