Lucy’s Big Day!

I have been nagging Tosh forever to come over and ride Lucy and finally today we had the opportunity to play some!!  Tosh and Keags came for dinner and after dinner we went out and literally dragged Lucy out of the field.  Poor pouty mule pony!  She has been floundering in mud on a daily basis so she was DISGUSTING, we got her cleaned up and I went and grabbed the saddle pad.  Lucy has been messed with some but nothing too serious and definitely not consistently.  I literally walked out, threw the saddle pad on her and walked off.  She never blinked.  I got the saddle and basically did the same thing.  I messed with one side, Tosh worked the girth and again, Lucy didn’t flinch, dance, twitch nothing!  I went and grabbed her bridle and put that on her.  She was a little hesitant about that part but not bad.  I helped Tosh adjust her helmet and before I could even really gather my thoughts Tosh climbed on!! 

True to form, Lucy never batted an eye!!  She didn’t want to move but I put the lead rope on her and led her around a little.  We were laughing and joking and I went and grabbed Buddy figuring maybe if Lucy was following Buddy she’d be more eager to go.  Nope.  Lucy would much rather stand still or barely move.  I was riding Buddy bareback and was a little hesitant to pony her/them but we gave it a shot, it worked….kind of but not especially well so I gave Tosh back the lead and and Buddy and I did a couple laps in the driveway.  Buddy got a bit pissy with me at one point and I really had to get after him to NOT behave poorly…head tossing and sideways running to the barn will NOT be tolerated!! 

Then things got REAL silly.  Tosh decided that maybe a carrot on a stick was the ticket.  The kids got her the bag of baby carrots and she got off and got my driving/buggy whip.  She tied a carrot to the end of the whip and stuck the whip handle thru the crown of Lucy’s bridle.  Then she climbed back on.  The entire site was pretty ridiculous, but Lucy couldn’t have cared less.  That mare is something else!!  One of the kids stole the carrot and Tosh ended up taking the whip out of her bridle, she used it to give Lucy a little encouragement and before long they were down the driveway and back up again!!!  I got out a dressage whip and traded her, that little bit of encouragement was all she needed and before long they even trotted!!

 

 

 

And last but not least, here’s Moo.  You can hear his irritating demand for dinner all thru the other two videos, so I figured you should see the irritating little critter.  So here’s a video and a picture of that whole bratty crew in that pen!!