A good first week

Blu has been in his new home for a week and he has settled into it nicely. He loves his turnout, free choice hay and the best feature his mom 6 days this past week. The move has certainly met and exceeded all my expectations -- more horse time!

Blu and I had a great ride last night. He loosened up really quickly on the lunge so we got down to work looking for some lightness in the front. He was heavier and trying to curl up a bit. So we did transitions then went forward. I did a little lateral work at the trot and he was super good. His canter felt awesome. We practiced the simple changes... he so wanted to do flying lead changes but after a few corrections he understood what I was looking for. I have to get him in the lower level frame of mind.

We both enjoyed the cool out and post-ride grooming. The barn he is in is lovely... good mojo in an old cow barn. When I turned him into his stall, he headed for his pile of hay and started to happily dunk and munch. His dunking bucket is doing the trick. It was filled with hay/ dengi so I cleaned it out. His automatic waterer was spotlessly clean ;-) I left a very happy boy tucked in for the evening. More fun is planned for tonight!