Fall in Colorado

Sonny and I are doing so well! I am so pleased that he is finally getting some sense! LOL He and I have been on trail rides in the Colorado mountains, ridden along busy streets on the sidewalks, he has had to stand tied to a tree along a busy street while I and my fellow riders had the best ribs!

We ride at least once a week usually on Tuesdays at the new stables in Longmont. He and I are really starting to form a team under Lisa's guidence. The past month we have started working on flying lead changes. I hope to be able to show him this summer.

Sonny has been to the horse shows this past summer, but without me. Lisa uses him for a lesson horse for the little kids. Hard to imagine the unpredictable 3 year old is now taking jumps with a 7 year old girl on his back. He and the little girls get along so well. He enjoys being fussed over and they love to brush on him!

He has done well at the horse shows, always in the ribbons even in big classes. All that white is hard to ignore! Lisa is really pleased with how steady he is with the little ones. I always said that he would make a good kids horse if he would just grow up. He is basically a lazy boy and quite content to stand and sleep!

Sonny also has a few adults who take lessons on him, and I guess he is in demand for the Sunday riding groups. I don't mind the others riding him, he gets out and worked...keeps him out of trouble! He sure is a much better boy with a job to do and the break on the board is great on my pocketbook!

All in all it was a very good summer for the 2 of us and I am looking foreward to more riding this winter now that we have the indoor arena for those bad winter days,