Driving Me Buggy 2019 Hours!!!

[Marsha Cassada]

20 minutes ground driving Midnight in the wind. She's working a little better but still putting her tongue over the bit. Hope to work through it. She's been in season the last week and a little bit of an attitude.

 

[MindySchroder]

Drove Zorro for 40 minutes today. Just a nice walk with the hyperbike...

 

[Marsha Cassada]

So used to seeing Zorro in the snow; he sort of blends in. Looking forward to seeing him in summer landscape.

 

[MindySchroder]

90 minutes ground driving Zorro today with one line. He was wonderful mixed with a bit of crazy. He can't be perfect every day I'm very excited to be heading to a driving clinic this weekend! We have been trying to get over there for 4 months!! With the new horse trailer the weather can't hold us back any longer... whoot whoot!

 

[Cayuse]

Hope!you had fun at the clinic. Looks like your snow is slowly going, that must be nice. I am living in The Land of Perpetual Mud. But at least now it is warm mud.

25 minutes ground driving Peanut today

 

[MindySchroder]

We had a blast at the clinic! Can we share the minutes from that or is that not allowed?

 

[Marsha Cassada]

I'd like to hear more about the clinic!

 

[MindySchroder]

Here is the blog post!
https://theessentialhorse.com/2019/04/08/fraser-school-of-driving-our-first-clinic/

 

[Cayuse]

That looked like lots of fun! I have a hard time with the marathon courses. My mind just can't process it for some reason (perhaps because I have a hard time telling left from right) Cones I can remember OK, but not the obstacle (barrel) part, I just get completely lost . It's really bad, lol.
Zorro scoots nicely right around those turns, doesn't he? Good boy!

 

[Minidreamz0581]

I’m a little late to the party but I have been keeping track of our drives...Coady and I are at 180 minutes for the year, all in the awesome Hyperbike! Now that the weather in PA finally seems like it is leveling out I hope to start getting serious...it’s time for he and I to get some miles under our belt. Mindy, that clinic looked like so much fun, and Zorro never ceases to amaze! He’s such an awesome little trooper!

 

[Peggy Porter]

It feels like spring here in n. Illinois! Longest.winter.ever.

Butch Cassidy
50 mins

 

[Northwolf]

This sounds amazing, Mindy! I've had a few driving lessons and clinics the last years, but never with my own ponies. Hopefully we will do this soon. I will have a look next weekend on a drivers training in a driving school. Maybe it will be an option for us to start visiting trainings there.

But, we've had an awesome driving weekend on our own!

4/2: 40 minutes for Teddy
4/5: 20 minutes for the team Teddy/Massai/Moony
4/6: 30 minutes for Teddy, 20 minutes for Massai and 70 minutes for Moony
4/7: 70 minutes for the team Massai/Moony/Teddy

I noticed we got faster than last year... We needed 40 minutes last year for a route we now make in 20 I need some new routes soon! But there's a lot of traffic around us.

 

[Minidreamz0581]

60 minutes for Coady this morning

 

[Cayuse]

It's raining .
Snow tonight.
Then,
Rain
Rain
Rain.
No driving in the foreseeable future.
I agree with Peggy that this is the longest winter ever.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

Northwolf, I hear you about doing the route in shorter time. If I want to add up driving minutes, I have to slow down on my route.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

50 minutes for Dapper Dan today. A little breezy, but overall a great day to drive. Wind warnings tomorrow then chances of snow for the next day. Spring is certainly over rated as a season, imho...

 

[Peggy Porter]

. Cold, damp, and windy this morning.
Beautiful spring day yesterday.

Butch Cassidy
30 mins

 

[Marsha Cassada]

30 minutes ground driving Midnight. Last 10 minutes was ground driving with the pvc travois. She didn't care about it a bit. She still doesn't rein very well yet but hopefully will improve.

 

[Minidreamz0581]

40 minutes for Coady and I today

 

[Cayuse]

Opened my eyes this morning and couldn't figure out why everything was so darn BRIGHT! I was getting ready to google this heavenly phenomenon when I realized it was the SUN!

I tossed the harness on Peanut and we had a great walk, worked on some stretching and once he warmed up practiced having him "follow through" with his hindquarters when turning. It was a nice, peaceful morning.

30 minutes for Peanut. Thank you MC