Ah, it’s been…more than a few weeks since I’ve been able to write an update. Life has, on a large scale, taken a turn unexpected.
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Holy crackers, we are almost through April!
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It’s hard to believe February has come and gone! It was a serious whirlwind month, too - New England finally took a snow hit worth noting (of course, nobody at the barn had winter shoes on…), so many appointments to help get Factor feeling his best, and learning the ropes of a new farm (both horse and human!). As I sit watching the pre-dawn rain chip away at the ice and snow on the porch, it’s incredible to reflect on the happenings of this shorter-than-others month.
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This is probably more a training brief than anything more involved, but the last several days have seen steady progress in Factor’s world.
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It seems so simple, that idea, and yet the reason for why we want quiet hands is soft often a quick impart from the instructor about the horse’s mouth being sensitive… But the physicality of the horse’s jaw, tongue, pallet and the mechanics of a bit are so incredibly important to understand at a more-than-conceptual level (in my opinion) when you begin the discussion with a young horse or retrain an OTTB.
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