more pocket!!

yesterday AND wednesday i got to ride pocket!! on wednesday me and mrs. mary took them on a trail by her house that went down by camino real and then up into the hills a little bit. pocket trotted most of the way in on the hill. it was really fun!! then, yesterday, i rode pocket a bit around the arena and then mrs. mary started giving me another lesson!! it was really fun. then, she wanted to have me practice trotting on pocket some more and it all went really well until pocket started to slow down and i gave him a little kick and he started CANTERING!! it was only 3 or 4 steps but i almost fell off of him. i'm glad i stayed on!! i didn't know that pocket could go that fast. the fastest i've gone is trotting, and i'm definetely not ready to start cantering yet. trotting is like jogging, cantering is running, and galloping is like sprinting.

HORSE SHOE DISASTER

well we just came back from babysitting pocket...... i was walking over to mom to get the car keys to get the broom out of the car and i noticed something in the grass. it was one of pocket's horseshoes!! he had thrown it halfway across the yard!!! my theory is that he got spooked and ran and it flew off. anyway, mom called mrs. mary and she called the person who puts on the horseshoes and he is coming tomorrow at 9:30. mrs. mary said she was glad that we called 'cuz pocket losing a shoe is a BIG DEAL because if he walks around on his hoof without a shoe for too long then his hoof will chip and he won't be able to get a new shoe