Rain Is A Good Thing!

So it has been raining nonstop for the past 48 hours pretty much. Which I am not in a position to complain about, we've been needing it, bad! But it would have been really great if Justin's stall could have not flooded... I tried to clean it out yesterday, but I filled the wheelbarrow with wet shavings and then it was too heavy for me to dump. :( Perhaps I'll have better luck tomorrow.

I didn't ride yesterday, partly because of the weather, but mostly because my ankle has been acting up, so I used to weather as an excuse to take a day off. I'm going to at least lunge my two today, just to get them out. I'd love to ride, but I really don't want to push it and end up having to take more time off. The other four are out in the back 45, so if it keeps raining I definitely won't ride them, because I feel terrible making Lorenzo go out and get them.

On a more positive note, this time off has given me an excellent opportunity to watch the WEGs! Sadly it's only dressage again today, but it's still pretty interesting to watch. Boyd Martin put in a very solid test yesterday, which I was very pleased to see. He was the only competitor for team USA that I watched yesterday, but I can go back and watch the rest because I bought a subscription to the games on Universal Sports. $30 for full access. Money well spent.

Corbin was SO good on Wednesday! I posted before I had ridden him, so I didn't get to write about it, but oh my goodness! It was the first time I didn't lunge him before I got on, so I was half expecting him to try to pull something funny, but he didn't! In fact, he was better than he's ever been! We walked around the arena three times in each direction, and then trotted twice around in each direction! He stayed on the rail almost the whole time, barely tried to stop at all, and definitely didn't throw any hissy fits whatsoever! He was a bit distracted by the horses in the field next to the arena, but hey, for the three-year-old's fifth time under saddle, I'd say he was pretty damn near perfect!

Dani should be coming out next week at some point, hopefully when we have better weather, and she'll get some pictures of all the guys so I can finally post those and get ad's up for them.

And now I shall return to my WEGs. GO TEAM USA!!