Ow.

So yesterday had it's ups and downs.

The farrier was there yesterday and we got to show him how well the fillies were doing. He was one of the people we asked about getting a few horses. And when I asked about quarter horses he said, "Don't swear."
We loaded the fillies into the trailer, took them out and tied them to the wall. Got the grooming supplies out and groomed them. The whole time he was talking. He said that the fillies were in the top 80% for horses their age that have that good a base. Just in necessary skills. He said that he doesn't have four horses in his barn that can stand tied to a wall and he's been training horses for 35 years.
He also told us not to sell them at a sale barn. If we sell them a at a sale barn no one will know what we did with these fillies. "Sell them privately and make sure they know what you did. If I ever see these fillies in a sale barn I will personally come over and kick your a**."
Yes sir.
He said that the reason you can't find a lot of horses that can do what the fillies do is because no one takes the time to do it.
It's nice to hear that you've been doing a good job. Especially from someone who's been doing it for 35 years.
I wish he could have stayed longer because he would have shown us an easy way to get the fillies to canter, but he was pressed for time. Sad day.

The not so great part of yesterday was that I got bucked off. Twice.
It was recommended to us to put a back cinch on just because when someone did want to put a buck strap on they will be extremely happy that they are already okay with it.
So we did it on all the horses but Dash. We even rode them. We did ground work first though. They didn't have any reaction.
The one exception. Toffy.
So she did all the ground work just fine and didn't have any reaction at all. I got on and was walking around and decided that I wanted to trot. So we trotted and she was going along great. We turned and dirt hit the side of the barn and she got a little scared. I turned her and she was alright. I asked for the trot again and after a couple steps.... She bolted. Buckin. I fell off a little while later. Got up and caught her. Did a little bit of ground work and got on again. I asked for the trot, and when I went to turn her she bolted again. Buckin. I fell off again and landed hard.
Aleythia caught Toffy and I got up and walked it off. Got on again, but this time I had Aleythia lead her around at a walk. I was just too nervous about her blowing up again. When I was more relaxed and Toffy was too we quit.
And right now I'm pretty much hurting everywhere. I've got a bruise on the back of my heel, a bruise on the front of my calf, on the inside of my leg, on my back, wrist, and elbow. Oh and my neck hurts too.
Currently I am really glad that it's Sunday and I get a couple days to start feeling a little better before I ride again. I will ride her again.
I'm thinking that what happened was that the straps hit her in the side when we started trotting. After she was already nervous about the gravel hitting the barn.
We'll see. I have some ideas about what to do next time, but I don't have time to right about them right now.