Toffy bucked me off. Again. I really don't understand. It could be a couple things. Either she has back problems, or she was freaking out because there was something wrong with her cinch.
I don't think it's the cinch.
Toffy flinches when we put the saddle on. None of the other fillies do.
Toffy bucked when I first put my foot in the stirrup. And didn't stop until a little later.
Which makes me think it could be the cinch. There was gravel in her cinch when I checked and some more might have gotten up there.
I really don't know. It's extremely frustrating.
When Toffy started bucking she was trotting. She actually wasn't bucking that hard. Either because it didn't hurt her back and was the cinch, or she thought the ground was too slippery and couldn't go all out. I really hope it's the first one. I stayed on for the first half.
She started bucking, and I was like, okay, she's bucking, say calm, and don't jerk the reins. I got her to calm down a little bit so that she was just turning tightly and not bucking... then the gravel flew up from her back feet and hit the side of the barn, and she was off again. I lost it, and fell into the dirt. I got mud on my jeans, my arms, and my shirt. I felt pretty good about staying on that long though.
Dash also went haywire.
Aleythia saddled her up, cinched up the front and back, started leading her out the barn and she exploded. She bucked like the zombie apocalypse was starting where she stood.
We figured it was the back cinch. She's only ever worn it once before.
We got her outside and I got my camera ready.
trotting right before....
after
Aleythia rode Frosty and she was really good! She trotted beautifully, turned beautifully, stopped okay. It was pretty sweet! She walked nicely too.
I had a FFA officer interview today too. I thought it went pretty well. My first choice officer was Vice President. It'll be fun. Can't wait to see what's decided.
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