S is for Sass

 And sweating! Holy cow it was hot today!

 (Funny was Dan's sleepover friend last night)

We had Tasida back out to check our saddles! We met here again because we couldn't ride at Ashland. And it was nice because I'm not sure I could have handled both girls at the same time at Ashland. Kelli went first and then I did Funny. I figured that I could pop on her and ride real quick and then if I saved Lyric til the end, I could ride more after Tasida checked her, since she hasn't been ridden since the show. 

So Funny's saddle had settled a bit and Tasida flocked it back up. She did agree that the slightly more narrow gullet plate was the better choice, so we left that in. I told her I was still having some struggles with the saddle rolling side to side a bit, so we tried an H girth on it. 

She was feral today!! I don't know why she's so much worse at home than at Ashland. Although, maybe that's not true. She just happened to be super good at Ashland the other day, but she's not always super good there. But she was a hot mess today. Maybe it's because there was no friends up there with her... maybe because she had an audience (Kelli and Tasida)... maybe just because. But she was amped up. However, I did manage to not get dumped today! And honestly, she didn't even try to dump me. It was more just SPEED and bracing. I tried to be soft and ride through it but.. it wasn't a great ride. sigh... Oh well. The saddle did feel better though. It did still feel like it was slipping a hair but at least it was only a tiny bit. And to be fair, she was fish tailing around a good bit. Kelli got video but it's so bad I just deleted it. Not only is Funny feral, but Kelli's videography skills were severly lacking today. ;) Almost as bad as pivo. 

 

Sigh... Tasida probably thinks I'm a clueless rider. Oh well. I was tempted to get back on her later but... figured I would just let it go. Plus, it's so hot and she was so sweaty. I really am going to need to clip her if this weather doesn't actually turn to Fall soon!