More New Prospects!!!

We have more New Prospects!!!!!

Well, one to be accurate. A 15.2hh cob mare called Willow.
Ah, Willow.

So now, if Savannah is noy available, at least I know that Willow is available, as her owner has already said she will organise a viewing in the next week or so. The only downside is that there is no school, but apparently there is a sectioned off area of field that is great for riding in like an arena.
I know that if I am given the choice of both, I will never be able to decide. Savannah will probably be better schooled and flashier, but Willow is closer and just far more colloquial. And that's a great thing! If I felt like I was riding a show horse, I'd be super careful and might not ever trust myself.
But then again, I might not.

Anyways, today was another Sunday without my 11 am lesson or the boys. Ehh!
But I got a special half hour Hollifying lesson Stage One extravanganza doodah first thing, probably because of my Stage One talk to Jacquie this week, which is cool!! We warmed up schooling style for about 10 mins, with the walk halt rein back walk and walk halt reinback nudge furiously trot transitions, occasionally accompanied with half circles and turns on the forehand. After about fifteen, the difference in Hollie is really noticeable. The reinback not only supples her, but makes her more eager to go forward since it is so unatural a movement for her to make. Keeping her interested and making her try and second guess me makes her peppy and eager to move forward, which is a GOOD THING. By the time Wiola started teaching, Hollie was pepped up and raring to go, but then as soon as I started working on my position and aids more than keeping her interested and waking her up. So the lunge whip appeared, my stirrups vanished and a nice couple of bucks ensued, resulting in me half out of the saddle and Hollie running away from Wiola down to C, where she cowered.

I totally heart this horse!!