Days With Diego, Pre-Show Lessons

Horses of the outside world. Wired: Cave Paintings Showed True Colors of Stone Age Horses. A new study of prehistoric horse DNA suggests that spotted horses roamed ancient Europe, and that early artists may have been reproducing what they saw rather than creating imaginary creatures. Balter, ScienceNOW 2011.

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Diego
Stepping Stone Farm
January 2025

Show coming up. Time to get out to the barn.

Riding

Note that I am in the big ring at the start of the lesson. When one is uncertain, one can opt to start or even ride the entire lesson in the small covered arena, termed the round pen, shown in front of Diego’s ears in the photo. I haven’t ridden in the big ring since … scratches head .. my last lesson with Optimus? I figured if I was going to a show the next weekend, I should begin as I mean to go on.

Driving

The next day I went back for a driving lesson. Ears photo taken standing next to Diego before getting in the cart. Jog cart sits low. All you see is tailpipe.

Outro

This was not quite the same as my usual waffling and then jamming in a last minute lesson. Winter Tournament had two more shows, one in town, one farther away. I had always planned to go to the in-town show, in February. Then the cold snap rearranged the schedule and the local one was being held next.

One other between-show lesson. Rocky, back in December. Brought my emotional support husband and rode a new horse in the round pen. Media did not turn out. The rest of the time was holidays & ridiculous cold.

Onwards!
Katherine