Not Really Wordless Wednesday

 I have a bunch of little things to talk about, but trying to organize them into a coherent post is a bit beyond me at the moment. I've been working 6 days a week for most of the month and I'm not really sure what day it is anymore. So I'm just going to post some pics and talk about them and not worry about connecting the dots. 

Cinder has been in a full cheek Dr. Bristol bit for the last year and a half-ish and we felt like it might be time to drop her down to something a little softer. She does seem to like the copper, so we're trying this French link with a copper middle. So far she seems great in it so fingers crossed she continues to like it. 

One of  Trainer M's clients has a very looky gelding; any new wall/plank/slightly weird looking jump spooks him. So she's started making jumps, especially those that are more on the spooky side. The above wall came out two weeks ago and Cinder gave zero shits. So much so that as I was lunging her before my lesson, she locked onto the wall and jumped it with me waterskiing behind her. Trainer M then asked if I wanted her to get on first and I happily took her up on that offer. 

Cinder also gave zero shits about jumping it when she was actually aimed at it and with a person on her back. This was also the day M and I talked about trying a softer bit on her, which ya know, was a little odd considering she had taken off on the lunge not thirty minutes before, but that's horses. 

It's been cold here so I've broken out our BoT quarter sheet, and I honestly think the sizing for these things is way way off. As you can see, Cinder has quite a bit of booty hanging out of this. It's supposedly a 78, but I'm considering getting an 81. All of Cinder's blankets are 78s and fit perfectly. I threw a friends 81 blanket on her just to see, and it was a bit big. I really like the BoT quarter sheet so I'm on the hunt to try to find a used 81 but so far haven't had any luck.