Windy Changes
Cool/cold and windy today and yesterday. I also had physical therapy yesterday, so that put me off riding. Today is even windier.
And, to top it off, Tucker lost his shoe again. My fault, I suppose as, since the wind had largely dried up the worst of the mud, I left him out all night. I guess that is not a good idea.
He is in now, although I may put him out later in the sunshine with a boot on for a little while. I have to be careful as the boot will chafe him if I leave it on too long. However, if it settles down tomorrow, I could possibly take him out for a woods ride with the boot on. It's not exactly a good way to ride at much more than a walk as one boot on and one off makes the horse too unbalanced.
Or, perhaps Scott will get here and put a shoe on. This week is five weeks since the last shoeing, so we are pretty much on target as far as their being due anyhow. I hope Scott had me on the list but I also hope he didn't have me scheduled for Thursday--that's surgery day.
I called him back to tell him and left a message, so we'll just have to wait and see how it all pans out.
I will probably go pick up a load of feed today, but I'm not sure about any riding due to this wind. I am too close to the woods to risk getting hit by falling debris.
Which reminds me of the "why" of my caution. I attended an event where there were a good number of fox hunters and during the course of the evening, I heard a story of a young lady who was killed by a falling tree branch during a Thanksgiving foxhunt on a very windy day. I recalled that day, mostly because it was the year one of the big balloons at the New York Thanksgiving Day parade broke loose, hit a lampost and seriously injured some spectators. Both those stories have made me far less cavalier about riding in the winds--especially this time of year.
If anything interesting happens during the day, I'll be back. *S*
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I don't blame you for not riding in the wind. I won't do it anymore since I got injured from a bad fall in the wind once.
ReplyDeleteA huge standard blew over just as we were passing it, my horse spooked and I came off injuring my hip. So no more windy rides for me. It's supposed to be nice tomorrow though so you might be able to catch a ride. Good luck with the shoe.
I don't ride in the wind either - we don't have too many big trees to fall around here, but the wind makes my horses antsy and I just don't like it myself.
ReplyDeleteEven here, we CANCEL the riding school because of the wind. It is simply too dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI do not mind snow, rain.
But wind or fog really distrub me. As I do not feel confident and comfortable myself, how can I ask my horse to be it for me ???
very wise to stay in.