Back in the Saddle Again

by Karyn "K.C." Cowdrey

After a twelve day hiatus in Eastern Washington over the holidays, I am finally back in the saddle and riding my young gelding who has made amazing progress in the past three months. What a great feeling to have the power we call horse under the saddle again.

On Tuesday, Kari (my trainer) informed me that Emmerson was ready for baby sliders! Wow. He’s ready to start working on becoming a real reiner. She also informed me that the HydraBull is coming to visit in a few weeks, and Emmerson is going to see if he likes chasing cows.

Now if we can just get his owner (me) up to speed as well, I think we have an exciting spring in front of us doing western pleasure, reining and maybe "green as grass" novice reined cow horse stuff.

Do you spend your winter months working on training issues to make the good months of late spring and summer even better, or do you take the winter off?

I hope everyone is staying dry this week; I am fighting a flooded basement and minor flooding and roof leaks in my barn, so I feel for those of you who are dealing with the same or worse. In the meantime, take time to get out and ride!