Nutmeg got her 8th ride and she had a new rider too!
They started out in the roundpen first and DD showed (we shall call her T) T that Nutmeg is fine to be ridden.
DD ponied Nutmeg with T in the saddle and as Nutmeg's confidence grew they transitioned her to just having the reins only and having Jack there to help her along.
It went without a hitch and Nutmeg had a blast, although I think everyone did from the looks of it! :)









Thanks for the great pictures DD and DD's awesome photographer!

DD has been working on conditioning Nutmeg slowly, she isn't exactly what I would call in shape, haha!  
He has been working on getting Nutmeg moving with Jack. She'd keep up, but her stride is shorter than his, so she'd  fall behind and to catch up she'd get ahead of him.
With a bit of work he was able to have a nice clean run with her along the fence line with Jack.
Once she can do this well she should be balanced enough to have a saddle and rider, which she should be able to do sometime next week.

3 pictures but the poor camera was running out of juice.
Or they were going so fast (vroom) that the camera couldn't pick them up. ;)

Bareback (From yesterday)

Tonight was a big night for Miss Nutmeg, she was introduced to the art of bareback riding and a very big scary horse eating mounting block. Well, to her it was more like the not so exciting mounting block.






She did great and stood like a good girl near the mounting block for DD to get on. Hmm now that I have a horse that doesn't crap itself at the mounting block I think I'll need to invest in one. Lol!

Nutmeg is very trusting of DD and I'm glad she is doing so well.

Nuts About Pony

(thanks for the title idea DD!)

Nutmeg is doing well, she is standing stock still for mounting, has a good idea of the ground tie and hobbling. She is learning to turn left and right and will trot in a straight line with Jack. She hard ties to the trailer, loads and unloads, she will back out or turn around to unload from the front.
She has not bucked, reared, kicked or offered to bite. She is being quiet and easy to manage on the trail while being ponied, even through obstacles.
Can't wait to see more pictures! She's a good girl and doing really well.

Love this first picture for some reason, haha her legs. :)






Here are some more pictures from her 6th or 7th ride. :)
She is starting to accept the bit much more and got her first ride outside the round pen and was very well behaved about it.

5th Ride

Nutmeg got her 5th ride today(yesterday..ish sorry trying to catch everyone up!). She also was tied to the trailer and groomed, then saddled up and loaded into the trailer a few times. She backs out of it without any problems. Good girl!
She was hobbled again and behaved well.

She got some more mounting and dismounting lessons and walked around the round pen for a bit.
She was also bitted up for a while and holds it very well, but does need some work on having it put into her mouth.


And of course there is always time for a bit of fun!

Power Steering

(From yesterday)


Nutmeg's first ever time being driven, hell she's never even had a line attached to her halter before! Lol!

DD is teaching her some steering on the ground and will be re-enforcing it in the saddle. He will be using several techniques to teach her woah, back up and turn.

Learning to turn to the right.








I can see the wheel turning in her pretty little head even now, haha!
I can't wait to see more pictures of her getting her "power steering" as I like to call it.
I may have a few of them out of order so if I do that's my bad, hah!

Fourth Ride

Nutmeg had her fourth ride tonight, it was a little to late to go outside the round pen as it was getting dark. She was a good girl and DD will be taking her out of the roundpen soon.
Here is a picture, I think she looks adorable in the bosal! Oh how I wish I could show her. I think one of my goals will be to have her enter the ring, either with me or someone else. Even if we don't win, I just want to see her out there looking beautiful.