Saturday, we had a friend join us for our Saturday trot out. Mary lives in Chester and boards her horse at the end of Trebo Road, perhaps 8 miles or so from us. She has been wanting to learn the trails to the top of Mount Ephraim - so we made a plan to go together.
Mary works at a local tack store- Slypner Tack in Claremont, NH, where they sell the Slypner horseshoe along with lots of other good stuff. They are also distributors of the ReactorPanel saddle, which I have always wanted to try. She owns one for her horse so I got to see it close up and also take a quick spin in it- I love my barefoot saddle better but I was definitely impressed.
All along the way, Mary was trying to make note of landmarks so she could learn the way. We had a blast trotting to the top of the 
mountain.
Mary works at a local tack store- Slypner Tack in Claremont, NH, where they sell the Slypner horseshoe along with lots of other good stuff. They are also distributors of the ReactorPanel saddle, which I have always wanted to try. She owns one for her horse so I got to see it close up and also take a quick spin in it- I love my barefoot saddle better but I was definitely impressed. Here's Mary and her gelding 'Sport' when she arrived at the farm to begin our journey. Sport is 19 years old and a real love.
All along the way, Mary was trying to make note of landmarks so she could learn the way. We had a blast trotting to the top of the 
mountain.We ended up taking an alternate route down the backside of the mountain and trotting home on another trail so we did not end up backtracking. The horses had fun and we got in some great canters. The horses were forward and perky the whole way.. we had a super ride ! We did not get back to the farm until close to 6:00- and Mary still had to trot home .. under the threat of some very dark thunder clouds too.
We are going to plan some more rides together in the future. We'll teach Mary our trails and Zoe and I will ride over to her boarding facility and learn some of her trails.. great-- new trails !! And Sport lived up to his name.. he was a good sport and we didn't mind riding with a NON- Curly at all :)
YAY for Susan and AhD for getting in a great ride !!
Enjoy your day ~
Sport sounds like a real gem;) Your ride sounds like great fun - also thanks for sharing about the reactor panel saddle - I'll definitely check it out.
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Angie
Of course I am insanely jealous of your riding adventures ;) This really sounds like a blast. You have so much fortitude. Us Horse-Crazy Girls ain't sissies, are we? For the umpteeth time, wish we lived closer....
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