Been a slightly up and down couple of weeks. On the upside Dino has his new saddle!!! Thanks soooo much to Why for taking the trips down to see us – I’m really happy with it :db: We’ve been out to the gallops in it and today I was jumping and although it’s a dressage saddle it felt great.

Dino has been a bit hot and cold really. He’s been ok out hacking and quite forward and happy to move but very sluggish in the school. I had a follow up with the osteopath yesterday and he can find nothing wrong with him – the hip seems a little stiff but no pain response and David couldn’t seem much wrong with it in the videos I sent across so basically the pony is fine. I think he’s a bit bored in the school and I suspect he’s a bit less fit than he was so, sorry pony, but it’s fitness time! I have a lesson tomorrow so I’ll be having a word with Claudia about a proper fitness plan.

We did have a bit of fun with some jumps in the school today. Just tiny, but there’s some video. He didn’t feel massively forward but he seemed to enjoy popping a few cross poles. :wub: Some video here: https://flic.kr/p/xqiBpd

Damned thing’s been rubbing out his mane again though. Not quite sure how to stop him doing that – been putting Kill Itch on him daily 🙁