ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!! Don't say I didn't call it - I said the 10m canter circles were too much, and they proved me right. Nic couldn't properly pick up her left hind today. She walked fine, but the dressage gods will be damned if the mare wasn't sore. There's good and bad to that, but I'll discuss that in a minute.
In the horse world, if things get out of hand, and someone gets hurt, it's considered to be "the rider's fault." Horses, with their brains the size of walnuts, and being in the care of humans, are not the "adult" in the situation, and as such, their humans are responsible for their safety and well-being. Well, pumpkins, things got out of hand, someone got hurt, and it's completely my fault.
I wish I videoed her today...
Ok, so now for the good born from the bad. Despite my "Grumpy Old Men" persona, I really am a "make lemonade out of lemons" person (even though I prefer limes). I'm taking the soreness to mean that she is using different muscles, and they are probably more the muscles I want her to use and build up.
So, we shall see what tomorrow brings. Maybe the dressage gods will smile upon us.
