Owniversary: Year 1

One year ago yesterday, I bought a cute little baby horse! Then he scared the hell out of me, broke himself, and drained my bank account. Awwww, I love ponies. No wait, fuck ponies. But he's still really awesome.

The first picture I ever took of him

Topline = completely different. Belly = just as big.

His face was so dark!

So much lighter!

I wanted this post to be some big long thing about TC, but the truth is that I feel like so many things are up in the air right now, it's been hard to write. I can swing it real positive, ignoring all the negativity and the unknown of how things might go. Or I can swing it real negative, ignoring the fact that I adore this horse and he is SO much fun.

So instead, let's look at how he has changed in the last year and a half that I've been riding him (let's just skip over the rehab). And let's just hope that things only get better for us over the next year. I really hope that when I've owned him for two years, I can write a really cool post about how far we've come.

First riding pictures in December 2014. Take note that while the
picture shows him on the "bit," he was just putting his head down
to fling it up again. 

Maybe in February 2015, hot damn look at that neck retraction

March 2015, so much less retraction even in a month

March 2015, it's so freakishly out of control, let me tell you

April 2015, that dip in front of his withers though... eugh

Cuuurrlllinnnggg I think in June or July 2015

So braced, again June or July 2015

July 2015

July 2015, starting to lift his shoulders

September 2015 (same day I bought him), no dip at all

September 2015

(later) September 2015, clinic with Barbi

September 2015

October 2015, riding at the new barn = curling again

November 2015, and now we're retracted again

Siiiiiiiiide step past the injury!

early July 2016

July 2016

August 2016,  I don't have much canter documentation yet

August 2016

August 2016, one of my favorite pictures of us so far, even if it
is just a screen shot.

No more dip, no more retraction, much better hind leg, much better lift in his shoulders, steadiness in the connection, and just everything. Everything is better. I can't wait to see what he looks like in a year.