I rode Glory today. I learned something. When I was grooming, tacking up and doing ground work, all I could do was think “Wow, Glory is really nice.” Nice like considerate, kind. Glory is 2,000 pounds of nice. Kinda makes me think that the horse I have been hanging around for the past year has been taking advantage of my good nature. Yes Mr Magic, I am talking about you. Magic is very well behaved when I am on his back but on the ground he might think of me more as a target. I just rode Glory in the round pen. It has been a long time since I was on her. (I just checked this blog and it has been 7 months.) It seems like my legs would have to move a long way to change which end of Glory I am effecting. I expect that Glory and I will have more subtle cues than swinging my leg way back on her barrel. I enjoyed Glory and look forward to tomorrow.
I checked Magic for heat and swelling on all of his legs. The only thing I detected was heat on the off front (as expected). The heat was located high on the front of the hoof and possibly up into the pastern. At least it seemed to also be warm up at the coronary band and an inch or so above. The lameness was better today but still noticeable.