HorseBack 3/29

Today I rode rebel, and we worked largely on my test for showing this summer. There was also a clinic at the barn, that I wasn't ridding in. However Rebel was going to be ridden in the clinic later that day. My ride went extremely well, and the canter work that I had done was some of the best that I had accomplished lately with Rebel. After I rode I took rebel out on a trail. When we were on the trail there was a huge puddle that I was trying to avoid, but Rebel ended up jumping into it. He got stuck up to his knees and his white legs were dyed black. In a clinic it is considered rude for the horse to even have a speck of dirt on him. Even though I was not ridding in the clinic later it was my responsibility to clean his legs off, this took me at least an hour.