I did not ride at the church today. Our church had team sorting practice. It was interesting. For those who don't know: They have 2 round pens set up together and 10 numbered cattle. The object is to get the 1 calf selected by the judge into the other round pen by itself. This is difficult because the cattle run together or try to slip past the "gate" horse. There are 2 riders. One to cut the calf from the group, the other to block the other pen from the incorrect cattle. I enjoyed watching the teams and was surprised to see that one of the best riders was a girl about 6 or 7 years old.
I did not want to take Koda to the church for this because of the number of children running around. I don't like that I can't control her at the church. She kind of goes berserk when there are other horses at the church. So after we left the church ground, I decided to ride at the
house. Now remember that Koda also tries to run away with me when I turn back to come home. (These are the 2 main vices that I find in Koda - reasons I don't let my kid ride the horse.) I live on the corner of a dirt road and a highway. I rode Koda down the dirt road just past the end of our property, then turned her back to the house. I had to keep her on the rocky part of the road to remind her to go semi-slow, but she didn't run off with me. When we got to the house, I past it and went south on the highway to the end of our property and turned around. Then I went north to the other neighbor's house and turned around. I walked back torward the house, and turned her around again. I am trying to stop her from running home so I kept taking her past it to keep her guessing.I had a good ride and had very little trouble with her. Next week is my Kid's 4-H riding club meeting. We go so I can ride. The kid doesn't ride so much since her last horse wreck.
