However! Naners and I crossed something off my bucket list: Foxhunting! Or, actually, coyote hunting, as that's what they do in Santa Fe. And, as a side note: they've never actually caught a coyote.
Caza Ladron was having their Guest Hunt and Pony Club members were specifically invited, so down we went with my friend JK. There were enough people for four fields. First field is the one that actually stays up with the hounds, galloping around the desert. Then Second Field, lots of canter. Third field was supposed to be Walk-Trot, some canter. Fourth field had kids on lead lines.
Before the hunting fun though, we met the hounds and had a talk on hunting, since there were so many kids (30 guests!) Five different pony clubs were represented on the hunt.
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| I love hounds |
JK and I started in Third Field. Naners was... not her characteristic calm self. When everyone was walking we were doing collected trot and passage, when everyone was trotting we were doing collected canter. I'm not complaining about that as she has a really great canter. I did tell her that when we start moving up the levels if she tries to convince me she can't do collected things I'll know she's lying. The field trotted for a good half hour. I should have been dying, but I wasn't. But, when we stopped for our first check I told the leader person I needed to move back to Fourth field, I just wasn't fit enough for that much trotting.
So, we took a leisurely walk back towards fourth, met up with some peeps that were riding ahead. Since there were so few of us Naners and I jumped a ditch, glad she still meets those with no hesitation.
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| Fourth Field |
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| The might Hunstman and the hounds |
