Normal service has been resumed

Thank the bloody Lord! Will get to that bit in a min....meanwhile....

Got to the yard this morning, and Ted was going wild again - not good, I actually saw him with my own eyes today and I can completely understand why Ellen was so freaked out! Ted had also today double barrelled the door and cut his coronet band, idiot, so I was NOT impressed with him. As soon as I walked into the stable he stopped his odd bouncing on the spot (think rocking horse on steroids) and led down to the field like a lamb, as usual...grrr! So I was perplexed and had a good think about what has been changed. Different field with more grass, and I have been giving him echinacea for the last 4 days. I put up a post on HHO asking if anyone had had an adverse horse reaction with echinacea and really thought I would be laughed off the board, but no, it is apparently known to make them a bit loony, so, fingers crossed, we have worked out that problem - yay!

Went to Witney and then came back and the weather was better so I met Sarah down at the yard and we took Ted up to the school. He was maybe 3% better up the road but it is still a work in progress. Sarah rode him and was very complimentary with how he was going so I told her to do some lateral work and he just took the piss, so I got on. Now, I wasn't expecting anything much as my back is knackered and my sciatica is really playing up, but OMG I got him immediately and did some passable lateral work and flying change work and I was very, very pleased with him. Sarah said we are looking good together too, so that really made me happy as today I felt as though I CAN ride. Maybe now we are ready to do more schoolwork again :-D

There is a qualifier at Blewbury a week on Sunday so am going to aim for that, and also dressage at Blue Cross a week on Friday, so, PLEASE NO INJURIES!