Cold Weather Around The Bend

"We must compose ourselves in high assurance,
And let occur what will with stout endurance...:"

Goethe, Faust, Part II

Around here we're bracing for severe plunge in temps and a snow storm that will have me walking back and forth an additional 1/3 mile every day to get to the horses since the vehicles will be unable to navigate past the main road.  And, that's in addition to the nearly mile I walk every day to find 'em and round 'em up on the 70+ acres.  Call this an observation instead of a complaint.  We already know training race horses is going through brick walls.

And, there's the (highly) annoying hiccup of the injured hock on #148.  One week in the swelling is about the same, the hock is warm to the touch, and this is likely good and shows healing in progress.  It's going to be exactly the 3 week thing I'd figured.  #148's injury is just as damaging to the training of #7 since he's now without a horse to run with--Groovin' Wind also sustained an early wire cut.  This results in #7 running by himself and that horse has already shown that running alone he's primarily dogging it.

Right now I'm lunging #7 every other day  (double lunge line), in an effort to keep him running, and riding every day trying to get an open trot.  The riding has progressed to where the horse is trotting though it's far short of an open willing trot.  Partly a rider problem at the moment as my inside thighs are so sore from riding the fat Rollin' Rodney and I'm having trouble thus getting in rhythm with the horse.  Breakthrough coming though, and we'll be into serious training under tack.  Blogger reviewing winter wardrobe.