E and Monte had their first Pony Club mounted meeting today. E was so excited, she was determined to go no matter what. And I probably shouldn't have let her....
Last Wednesday, she (possibly) fractured her right ankle. The pediatrician didn't see anything on the x-ray but he said the location and amount of pain indicated more than a sprain. He thinks we'll be able to see the (healed) fracture on the follow-up x-ray later this month. He asked her to wear her walking boot for as long as she thought was necessary and then to move on to a brace until it was all better.
Anyway, like I said, E was excited so I let her decide if she could ride or not. I truly didn't think she would last more than 20, maybe 30, minutes of the lesson but she didn't decide the pain was too much until the last 5 minutes of the ride. She even managed to post while trotting for much of the time!
The instructor, Marla Foreman, was working on jumping with the kids. The other 2 riders have jumped previously, but this was E and Monte's first go at it. They started with trotting over poles placed on the ground and worked up to going over two crossed poles (approx. 12" high). Monte really wasn't sure what was supposed to happen and managed to trot over the crossed poles instead of jumping. So they actually only "jumped" once during the whole lesson. But they'll eventually get it.
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