Wally and I had a nice morning with FHC at Overstreets today. From a hunt perspective it was fairly quiet. The hounds got on a brief run when we were out by Amicus road but it ultimately really take off. They had some nice work later but again the line didn't really develop.
On days like this it is more about Wally's development and he keeps getting better. At one point we had 3/4 mile trot through the woods. If we were doing dressage test, it might have been a 9/10 trot. He was going along a woods trail like a metronome. He was perfectly balanced, lightly on the bit and just covering ground. I think it is the best trot work I have ever had him do and he held it together for ten minutes. His canter work was excellent too.
He earned his nick name the Wally dude when there was a horse that was being fractious in front of him. He kept himself back and you could almost hear him thinking "I don't know what his problem is but I'm staying out of the way."
It was junior day today and there quite a few out. Those kids can all ride really well.
A good outing for Wally. We covered 5.75 miles today.
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