Equitation Blitz Is Blown To Bits

The title is a bit of an exaggeration but it is temporarily on hold. We went to the barn today planning a full on assault on training, and quickly set out ground poles and a jump for a free lunging start. Rogo and Savanah were doing great - happy, popping over the jump, floating over the poles, when suddenly in a flash Rogo landed from a jump and was limping big time. I thought it must be just that he landed funny, so I had him stand for a minute and he held up his sore leg. Then he started putting weight on it again and was fine. To make a longer story shorter, he turned out to be missing the shoe on that foot. They just had their shoes put back on a week or so ago :( He was walking and trotting soundly after a few minutes, but it obviously wasn't going to be a work day. I did get on him for a few minutes, but all we did was walk. While walking around he kept a pretty much perfect contact - just in front of the vertical, steady and consistent with no tension or popping his head up. Yeah! Now to get it that consistent in trot and canter when the shoe goes back on (Mon. afternoon).
Here's a really quick clip from my phone of Rogo practicing the left and right stretching exercise I'm teaching him. It needs work, but it's coming and he's cute :)

And now, in shameless imitation of Laurie Skoog at Skoog Farm Journal and Annette at News From Aspen Meadows, here's my dinnner prep for Pad Thai (I don't have much of a horse post and my phone with camera was in my pocket.)

Plated, with a side of Thai mango salad. I love Thai!