Daniel in the roundpen

I got a phone call Tuesday that Daniel's abscess on his LH finally broke through the coronary band. My instructor'd been treating it for me, but I have to admit, I was thrilled when I got the phone call that he was *chasing* Eddie, the young Andalusian stallion he shares his pasture with.

Knowing that he had the abscess, I was half expecting him to not be 100% sound. My instructor suggested lungeing him in the round pen to see if he was or not and he was maybe 95% sound. He had the slightest hitch in his LH where the abscess finally burst on Tuesday. Because of that, I didn't want to ride him so we did a "Spa Day" and some ground work instead. We worked on his manners - he's getting a little pushy with treats, and a butthead trying to graze when I walk him.

Hopefully next week I'll be back in the saddle, but this week, after the abscess last week, I figured my old boy could use a day off and have a day to be spoiled!!