The post-Thanksgiving Monday is definitely one of the longest spots you’ll ever encounter. You’ve been traveling, overeating, potentially over-drinking, have a heap of laundry to do, and you think you’re going to ride without lunging when your horse has had four days off and it’s 46 degrees out. It’s bad boys like these that get people hurt.
Today’s long spot is a bit different in nature. Less horse, more human, and definitely plenty of icing to be done on those shins. OUCH.
This is why you should always lunge yourself before a jump lesson, too. Gets the blood pumping.
Watch out for those long spots, JN, and Go Jumping!