Crossing Bridges

It's time to lightly start my two year-old filly, Jetblue. All of Jetblue's training-to-date will help streamline this process and, to get ready, we've been ponying Jetblue with her saddle on.

This afternoon, we had a chance to ride a few of the trails at Stewart Stub State Park. While there, we crossed two small bridges, both perilous for a green horse.

Neither bridge has guard rails and both have significant drops off either side -- big enough for a frightened horse to step off and potentially break a leg. So, we took extra care and time when teaching Jetblue to navigate each bridge.