All the pretty things

In my closet there is a mirror that has a tag I kept off of one of my shirts that says- Made for Me to Look Amazing! Every so often I need a small reminder. Especially in the mornings. lol

I have 2 of the breeching straps and all of the attachments. This is the smaller of everything and seems to be closest to fitting her. I may need to punch a few holes in things. 

Harness saddle and the shorter of the 2 back straps and crupper, that I have. I had bought a harness for Miss Izzy the Wonder Pony and while we hadn't quite dialed in the fit on a few of the pieces, there it was, waiting to make some lucky pony look A-Mazyng.  

Then there's the breastcollar and all of it's attachment gear. I have 2 of everything again. This is the larger of the two. Looks a bit large.

Going with the smaller size looks better. Still may need to either punch a few more holes or get a different size piece holding things up.  

No the bridle was not immune either. I have 2 of these also and 3 nose bands. The crown piece on this one needs to be swapped out, as well as the browband. Both are too close to the ears and will rub if I'm not careful.

Once I quit trying everything on for size, I took Mazy out for a spin with the harness. I had not put the crupper on her in the barn as a safety measure. I didn't know how she would react and there is not enough room in the aisle way if she decided to flip out, or over. Once outside, I rubbed her near the tail, lifted it up and slid the crupper into place. Mazy acted like she couldn't be bothered. 

I attached the lines and went about ground driving her in the arena. We did a lot of walking and stopping while I waited for some level of reaction to the crupper. She did wiggle a little when it slid side to side a touch as the reins passed over her back when changing direction.

Then I started working and Mazy was business as usual. The photo above, she's really using her hind end and pushing off.

Then in this photo she's keeping the front end light and starting to really reach out and cover some ground. I can just picture her with a cart and how lovely that will be. 

Here she's a slight touch heavy on the fore, but soon to balance herself out. 

Lovely uphill motion again although she is a little off kilter still. Notice how her front right and left hind are not quite parallel. Her hind will touch down briefly before the front hoof. She's a baby horse and still learning everything though, so this isn't a big deal at the moment. 

Lovely long and low movement here. Mazy is relaxed, bent in the direction of travel, reaching deep up under herself and starting to cross her hind legs over and looking like she may start to overreach a bit- making bell boots a way of life in her future. 

After all is said and done, she gets to stand and relax as a reward for her effort. She's learning to square herself up in the stop. This always helps the dressage scores!