Hey!!
I’m sorry it took me so long to reply. I didn’t bring my computer home over Thanksgiving and then I went straight to Miami (it was very fun). I went back to Tucson for Thanksgiving and saw Toni which was very fun. What did you do? After Thanksgiving, I went to Miami Beach for this big art fair called Art Basel. It is one of the biggest art fairs in the world and is very exciting. I saw a lot of celebrities ( Ivonna Trump, Kristen Dunst, Paris and Niki Hilton, Laura Bush, and Beyonce and JZ) There was also a huge kick off concert on the beach by this French pop star named Yelle. It was really fun, my entire school and teachers were all dancing on the beach.

Miles gets a very thick coat in the winter. It isn’t determined by how cold it is, it grows in based on how long the days are so it is very common for him to get really wet after a workout. You don’t need to worry about it at all but it does make cooling him down much more difficult. I like to clip him in the winter. He turns a very cute pumpkin color. He is really well behaved when he gets clipped. If you don’t know how to do it I bet someone at your barn does. Usually you have to pay them, it was anywhere from 50 to 80 dollars at my barn so ask around.

I’m glad you rode him bareback. I always find that he behaves a lot better when I do. It is like he knows he needs to behave better or something. His back is super uncomfortable. I never canter him without a bareback pad, it hurts too badly. But I like to just sop on with nothing on him sometimes, I feel more connected with him.

The bumps are also normal. I think they are bug bites too. They have never bothered him so I don’t worry about it. What else is new? What have you been up to?