Tamara bucks

Yesterday when I left for my riding lesson, it was pouring rain. I dreaded the spray from the trucks on the expressway, but was pleasantly surprised as the drive wasn't bad. I got to my lesson a couple minutes late. I was up early, tossing loads of clothes into the washer and dryer, vacuuming. I wouldn't have been late but I got a last minute phone call that took up my time. My instructor said that since Tamara was in a stall all night that we should address lunging one more time. Tamara kept breaking and when the horse recognized that my instructor was coming toward her, she bucked and pulled the lunge rope right out of my hand! She galloped around the ring, rope dragging. Thankfully, she did not get her feet tangled in it. Once she stopped, my instructor put her through her paces and eventually I tried using the left hand to motion her to change from a walk to a trot or canter. I didn't have time to ride her, which was disappointing. I have to miss a lesson next week as beginning tomorrow, I have to work til a week from Tuesday. A positive. As I was walking through the barn, I heard a horse nicker. My instructor asked me to get Tamara from the barn and I realized that the horse I heard was Tamara. She recognized me! And as I approached her to bring her into the arena, she nickered again! I am establishing rapport with her! Probably from all the chopped apples and carrots and peppermints that I give her!