Saturday, April 21, 2012

April 21st

Lesson day... It was a super nice day, maybe a little too hot as I got a nice burn. There were 7 of us riding which was a nice group... almost felt like a flat class :)

We went through the motions of hacking, even some no stirrup work.. I had practiced this as well on Friday when I rode Louie since he is nice and smooooooth haha. Today I was on Henry so it wasn't as easy/smooth but it's all good.

My trainer commented on how good Henry was looking today- I have some nice blisters on my pinky fingers to show my hard work to help make him look good! It should be interesting how I am able to ride Monday.

I warmed Henry up over the X that the group was jumping, back and forth a few times. Then Juliana got on him and jumped him over some bigger stuff. He jumped well and even cantered a whole course- woot! Lead changes are still a work in progress but he is doing really well - I think.

Day off tomorrow, hack Monday, hack Tuesday, trainer ride Wednesday, lesson Thursday, trainer ride Friday.

4 comments:

  1. Sounds like hes doing great!!! And its always good to be able to get on a more made horse to work on you for a bit!

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    1. Yep it's fun to ride something made... then you can focus on yourself! :)

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  2. Agree with what Shelley said. My rides on other horses make it easier to work on certain things.

    How do you guys school the changes? I don't have to work too much on it as Houston knows how to do it if I stay out of his way and ask correct. But I was struggling with them on a horse I leased/ almost bought and the trainer that was helping me set up an exercise with a pole maybe 10-12 feet (I'm not good with distance stuff) away from the wall/ rail - we were in an indoor... and then had me canter across the diagonal and ask at/ over the pole. It helped me a lot. I am sure he will figure it out though. :)

    Glad you guys are doing so well! Sorry about the blisters! You must be a grooming machine if you have blisters!!

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    1. We don't really school them, he kinda naturally does the front and has to be reminded/helped with the hind end. I've heard of the cantering over a pull but we've never done that.

      Yeah I am excited about how well he's coming along. Thanks for the encouragement!

      The blisters are from the double reins haha!

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