Saturday I had a lesson. There were only 4 of us which is a small group... It was a good group though. Mona raced us at one point- I could feel Henry ready to explode as I was encouraging him to go so I only partook in a little cause I needed his brain to be there for our jumping ha!
I have come to the realization that once I get over the first fence the height isn't an issue anymore... but until I do that first jump, my mind takes over.
Anywho we did a little X left turn to the rainbows and yellow/black oxer line, right turn to the gate, roll back to the right to the black and red oxer, left turn to the wall vertical... Henry and I were struggling at the gate jump... I was freezing at the last minute when I saw the distance wasn't good and he was being sticky when I would ask him to go. We finally got it and did the course through twice - leaving out the 1st little X the second time through - so jumped like 11 jumps in a row which was something I haven't done in a long time.
Anywho lesson went well, I hung out to watch the lower group jump and cooled Henry out. Headed up to the ban, un-tacked, gave him a Vetrolin hose down, scrubbed his back legs with cleaning shampoo, cleaned tack, grained him, cleaned his stall and cleaned/filled his water.
He has today off. Monday hack, Tuesday lesson, Wednesday off, Thursday lesson, Friday trainer ride, Saturday hack/lunge, Sunday lesson.
Now...
Lesson pics...
Thanks Kat and Andy!!
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HORSE SHOW!!! :)
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Cute Boy- Warm Up |
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OF Class |
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Thinking Hard LOL |
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The photos are AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Though I didn't take them so credit to Kat and Andy :)
DeleteYou guys look fantastic, great photos :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!!! :)
DeleteGreat photos! I love the shots at the show... some very nice head shots.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I am super thankful for friends who take pics!
DeleteLovely pictures!!!
ReplyDeleteYou were able to show with that bit in the hunter classes?
Schooling show and we detached everything but the normal rein before I went in the arena for classes :) you can kinda see in the last picture how we folded up the rope nose band and the flash is gone- the reins were just attached to the bit :)
DeleteYou guys look great! Awesome pictures.
ReplyDeletethanks so much! :)
Deletesuch a handsome boy!! And I am the same- I kind of freak out about the height until I get over that first jump :) I've gotten a lot better though because I had an awesome horse to build up my confidence this year. But now that I'm back on a baby I'm sure that may quickly get eroded... lol. But I was reading a George Morrison book and he was talking about how 2 foot to a horse is like us stepping over a puddle, and three foot was like us maybe taking a jump over a small log, that kind of thing- putting the height in perspective to the horse's capabilities. Every time I start to psych myself out I think of that and it makes me feel better :)
ReplyDeleteLovely photos you two are so good looking!
Thanks! That is a great way to look at it too. I mean Henry jumps SO MUCH BETTER when it's not 2 feet tall... I should be eager to jump bigger lol. Yeah getting over that first jump is the hardest part for me!
DeleteHenry and I have grown so much together and thankfully our relationship gets better every week :)
Love these pictures!!!
ReplyDeletethanks :)
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