Sunday, September 23, 2012

Saturday + Pictures...

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!!

9-11-12

9-11-12

9-11-12

HORSE SHOW!!! :)

9-16-12

Cute Boy- Warm  Up

OF Class

OF Class









Thinking Hard LOL

Love this!
 

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    1. Thanks! Though I didn't take them so credit to Kat and Andy :)

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  2. You guys look fantastic, great photos :)

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  3. Great photos! I love the shots at the show... some very nice head shots.

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    1. Thanks! I am super thankful for friends who take pics!

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  4. Lovely pictures!!!

    You were able to show with that bit in the hunter classes?

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    1. 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 :)

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  5. You guys look great! Awesome pictures.

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  6. such 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 :)

    Lovely photos you two are so good looking!

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    1. 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!

      Henry and I have grown so much together and thankfully our relationship gets better every week :)

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